Community efficiency financing
Energy
Successful solar hot water pilot leads to major program expansion
Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, offered direct financing to homeowners to install solar-powered water heating systems, lowering energy bills, water consumption and GHGs.
Community Efficiency Financing
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Community efficiency financing
Innovative municipal financing removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners
Local energy generation
Case study: Building sustainable communities with district energy
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: Retrofitting three community facilities for shared heating
Learn how Abbotsford, B.C.’s recreation centre’s Heat Recovery & Optimization (HeRO) project is reducing emissions and boosting accessibility.
Community Buildings Retrofit
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Caledon’s Corporate Energy Revolving Fund is sustaining itself
Learn about Caledon’s innovative solution to implementing energy efficiency measures without incurring significant upfront costs.
Community Buildings Retrofit
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Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Sustainable heating from unlikely sources
Metro Vancouver’s award-winning policy turns waste heat into community power.
Climate Adaptation
Land Use
Case study: Shaping a resilient and sustainable shoreline
Surrey’s award-winning pilot project is exploring how to use natural assets to help protect communities from coastal flooding and erosion.
Waste
Case study: Trash to treasure at the HodgePodge Lodge
Strathcona County’s award-winning community hub diverts waste and fosters community connections.
Zero-emission vehicles
Transportation
Case study: Shifting gears with e-bike incentives
How Saanich's award-winning pilot program is driving sustainable transportation and climate action.
Asset management
Land Use
Case study: Longueuil 2030, a sustainable vision protecting 21% of its territory in perpetuity
Longueuil receives an award for its strategic approach to protecting, restoring and ensuring access to natural environments.
Climate Adaptation
Transportation
Case study: Paving the way for future-proof, equitable transportation infrastructure
To better understand how vulnerable its transportation network was to future flooding, the Region of Durham performed a flood risk assessment to aid in future decision-making and resilience planning.
Climate Adaptation
Land Use
Case study: Restoring nature, reducing flood risks
An award-winning project in B.C.’s Comox Valley is using nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change impacts.
Energy | Housing
Case study: Bridging energy efficiency and equity in Bridgewater
How a town in Nova Scotia is reducing emissions and tackling energy poverty with an award-winning program.
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Sustainable homes, stronger community
How one award-winning apartment building project in Waterloo Region combines affordability, community and sustainability.
Retrofit of recreational or cultural facility
Energy
Case Study: The City of Markham’s Battle of the Buildings
The City of Markham’s Battle of the Buildings competition educated and encouraged facility staff to reduce electricity consumption through low-cost operational and behavioral changes.
Community Buildings Retrofit
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Community efficiency financing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Bringing energy efficiency to Saskatoon homes
Learn how the City of Saskatoon's Home Energy Loan Program is allowing homeowners to complete energy-efficiency and renewable-energy retrofits and is working on expanding the program to multi-unit residential and commercial buildings in the near future.
Community Efficiency Financing
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Community efficiency financing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Helping Saanich homeowners boost energy efficiency
To help homeowners transition from fossil fuels to electric heat pumps, the District of Saanich, BC, created a pilot program offering zero-interest financing. The pilot was so successful, the district has now moved to a longer-term program to support even more residents in their net-zero transition.
Community Efficiency Financing
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Community efficiency financing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Energy-efficient retrofits for Kingston homeowners
Learn how the City of Kingston used a grant from our Community Efficiency Financing initiative to develop a clean energy program to support homeowners complete energy retrofits with financing and training.
Community Efficiency Financing
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Asset management
A steady approach to levels of service in Flagstaff County
Learn how the rural Municipality of Flagstaff County leveraged a grant from the Municipal Asset Management Program to boost their infrastructure planning.
Asset management
Setting levels of service in Conception Bay South, NL
Discover how Conception Bay South, NL, used customized training to kick-start its work to set levels of service for roads, parks and sewage lift stations.
Local energy generation
Energy
Waterloo Region uses 100% of biogas to fuel heat/electricity in wastewater facilities
Waterloo Region's wastewater plants now harness 100% of their biogas for heat and electricity thanks to new cogeneration facilities.
Organic Waste-to-Energy
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Innovation in construction: ENBIX's role in advancing emissions-neutral buildings
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Enabling residential retrofits to achieve net-zero goals: Peterborough, ON launches Home Energy Efficiency Program
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