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Climate Adaptation
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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Guide
Municipal and community buildings
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
Municipal and community buildings
Guides: 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
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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Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: Tree stock selection
Discover key points to consider when choosing trees and shrubs for your local planting projects.
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Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: Tree maintenance
Explore tree maintenance processes and best practices.
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Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: Site selection and preparation
Learn important considerations for choosing where to plant trees and how to prepare for planting in sites where conditions are less than ideal.
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Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: Urban forestry technology and tools
Learn about key technology and tools that your local government can use to measure, analyze and make decisions about its community tree canopy.
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Trees
Forestry
Trees
Forestry
Factsheet: An urban forestry overview
Learn about urban forestry, why it’s important and how increasing tree canopy cover can address climate change and social inequities.
Case Study
Asset management
Asset management
How the Village of Warfield, BC, updated and modernized its asset register
Take an in-depth look at how the Village of Warfield, BC, updated its data and information for water, sanitary and road assets and created a digitized asset register.
Case Study
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Setting net-zero standards: Vancouver builds Canada’s first Passive House firehall
The City of Vancouver set ambitious zero-emission goals for municipal construction projects, using the demolition and rebuilding of its Fire Hall #17 as an opportunity to test and showcase Passive House and other sustainable building standards.
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Waste
Waste
Neighbouring municipalities create a pathway to sustainable procurement on P.E.I.
Charlottetown and Stratford, PE, identified sustainable procurement as an opportunity to increase their positive impact on the climate and the community. In partnership with a consultant, a five-year action plan was created to shift toward sustainable procurement, with some high-impact actions identified for more immediate change.
Case Study
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
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.
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Asset management
Asset management
Case study: Retaining organizational knowledge in Thunder Bay
In Thunder Bay, ON, centralized asset registers and collaboration groups are helping the city share and retain corporate history and staff expertise.
