​Climate Comfort: Transforming Homes for a Sustainable Future

​Upgrading windows and doors, foundational insulation, installing heat pumps, upgrading heating systems, electrifying your house… There is a portfolio of energy and climate-efficient projects you and your home deserves.

​Residential properties are responsible for between 17-21% of energy-related carbon emissions globally. Home retrofitting not only helps limit those emissions but also provides an opportunity to bring more comfort into your home. 

​Join us for our first formal Climate North event of the year, where you will learn from local experts about home retrofitting in Canada, its benefits, and the actions you can take to live in a greener environment!

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​5:30pm - Meet & Greet

6:15pm - Bettina Hoar, Founder, Sage Living

​Bettina is a Sustainability Facilitator specialized in promoting comfort, health, wellbeing and belonging in the built environment. Focused on the “P of People” in the 3Ps of sustainable building. Bettina founded Sage Living Toronto, a sustainable building consulting firm with a focus on comfort, health & wellbeing in the built environment. Highly service and client-oriented, Bettina enjoys facilitating knowledge and collaboration, empowering homeowners, designers and builders to make well researched 'wise green' decisions when renovating or building new, enabling more sustainable, productive, enjoyable, healthier and more welcoming places to live and work.

​6.40pm - Paul Sehr, Founder, Jouleia

​Paul is co-founder of Jouleia and serial entrepreneur. Jouleia.com is modernizing homes for the electric age with extensive online resources and tools, including a marketplace that connects homeowners with contractors. Prior to Jouleia Paul was the technical co-founder @ Financeit, now Canada's largest Home Improvement lender. He has a lifelong passion for climate and the outdoors. 

​7:05pm - Abraham Wairisal, City of Toronto

​Abraham is an experienced Natural Resources Registered Energy Advisor, having been in the industry for seven years. Abraham is currently a Senior Energy Consultant with the City of Toronto’s Environment & Climate Division, working on accelerating the transition to net zero emissions for all low-rise residential buildings within the City of Toronto to meet the City’s ambitious goal of Net Zero by 2040. Abraham will be covering how the City is providing support to homeowners mainly through the Home Energy Loan Program (HELP), which provides low interest loan and incentives for energy efficiency related home retrofits.

​7.30pm- Break out

​8.15pm: Debrief and network

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​About Climate North
We unite climate enthusiasts through our monthly events, which feature diverse speakers, panels, and presentations on climate solutions. Our goal is to make climate change a relatable and approachable topic, nurturing a community where ideas bloom and collaborations thrive. Join us on our quest for a sustainable future, where every connection made strengthens our collective impact on the planet's future.

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About our location sponsor TAS

​TAS is a Certified B Corporation and industry leader in real estate impact investing and development, pursuing opportunities that create value while generating positive and measurable social and environmental impact. TAS’s Circular Living Lab is Toronto’s first classroom and exhibition space dedicated to furthering material reuse, circular economy, and decarbonization research in the built environment.

​Climate North Team:
Becky Romanovsky
Chloe D'Agostini
Fab Barrillot