Clean Enery Canada: Building Toward Low Cost and Carbon Policy, Strategy
Ha/f co-authored Clean Energy Canada's 2025 report, Building Toward Low Cost and Carbon. Leading an architecture and engineering consortium, Ha/f conducted in-depth research on efficient building design strategies aimed at reducing both carbon emissions and construction costs.
The study analyzed case studies of townhouses, mid-rise, and high-rise buildings, demonstrating how smart design choices can lead to significant carbon and cost savings.
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City of Toronto Embodied Carbon Policy Primer Policy
Ha/f co-led the development of Ontario’s first embodied carbon benchmarking study, shaping policy guidance for municipalities. Through research and cross-sector collaboration, Ha/f provided critical data, analysis, and design insight to help cities measure and reduce building-related carbon emissions—supporting climate leadership in Ontario’s construction and planning sectors.
The Primer informed the City of Toronto incorporating embodied carbon requirements into the Green Standards - North America’s first city with absolute targets.
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YZD Rights of Way Study Policy, Strategy
In partnership with Northcrest, Ha/f Climate Design explored how rethinking street widths at Downsview can lower carbon emissions and build community resilience. By reducing road space and expanding green infrastructure, the study shows how smarter street design can cut infrastructure emissions, increase housing, add green space, and create safer, more sustainable public spaces for future residents.
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The Cost + Carbon of Canadian Commercial Construction
Policy
The Mass Timber Institute at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto teamed with Entuitive, Ha/f Climate Design, and Bird Construction to develop structural designs, life cycle assessments, and cost estimates for commercial buildings built in Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.
Working across four structure systems - reinforced concrete, steel, mass timber, and timber-hybrid - the project team developed schematic-level design, cost estimates, and regionally specific carbon data to reveal clear insights.