Home energy and resilience upgrades
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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Home energy and resilience upgrades
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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Home energy and resilience upgrades
From Retrofit to Payoff: Alberta's CEIP Transforms Homes and Communities
Alberta’s Clean Energy Improvement Program (CEIP) has enabled 27 municipalities to deliver hundreds of home energy upgrades through local PACE programs since 2021.
Municipal and community buildings
Cambridge Bay cultural campus revitalizes Inuit construction practices
A group of Elders from the Pitquhirnikkut llihautiniq/Kitikmeot Heritage Society in the Hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut is developing a new cultural campus to document, revitalize and mobilize traditional lnuinnait knowledge.
Climate Adaptation
Quebec City’s green school yards protect vulnerable neighbourhoods
A network of four "sponge schools" in Quebec City will help students, teachers and parents adapt to climate change and prepare for its impacts by greening their school yards.
Local energy generation
Expanded sewage heat recovery boosts energy resilience, independence at Vancouver's False Creek
The False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) received a $1.5-million grant and a $10.1-million loan from GMF to expand its existing sewage heat recovery (SHR) system in downtown Vancouver.
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Lac-Mégantic on the path to energy transition
Lac-Mégantic has a plan to build back sustainably after a train derailed downtown. Learn how Mission Mégawatt has the whole community on board.
Asset management
Land Use
Case study: Land back, land conserved
A multi-award-winning project by the Township of Georgian Bay is helping to build an ecological corridor with Reconciliation, sustainability and stewardship top of mind.
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: How recreation centres can function as resilience hubs
After Hurricane Fiona, a local recreation centre in Pictou County became a temporary shelter for incoming power crews. Learn how the community turned to this facility in a time of crisis.
Community Buildings Retrofit
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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
Case study: 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.
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