We focus on four key pillars of the energy transition.

The world’s energy systems are undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and our clients play a key role in accelerating that change. To do so effectively, they turn to our expertise in four broad areas: Buildings, Mobility, Industry, and Energy. We tie it all together with comprehensive clean energy analysis and counsel.

In each of these areas – and across the clean energy transition – our team can help quantify opportunities, design strategies to achieve clean energy goals, and both measure and continuously improve performance.

Buildings offer large-scale opportunities to achieve energy and carbon goals, by improving energy efficiency, managing peak demand, switching to electricity and other low-carbon energy sources or carriers.

At Dunsky, we help our clients to understand – and effectively exploit – the breadth of these demand-side energy resources (DERs) across residential, commercial and institutional buildings, as well as the full array of both light and heavy industry.

We notably assess the costs, savings, cost-effectiveness, and market opportunity for hundreds of technical and behavioural options across every sector and market segment; we design market, program, and regulatory strategies that accelerate real-world adoption; and we evaluate the effectiveness of strategies designed to that end.

In all cases, we bring a unique combination of deep technical expertise, market and regulatory knowledge, solid analytics (including sophisticated models), and years of experience to the task.


  • The team was collaborative, knowledgeable and always available to help us. The entire team has extensive North American expertise and credibility.

    Manager, Energy Management Services

  • Excellent skill-sets and expertise. Great team and coordination throughout project. Thank you for the great work over the past few months and the excellent final product.

    Coordinator, Energy Efficiency Programs

  • Dunsky is a quick study. They fully understood what we needed, and they delivered. They are professionals and the project landed on-time and on-budget.

    Project Manager

  • Dunsky has provided us with critical research and insightful analysis for some of our most strategic projects. We’re glad we can count on you to inform our next generation of programs and policies.

    Executive Director

  • The Dunsky team did an excellent job. They produced a robust analysis and model, and were particularly responsive.

    Planning & Evaluation Manager

  • Philippe is the guy you want on your team – his expertise is deep and broad, and he is an absolute delight to work with. His team was instrumental in developing Efficiency Maine’s first DSM plan.

    Vice-Chair


Sample Projects

  • Buildings
  • Strategy

Dunsky Supporting Halifax in Exploring Financing Options to Scale Clean Energy Upgrades for Homes and Businesses

Dunsky is researching and identifying innovative approaches to achieve deep retrofits as part of HalifACT’s Retrofits, Renewables and Resiliency (R3) program. As...

  • Buildings
  • Opportunity

Dunsky Co-Authors Study Demonstrating Feasibility of Decarbonizing Canada’s Large Buildings to Meet Net-Zero Targets

Dunsky Energy + Climate Advisors and RDH Building Science recently completed a study for the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) that proves the feasibility of...

  • Buildings

Dunsky Supports Government of Canada’s Landmark $2 Billion Investment in Accelerating Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization of Buildings

Dunsky is pleased to announce it was retained to support the design and implementation of the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s $2 billion Building Retrofits Initiative....

Moving people and things can use anywhere between a quarter and a third of all energy consumed in a given region – and it can emit the same share of greenhouse gases. Simply put, there can be no sustainable energy future without sustainable mobility. Thankfully, recent technological advances, combined with stricter government regulation and generational shifts in consumer preferences, are opening the door to a once-in-a-century transformation of transportation industry.

At the nexus of energy and mobility, Dunsky has been supporting leading utilities, governments and others with their most complex transportation decarbonization projects. Our Mobility team has completed over over 100 projects in all 10 provinces and leading states such as Massachusetts, California and Colorado; from helping clients understand the potential for EV adoption, to business model planning, developing strategies for EV infrastructure, building fleet electrification roadmaps, and more. Our track record of research, policy development and strategic planning helps clients to meet the twin challenges of sustainable transportation: reducing energy demand and shifting to alternative, low-carbon fuels.

Across our mobility work, we help our clients understand the options, build business cases, address regulatory barriers, and design both regulatory and market-based strategies aimed at accelerating the advent of sustainable mobility. Our work, which encompasses market, economic and technology facets, further extends to electricity storage, grid integration of electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, pricing and more.


Sample Projects

  • Mobility

Government of Canada Contracts Dunsky to Support Electrification of Federal Vehicle Fleets Nationwide

Dunsky to define lowest cost strategy to electrify nearly 30,000 vehicles by 2030 as part of Greening Government Strategy November 16, 2022 (Sharm El-Sheikh). As...

  • Mobility

Integrating Equity Into EV Purchase Incentives

Authors: Lindsay Wiginton, Jeff Turner and Hannah MacDonald There exists a common assumption that EVs are for the wealthy, but ironically dismisses a critical tool...

