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Energy
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Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative
Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.
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Community efficiency financing
Case Study: An innovative path toward net-zero homes
Webinar recording
Energy
Energy
Webinar recording: How to start reducing GHG emissions in community buildings
Watch the discussion on how to create a GHG reduction pathway for community buildings.
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Prince George looks to groundwater to beat summer heat
The City of Prince George investigated the possibility of cooling its new RCMP headquarters with groundwater.
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Energy-efficient community centre uses geothermal heat
To prepare for a projected 12 per cent population increase by 2035, this bedroom community 15 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg built an energy-efficient community centre featuring a large daycare facility, a 500-seat banquet hall and 6,000 square feet of rental space for medical and government services.
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Energy
Energy
Toronto asks: do solar energy projects deliver as promised?
Unsure of the real-world performance of solar energy systems, the City of Toronto's Toronto Atmospheric Fund decided to evaluate 16 projects completed on municipal properties.
Case Study
Energy
Energy
New city maintenance building reduces energy costs
The City of Kitchener has consolidated its once-scattered maintenance operations into a former Michelin tire plant.
Case Study
Energy
Energy
Energy retrofits save heritage house
Worried that the town's rural character was being lost in a sea of new homes for buyers from nearby Toronto, concerned residents of Halton Hills launched a campaign to save Devereaux House, a condemned town-owned 19th-century heritage home on 100 acres of farmland.
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: Waterloo Regional Police Service Investigative Services Building
To accommodate an increase in police staff and meet the requirements of police and forensic services, the Region of Waterloo built a new Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) Investigative Services Branch building, including a forensics laboratory and vehicle examination garage, meeting rooms, office space and ancillary support rooms.
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Energy
Energy
Northern community considers mini-hydro project
To cut its dependence on diesel-generated electricity, the lakeside northern community of Whati studied construction of a hydroelectric system powered by running water from the nearby La Martre River Falls, which flow out of Lac Le Martre.
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Energy
Energy
Case study: Building serves as showcase for green development
La Ville de Campbell River a étudié la possibilité de recourir à l'énergie des marées pour produire de l'électricité. Elle espérait installer une petite turbine de démonstration au quai municipal.
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Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Case study: Kingston explores retrofits for 37 buildings
The City of Kingston audited energy and water use in 37 municipal buildings, looking for ways to reduce consumption.
Case Study
Energy
Energy
District energy system is viable for city centre
The City of Surrey studied the feasibility of a district energy system (DES) for its new civic centre and its growing central business area.
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Water
Water
Case study: Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrading
The coastal town of St. Andrews in southwest New Brunswick has upgraded its wastewater treatment plant to meet environmental standards, improve the quality of life for residents, and create capacity for growth.
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Land Use
Land Use
Industrial building gets green light for community use
As part of a plan to revitalize the community's waterfront, the Squamish Oceanfront Development Corp. did soil and groundwater tests to see whether an old warehouse known as the Blue Barn could be used as an art, culture and heritage centre.
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Water
Water
Case study: Guelph tests home grey water recycling systems
To find further ways to conserve its finite groundwater resources, the City of Guelph studied a residential greywater reuse system that flushes residential toilets with water from showers and baths.
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Land Use
Land Use
Tool: Benefits of Sustainable Brownfield Activities
Cleaning up contaminants and redeveloping a brownfield site can bring communities a number of environmental, economic and social benefits. You can achieve even greater benefits by incorporating sustainable approaches throughout the site remediation and risk management activities.
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Water
Water
1970s sewage treatment system gets an overhaul
To cut pollution threatening fish and groundwater, the Municipality of the District of Argyle updated sewage-treatment facilities in the seaside village of West Pubnico with screens and ultraviolet light that disinfects effluent before releasing it into Lobster Bay.
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Water
Water
Wastewater Capacity Improvements
The rapidly growing City of Cranbrook has upgraded its wastewater systems to improve effluent quality, reduce operating costs, cut GHG emissions and allow for population growth over the next 20 years.
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Land Use
Land Use
Tool: Sustainable Remediation and Risk Management Options
Any technique that remediates or manages the risk of contamination at a site has an environmental benefit as it eliminates or reduces exposure to contaminants. Some techniques, however, are more sustainable than others.
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Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Vancouver Island community studies tidal power
The City of Campbell River studied the feasibility of using tidal energy to generate electricity. It hoped to install a small demonstration turbine at the municipal pier.
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Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
City uses mini-plants for district energy system
The City of North Vancouver, BC, built a district energy system (DES) to heat buildings in a major redevelopment of its waterfront area.