Brendan Haley
Policy Director, Efficiency Canada | Ottawa, ON
About Brendan Haley
Brendan Haley, PhD, is Policy Director with Efficiency Canada, a Carleton University based think-tank dedicated to creating an energy efficient economy. He is a co-author of Canada’s first Energy Efficiency Policy Scorecard.
How to make energy retrofits easy and affordable for everyone
We are a long way from net-zero emission homes. So why is there less support for energy retrofits today?
The path to clean electricity must include energy efficiency
The federal government’s agenda to rapidly clean up Canada’s electricity grid should include saving — not simply producing — more electricity.
Governments fail low-income Canadians hit hardest by high energy costs
Improving energy efficiency for low-income households needs urgent attention because they are excluded from federal policy, write Brendan Haley and Abhilash Kantamneni of Efficiency Canada.
Canada needs to treat climate change retrofits as a mission
If we can dramatically accelerate building retrofits, we will eliminate fossil fuel use in buildings while producing societal benefits, such as improved health and reduced energy poverty, write Brendan Haley and Ralph Torrie, co-authors of a recent Efficiency Canada report.
Ontario losing energy efficiency leadership
Ford environmental backtracking caused Ontario's energy efficiency ranking to drop