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Energy
Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative
Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.
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Community efficiency financing
Case Study: An innovative path toward net-zero homes
Webinar recording
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.
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Case Study
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.
Webinar recording
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Webinar recording: Making affordable housing sustainable
Watch this webinar recording to learn about the various forms of grant, loan and capacity building support we offer to help you retrofit existing units or build new ones.
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Municipal and community 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.
Case Study
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.
Case Study
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.
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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.
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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.
Case Study
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.
Case Study
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.
Case Study
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.
Case Study
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.
Case Study
Local energy generation
Energy
Forestry waste proves ideal heat source for small town
In 2012, Saint-Ubalde, a small rural town in Quebec, launched a project to convert biowaste into biofuel to heat several municipal and institutional buildings.
Case Study
Water
Wastewater from water treatment system used for wetlands, wildlife and community space
The City of Yorkton, SK, found a great way to ramp up the environmental benefits of its new water treatment plant by treating the wastewater it produced.
Case Study
Waste
One-stop shop for waste management sparks community pride
The integrated waste management complex in Quebec’s Manicouagan region is the first of its kind in the province to collect, treat and recover value from waste—all in one place.
Case Study
Waste
Pilot program proves textile recycling within reach for Canada’s municipalities
Thanks to the pioneering spirit of the City of Markham, ON, residents can now donate old clothes and other textiles through a program that creates jobs, supports local charities and keeps millions of pounds of textiles out of landfill.
Case Study
Land Use
Revitalized park brings community back to the river
The City of New Westminster bought an abandoned timber wharf site and transformed it into an urban riverfront park with equal parts built on land and water.
Case Study
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Canada’s first net-zero energy municipal library shows what’s possible
The City of Varennes, QC, is the first Canadian municipality to construct an institutional building that will soon produce as much energy as it consumes.
Case Study
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Retrofits lead to healthier, more energy-efficient homes for community housing residents
A major energy-efficiency retrofit project in Toronto has delivered better indoor air quality and greater comfort to 1,500 residents.