Webinar recording
Transportation
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.
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Tool
Energy
Energy
Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit
Find practical case studies and guidance for planning your local community building retrofit.
Tool
Energy
Energy
Resources: Community Efficiency Financing
Read guidebooks and case studies to see how municipalities are designing home upgrade financing programs.
Guide
Energy
Energy
Understanding energy efficiency
This guide is for affordable housing providers, such as municipalities or housing cooperatives, interested in improving energy efficiency in their buildings.
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Case Study
Land Use
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.
Case Study
Water
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.
Case Study
Waste
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
Transportation
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
Transportation
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
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
Energy | 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
Energy
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
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.
