Resources

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.

Land Use

Webinar recording: Benefits of integrated intensification for sustainable community development

This webinar teaches participants how land use decisions are tied to the fiscal health of a municipality and its ability to achieve climate targets.

Waste

Webinar recording: How to start the conversation about circular economies in your municipality

Local energy generation

Energy

Case study: Building sustainable communities with district energy

Land Use

Case Study: Regina takes steps to revitalize and grow city core

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

Webinar: Transitioning ice rinks to net-zero

Learn the basics of building retrofits for facility buildings

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit

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

Community efficiency financing

Energy

Webinar recording: Introduction to local home-energy financing programs

Learn the basics on delivering local financing programs for home-energy upgrades.

Community efficiency financing

Energy

Video: Saskatoon delivers Saskatchewan’s first local home-energy financing program

Learn how the City of Saskatoon designed its Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) to help residents retrofit their homes and reduce GHG emissions.

Community efficiency financing

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.