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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Local energy generation
Energy
How to turn landfill gas into a source of energy
Discover how the City of Winnipeg plans to convert gasses produced by landfills into renewal energy.
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: How building retrofits can lead to GHG reductions
Discover how the City of Dieppe, NB, developed a plan to reduce community GHG emissions through building retrofits.
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Building sustainable communities with district energy
Learn how the City of New Westminster is planning to transform wastewater into green energy.
Land Use
Case Study: Regina takes steps to revitalize and grow city core
Learn how Regina’s new land use strategy will help the city meet its sustainability and community goals over the next 10 years.
Community efficiency financing
Energy
Innovative municipal financing removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners
In 2016, after three years of careful planning and preparation, the municipalities of Plessisville, Varennes and Verchères banded together to launch a joint pilot project that would bring energy-efficient home renovations within reach for more homeowners.
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
The case for retrofitting community buildings
Learn how the Town of Halton Hills, ON, combined data-backed asset management practices with long-term climate planning to extend the life of some of their much-loved local buildings, while saving time, money and cutting their community emissions.
Community Buildings Retrofit
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Land Use
Measuring the value of natural assets
Learn how the City of Saskatoon began measuring the value of its natural assets as a way of informing municipal strategies for asset management and climate change.
Land Use
Case study: Remediation of a former landfill protects the Saint Lawrence and improves an urban area in Montreal
The City of Montreal’s Rehabilitation of the Pointe-Saint-Charles industrial park project is the 2020 winner in the brownfields category of FCM’s Sustainable Communities Awards.
Climate change adaptation through an equity lens
Learn how the City of Vancouver consulted its most vulnerable residents to incorporate their needs and experiences into climate adaptation initiatives.
Water
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