  • Mobility

Introducing E-FLEETᵀᴹ – Dunsky’s Fleet Electrification Optimization Service

As leaders in the development of electric vehicle adoption for clients across North America, Dunsky is proud to introduce a new service aimed at helping governments,...

We help clients understand the potential for, and pathways to, cost-efficiently reducing GHG emissions from industrial operations. 

Understanding how to slash GHG emissions without harming competitiveness lies at the heart of our Industrial practice. Our team of experts guides clients through the technical, economic, and market opportunities to decarbonize industry. Critically, we do it with a view to reducing emissions, not inadvertently offshoring them.

Our team assesses opportunities principally in the mining, metals, pulp & paper, steel, chemicals and agriculture sectors. Our approaches and solutions are tailored for each industry, and its unique challenges. Whether governments, utilities or industrials, our clients are early movers who understand the need to balance risk with reward, and who care about moving to an efficient, world-class low-carbon industrial economy.


Sample Projects

  • Buildings
  • Energy
  • Mobility
  • Strategy

Dunsky Advising Government of Manitoba on Energy Policy Framework

Leading the Development of a Provincial Energy Policy Framework As the province of Manitoba looks to secure its energy future, achieve climate goals and strengthen...

  • Strategy

Dunsky Advises Government of Quebec on Pathways to Achieve Climate Targets

Can an entire economy actually achieve net-zero emissions? Dunsky recently completed a comprehensive update to its landmark “Pathways” study for the Quebec...

  • Community
  • Energy

Dunsky Leads Task Force Research on Accelerating Smart Electrification across Canada

Electrifying Canada, a new business-led taskforce focused on accelerating smart electrification across the country, released its first report entitled Canada’s...

Clean energy – and its enabler, storage – is critical to achieving a sustainable energy future. And though we have a long way to go, the transition to solar, wind, biomass, biofuels and other clean energy resources, is now well underway.  Yet renewables are not a foregone conclusion – their ability to compete and grow market share can vary significantly across geographic regions, regulatory frameworks and government policies. Meanwhile, the need for storage solutions to address intermittency, is similarly variable.

We help our clients to assess opportunities for clean energy – with an emphasis on both power and gases / liquids, and both central and distributed energy resources (DERs) – and to develop programs and policies to support them effectively, and cost-efficiently. To this end, we use our experience with the full range of clean energy and storage options – along with proprietary models that provide deep, location-specific insights – to determine what is needed to move the needle and achieve defined goals.

Our work includes assessing technical issues, resource potential and markets; designing voluntary programs (incentives, financing and others); building realistic business cases; and advising on regulatory mechanisms and policies.


  • Dunsky staff members are professional and knowledgeable. We were particularly impressed with their availability, willingness to address our questions, and ability to work within the allocated budget and time constraints.

    Environmental Technologist

  • Team was proactive, always available and willing to help.

    Compliance Lead

  • Excellent work. Easy to read, and charts illustrate the points. It sets up the right conversation about our policy choices going forward to achieve our goals.

    Secretary of Energy

  • Dunsky’s reputation as a leading consultant in the industry is warranted. In addition to providing a sound work product, the Dunsky brand strengthened our project. We absolutely recommend them.

    Program Director

  • The Dunsky team did an excellent job. They produced a robust analysis and model, and were particularly responsive.

    Planning & Evaluation Manager

  • I recommend Dunsky’s services to my colleagues. They take care to listen, build client relationships based on trust and respect, and excel at communicating complex concepts. Their work is always solid.

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Dunsky’s experience and insight is excellent. Their written communications were very clear; presentations and working sessions were effective. They have great interpersonal skills too!

    VP Programs & Partnerships

  • You delivered above and beyond expectations, and demonstrated very strong market knowledge and expertise. I absolutely recommend Dunsky!

    Director of Energy

  • Content, knowledge and communication style second to none in the industry.

    Executive Director


Sample Projects

  • Analysis
  • Energy

How Much can DERs Achieve? IESO publishes Dunsky’s Landmark Study on DER Potential in Ontario

First-of-its-kind research in Ontario answers critical questions about the gap between economic and achievable DER potential as the province seeks to integrate DERs...

  • Buildings
  • Energy
  • Mobility
  • Strategy

Dunsky Advising Government of Manitoba on Energy Policy Framework

Leading the Development of a Provincial Energy Policy Framework As the province of Manitoba looks to secure its energy future, achieve climate goals and strengthen...

  • Buildings
  • Mobility
  • Strategy

Dunsky Supports Utility Strategic Planning in Northern California

Dunsky is pleased to announce that it is conducting an assessment of transportation and building electrification impacts through 2045 for the City of Redding’s...


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