Toolkit: How housing providers can engage with residents during energy retrofits

Municipal buildings

Energy

Driving local impact in Quebec

Communities across Quebec are investing in sustainable infrastructure, housing, waste management and transportation. Discover how these upgrades could benefit your community, along with additional tools and resources to help you deliver a local project of your own.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: How to accelerate local home energy upgrades

Hear from sector experts on how to develop a local community financing initiative, reducing barriers to home energy upgrades and unlocking the path to lower energy bills and improved comfort for residents.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Factsheet: Making the case for energy efficiency to your board and funders

If you represent a not-for-profit organization, housing co-operative or municipal authority engaged in affordable housing, this factsheet can help you build a compelling case for energy efficiency that resonates with your board and funders.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Rossland Yards: Building stability and a sense of home

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Aspen Heights: Finding stability and comfort in Saskatoon

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Aspen Heights: A comfortable home for a sustainable future

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Priscilla's Place: Peace of mind and a place to call home in Banff

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Priscilla's Place: A bright place to call home in Banff

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Priscilla's Place: A place to breathe and belong in Banff

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

How energy-efficient affordable housing is improving the lives of Canadians: Article series

Discover the inspiring stories of six Canadians who are living comfortably and saving money thanks to energy-efficient affordable housing supported by GMF's Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH) initiative.

Municipal buildings

Energy

Small towns, big impacts: GMF in small and rural communities

Success stories and resources to inspire your next sustainability project in small and rural communities.

Municipal buildings

Energy

Supporting local success stories across the Canadian Prairies

Discover how GMF funding is helping communities with unique local contexts reach their economic, social and climate goals.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Webinar recording: Building for the future with better community housing

Watch the discussion to learn about an award-winning sustainable affordable housing project.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Creating inclusive energy retrofit programs

Our Integrating equity principles within community efficiency financing programs: A guide for Canadian municipalities and partners is designed to help municipalities create home energy retrofit financing programs that work for everyone.

Municipal buildings

Land Use

Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure project outcomes

Learn how you can integrate nature-based solutions into your community’s infrastructure project planning

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Webinar recording: How housing providers can help residents during energy retrofits

Watch the discussion on how to take advantage of the Housing Providers’ Toolkit.

Local energy generation

Energy

Webinar recording: New GMF funding and support to accelerate community energy systems

Watch our webinar to explore GMF’s new funded learning offer: Accelerating Community Energy Systems. Discover best practices, funding insights and strategies for your municipality.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Unlocking the potential of PACE financing: A comprehensive report on Canadian legislation

Read our informative report to discover an overview of PACE legislation in Canada and learn how a PACE initiative can benefit your community.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Aspen Heights: Redefining affordable housing in Saskatoon

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Heartland Housing Foundation: Building a sustainable future in Fort Saskatchewan

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Building a better future: CABN’s net-zero affordable housing pilot

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Pine Tree Park: Transforming affordable housing with energy efficiency and solar power

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Rossland Yards: Transforming affordable housing in Rossland, BC

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Transforming communities with Sustainable Affordable Housing: Article series

In a series of six articles, we highlight impactful projects funded by GMF's Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH) initiative, demonstrating how energy-efficient, community-centered housing can foster resilience and well-being.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

YWCA Banff: Building stability and community through affordable housing

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Regional Energy Coach list

Get in touch with a Regional Energy Coach in your region and start your energy efficiency journey

Municipal buildings

Energy

Webinar recording: Accelerate your community’s net-zero transformation with new GMF funding

Watch our webinar to discover how GMF’s new funding can help you upgrade infrastructure and reduce local GHG emissions.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy

Webinar recording: The real impact of home-energy efficiency financing

Watch our webinar to discover how you can achieve your climate goals by implementing a home-energy efficiency financing program in your community

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Project cash flow calculator

Our energy project calculator is designed to aid housing providers in quantifying the associated costs of sustainable, affordable housing projects. Use the calculator to understand the viability of a potential project and make informed decisions.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Funders list for sustainable affordable housing

Access additional funding sources from across Canada to support your next affordable housing project.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Toolkit: Navigating energy-efficient affordable housing projects

Discover a toolkit designed for affordable housing providers aiming to prioritize energy efficiency. This toolkit offers insights into the benefits of energy-efficient housing, addresses unique challenges, and provides practical tools to identify solutions.

Municipal buildings

Energy

Webinar recording: How to start reducing GHG emissions in community buildings

Watch the discussion on how to create a GHG reduction pathway for community buildings.

Municipal buildings

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities

If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy

Community Efficiency Financing market guide

Guide to help Canadian municipalities assess potential home energy upgrade programs

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Understanding energy efficiency: A guide for affordable housing providers

This guide is for affordable housing providers, such as municipalities or housing cooperatives, interested in improving energy efficiency in their buildings.

Municipal buildings

Energy

Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit

Find practical case studies and guidance for planning your local community building retrofit.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy | Housing

Video: Nelson scales up local program to support home-energy upgrades

In this video, Carmen Proctor, Climate & Energy Manager at the City of Nelson, tells the story of the program’s success to date, shares key lessons learned from running the program, and highlights their next steps to scale up the program.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: Asset management and energy conservation

Learn how the non-profit housing sector can integrate energy management into asset management to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Energy

Resources: Community Efficiency Financing

Read guidebooks and case studies to see how municipalities are designing home upgrade financing programs.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Video: 5 keys for sustainable social housing success

This video walks through the key sections of a successful business case: Needs Assessment, Organizational Readiness, Project Vision and Financials.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Resources: Sustainable Affordable Housing

Learn how to retrofit existing housing for energy-efficiency and plan new builds for higher performance.

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: Take your project from study to capital

Watch this webinar recording and discover how others have successfully converted studies into a capital project that provides social, economic and environmental benefits.

Energy

Webinar recording: The 5 keys to a green municipal project business case

Watch this webinar recording and discover the five critical focus areas you need to address to get your project started, from financing and partnerships to integrating a triple-bottom-line approach.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Video: 1,500 Toronto residents benefit from retrofit initiative

Bryan Purcell, of The Atmospheric Fund, tells the story of how an initiative to perform energy efficiency retrofits of 7 community housing buildings in Toronto achieved so much more.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy

Regional Energy Coaches

Regional Energy Coaches help affordable housing providers plan energy efficiency retrofits and new builds.

Municipal buildings

Energy

Factsheets: Municipal Energy Roadmap

These factsheets offer specific guidance around building-level solutions, community-level solutions, and long-term strategies to help you drill down and meet your objectives.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Factsheets: Sustainable Affordable Housing

Learn how to retrofit existing housing for energy-efficiency and plan new builds for higher performance.

Energy | Housing

Webinar recordings: Best practices in municipal sustainability

How are cities and communities of all sizes tackling their environmental challenges? Find out from our five-part webinar series on innovations and opportunities in municipal energy, waste, water, transportation and land use initiatives.

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: How to prepare a GMF capital project application

Need advice for preparing your GMF capital project funding application? Watch our webinar recording to hear tips from our staff and find out what reviewers are looking for.