Efficiency Capital Launches Accessibility-as-a-Service to Help Owners Fund Building Upgrades
TORONTO, ON, April 2, 2026 — Efficiency Capital (EC) today introduced Accessibility-as-a-Service (AxaaS™), an integrated delivery model that allows building owners to execute critical accessibility modernizations with zero upfront capital. Operating as a finance-led infrastructure partner, EC invests the needed capital to design, build and own the infrastructure through a long-term service agreement.
Unveiled at a Toronto stakeholder event attended by approximately 150 clients and industry partners, and with support from the Rick Hanson Foundation, AxaaS moves accessibility projects from intention to execution. It resolves the capital constraints, fragmented responsibilities, and technical uncertainty that routinely delay building upgrades across the real estate sector.
With 27% of Canadians aged 15 and older reporting at least one disability, accessibility obligations are rapidly evolving across building codes, human-rights frameworks, and ESG commitments.
“Many owners want to make their buildings more accessible but lack the dedicated capital or capacity to deliver the work,” said Chandra Ramadurai, CEO of Efficiency Capital. “AxaaS gives qualifying owners a practical, turnkey path to use Efficiency Capital as an expert partner to identify priority measures, use third party capital, and get the project completed - without diverting resources from their core operations.”
AxaaS adapts EC’s proven Infrastructure-as-a-Service model to accessibility projects. Projects are assessed against a before-and-after baseline to demonstrate measurable progress in accessibility outcomes.
The service accommodates standalone accessibility initiatives as well as integrated retrofits. For multifamily owners, bundling AxaaS with Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) upgrades creates a powerful building-improvement strategy. Under CMHC’s MLI Select program, these combined accessibility and energy measures can significantly improve financing outcomes when the complete project satisfies CMHC criteria.
Accessibility measures may include upgrades to building entrances, automatic door operators, vertical transportation, washrooms, common areas, circulation routes, adapted kitchens and other barrier-reduction improvements, depending on the building and use case.
About Efficiency Capital
Efficiency Capital (EC) is a Canadian commercial-scale Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform specializing in the development, capital structuring, and delivery of turnkey building-retrofit projects. For more than 10 years, EC has partnered with building owners across Canada and internationally to deliver Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) and Accessibility-as-a-Service (AxaaS) solutions. Its projects have improved more than $2.5 billion in real estate assets, unlocked more than $100 million in additional net operating income, and delivered meaningful reductions in energy use, water use, and greenhouse-gas emissions.
