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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.

Solar panels on the roof of an apartment building

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Aspen Heights: Redefining affordable housing in Saskatoon

A wide-angle aerial view of the Aspen Heights development in Saskatoon. It consists of several two-storey townhouse complexes with blue and white exterior paneling and brown peaked roofs.

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Heartland Housing Foundation: Building a sustainable future in Fort Saskatchewan

A wide-angle aerial view of the Heartland Housing Foundation's complex in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. It has two adjoined buildings, each four storeys, with an exterior designed with a blue, red and white mosaic pattern. The roofs are covered in solar panels, and the parking lot also features several large solar panels that each serve as a cover above 5-10 parking spots.

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

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

A completed CABN home on a large lot surrounded by trees

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

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

A single-storey home with red siding that is part of the Pine Tree Park project in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Rossland Yards: Transforming affordable housing in Rossland, BC

A wide angle photo of the Rossland Yards affordable housing building in Rosslands, BC

Case Study

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

YWCA Banff: Building stability and community through affordable housing

A wide angle photo of the Priscilla's Place affordable housing complex in Banff, Alberta

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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.

A composite image shows six different affordable housing developments, including four multi-storey, multi-building apartment complexes and two single-family homes

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Municipal and community buildings

Energy

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

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

A diverse group of people cutting vegetables in a community kitchen

Case Study

Local energy generation

Energy

Waterloo Region uses 100% of biogas to fuel heat/electricity in wastewater facilities

Waterloo Region's wastewater plants now harness 100% of their biogas for heat and electricity thanks to new cogeneration facilities.

Outdoor view of a facility’s mechanical systems, including metal ducting, on an elevated platform with yellow railings.

Case Study

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

Assessing the costs and benefits of renewable energy in Canmore, AB

The Town of Canmore’s 2018 Climate Action Plan included recommended steps to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the Town embarked on a renewable energy feasibility study to further explore the costs and benefits of various options. Results show which options offer the highest value and are helping Canmore lower its emissions.