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Municipal and community 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.

Zero-emission vehicles

Transportation

Futureproofing multifamily buildings for EV charging

This report outlines how Canadian decision-makers can support futureproofing of multifamily buildings and ensure all residents can access EV charging at home.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Case study: Updating municipal vehicles to lower emissions—and costs

Municipal and community 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.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Webinar recording: Removing funding and policy barriers to municipal fleet electrification

Watch this recording to learn how to electrify your municipal fleet of vehicles, reduce GHG emissions and build a healthier community.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Webinar recording: Expert advice on electric vehicles for municipalities

Watch this webinar recording to hear from industry experts and municipal staff who have already embraced electrification on lessons learned and how to overcome common challenges.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Article series: How communities across Canada are electrifying their municipal fleets

This article series features inspiring ideas and projects being implemented in Canadian cities and towns of all sizes. Each article explores an innovative approach to electrifying municipal fleets.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Kingston overcomes fleet electrification barriers by adopting a leasing model

Confronted with financial, technological and policy barriers to electrification, the city developed a proactive strategy around a leasing policy to build their EV fleets. Discover how leasing can ease supply chain issues and support electrification until advanced EV technology becomes available in the market. This article is part of a series called Electrifying municipal vehicles.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

West Vancouver overcomes fleet charging barriers by upgrading the electrical capacity of municipal facilities

Facing common roadblocks related to lack of charging infrastructure? Learn how the city overcame these barriers by conducting a full electrical system update of two key municipal facilities and installing chargers for existing and future EVs. This article is part of a series called Electrifying municipal vehicles.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Calgary scales its electric fleets to reduce transportation emissions

When municipal staff was tasked with incorporating hybrid and fully electric vehicles into the municipal fleet, they encountered a variety of procurement, operational and process barriers. Learn how they broke through these barriers and acquired more than 30 EVs in 3 years to create one of the fastest growing EV fleets in western Canada. This article is part of a series called Electrifying municipal vehicles.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Case Study: A shift to sustainable transport in Atlantic Quebec

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Webinar recording: How to electrify your municipal fleet

Learn how to electrify your municipal fleet of vehicles, leading to reduced GHG emissions and healthier communities.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Priority Municipal Actions to Enable Zero Emission Vehicle Adoption

GMF and Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) collaborated to create six priority municipal actions to accelerate zero emission vehicle adoption.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Video: The ongoing story of Banff’s hybrid bus fleet project

Listen to Michael Hay, Manager of Environment & Sustainability telling the story of Banff’s hybrid bus fleet

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Video: New electric vehicle-sharing system reduces emissions and generates revenue

Six municipalities in Quebec have added electric vehicles to their fleets and made them available to residents through a car-sharing system.

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.

Transportation

Case study: Innovative on-demand transit system gets Cochrane, AB, residents where they’re going

Transportation

Case study: Region of Waterloo, ON, develops LRT to connect its urban centres

Waste

Case studies: 2020 Sustainable Communities Award winners

Land Use

Case study: Campbell River, BC, develops plan to protect against rising sea levels