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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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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

Guide: 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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Webinar recording

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.

A rendering of the new development at 420 Kingscourt Drive in Region of Waterloo. It has two brown-brick buildings, each in an L shape with four storeys, and a driveway and courtyard in the middle, surrounded by greenery.

Case Study

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.

Photo of the Abbotsford Recreation Centre

Case Study

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

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.

Photo of Caledon East Community Complex building

Local energy generation

Energy

Case study: Sustainable heating from unlikely sources

Metro Vancouver’s award-winning policy turns waste heat into community power.

A waste heat to energy building in Metro Vancouver

Case Study

Retrofit of recreational or cultural facility

Energy

Case Study: The City of Markham’s Battle of the Buildings

The City of Markham’s Battle of the Buildings competition educated and encouraged facility staff to reduce electricity consumption through low-cost operational and behavioral changes.

Photo of the City of Markham's Cornell Community Centre, ON

Webinar recording

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.

A service worker shows a resident how to use their new air conditioner

Webinar recording

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.