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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Water
Case study: Understanding climate change impacts key to prioritizing drainage infrastructure projects in Vernon, BC
Learn how applying a climate change lens helped Vernon, BC, understand their flood risk and prioritize infrastructure investments.
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: New build achieves financial sustainability, social and environmental benefits
Thanks to extensive consultations, astute financial management and the incorporation of energy-saving technologies, a 67-unit development in Ontario’s Niagara Region provides affordable housing for seniors, and delivers environmental and social benefits without an ongoing operating subsidy.
Sustainable Affordable Housing
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Land Use
Former industrial lands cleaned up and ready to bring about district revitalization
Having contributed to Canada’s industrial output for over a century, a 20-hectare site a kilometre southeast of downtown Brantford, ON, has found new purpose.
Peer learning sparks more sustainable infrastructure planning for municipality
One of 12 participating municipalities in FCM’s pilot Leadership in Asset Management Program, the City of Melville, SK, has upped its game in sustainable infrastructure planning and decision-making.
Water
Town boosts wastewater treatment capacity and improves water quality
Using an innovative addition to its wastewater treatment system, the Town of Perth, ON, was able to affordably increase the quality of water discharged by its treatment system into the Tay River and extend the system’s life by another 30 years.
Waste
Study helps set direction for new composting facility
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, BC, extensively studied the viability of a new composting facility that would divert the region’s considerable organic waste from landfill.
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Community-led vehicle charging network drives big shift in rural setting
Thanks to a bold, shared vision and effective collaboration, new infrastructure for electric vehicles has attracted tourists and reduced emissions across BC’s rural Kootenay region.
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
New electric vehicle-sharing system reduces emissions and generates revenue
Six forward-thinking municipalities in Quebec have added electric vehicles to their fleets and made them available to residents and partners through a car-sharing system for municipalities in the region.
Water
Passive approach to wastewater treatment yields fewer GHGs and lower costs
The Town of Montague, PE, used a passive geotextile dewatering system to turn a sludge problem into a boon for the community.
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Seniors enjoy much-needed sustainable addition to community housing
A community housing building for seniors in Welland, ON, shows how a community can help close critical housing gaps with smart investments that reduce energy costs and GHGs.
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