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Access practical, hands-on tools, resources and knowledge to help you address your municipality’s unique challenges. Whether you’re looking to refine your project idea or build local capacity, our expert resources are designed to bring clarity and vision to your project or goal—no matter where you’re starting from.

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Climate Adaptation

Factsheet: Why equity matters in municipal climate adaptation

Discover how your local government can build equity into its climate resilience activities. Read this factsheet for key definitions and helpful resources.

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Guide

Municipal and community buildings

Guide: Taking your indoor swimming pool to net zero

A guide with key measures and lessons learned to help you build a plan for net-zero indoor swimming pools.

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Municipal and community buildings

Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits

Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.

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Trees

Factsheet: Urban forest planning

Read up on why developing an urban forest plan is important for the long-term success of trees in your community.

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Trees

Forestry

Guide: Creating an urban forest management plan for your community

Learn how to plan and manage your community’s urban forest.

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Webinar recording

Local energy generation

Waste

Webinar recording: Advancing climate goals with organic waste-to-energy

Watch our webinar to learn how municipalities can turn food scraps and other organic waste into renewable energy and natural fertilizer, and access funding opportunities.

Case Study

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Investing in a brighter, more resilient future

Tannis and Mark live in a home that reflects both innovation and conviction—powered by the sun, nearly emission-free, and built for a climate-resilient future. Learn how support from Guelph Greener Homes made this possible.

Case Study

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Turning an energy upgrade into everyday comfort

Discover how a loan from Guelph Greener Homes helped Adam replaced his home's aging furnace and air conditioner with a new heat pump, lowering his monthly energy bills while improving the comfort in his home.

Case Study

Climate Adaptation

Climate change adaptation

Case study series: Adapting to climate change impacts on the water cycle

Read our case study series to discover how communities across Canada are using data to inform local climate adaptation planning.

A row of houses backing onto a pond with shoreline vegetation, illustrating municipal adaptation to water-related climate impacts.

Case Study

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Article series: Remove barriers to home energy upgrades with Community Efficiency Financing

Hear from seven homeowners from across Canada who have completing home energy upgrade projects funded by the Community Efficiency Financing initiative.

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing