Resources

Land Use

Video: new purpose for a 20-year-old brownfield site

Tara Tran, Senior planner, shares tips on how to sustain your efforts and progress in brownfield (or others) projects.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Video: 5 keys for sustainable social housing success

Gordon Szaszi, Project Manager Housing Development, shares Niagara Regional Housing (NRH) experience creating the business case for a 67-unit affordable housing development for seniors.

Municipal fleet electrification

Transportation

Video: New electric vehicle-sharing system reduces emissions and generates revenue

Six municipalities in Quebec have added electric vehicles to their fleets and made them available to residents through a car-sharing system.

Energy

Video: Tips from Iqualuit’s LEED Silver aquatic centre

In this video, you will learn the key elements and lessons learned that helped Iqaluit succeed on building its energy efficient aquatic centre.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Video: 5 keys for sustainable social housing success

This video walks through the key sections of a successful business case: Needs Assessment, Organizational Readiness, Project Vision and Financials.

Community efficiency financing

Energy

Video: New municipal financing program removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners

Marie-Pierre Paquette discusses how the municipalities of Plessisville, Varennes and Verchères banded together to launch a joint pilot project that would bring energy-efficient home renovations within reach for more homeowners.

Community efficiency financing

Energy

Video: Introduction to home energy upgrade programs

Watch this video to learn more about home energy upgrade programs and how they can help municipalities to tackle climate change, save money, and invest in the local economy.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Resources: Sustainable Affordable Housing

Learn how to retrofit existing housing for energy-efficiency and plan new builds for higher performance.

Community efficiency financing

Energy

Video: New municipal financing program removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners

Marie-Pierre Paquette discusses how the municipalities of Plessisville, Varennes and Verchères banded together to launch a joint pilot project that would bring energy-efficient home renovations within reach for more homeowners.

Energy

Webinar recording: How to adapt green municipal projects to stand the test of time

Watch this webinar recording and explore how to build and adapt projects to make them truly sustainable in the long term.

Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: Take your project from study to capital

Watch this webinar recording and discover how others have successfully converted studies into a capital project that provides social, economic and environmental benefits.

Energy

Webinar recording: The 5 keys to a green municipal project business case

Watch this webinar recording and discover the five critical focus areas you need to address to get your project started, from financing and partnerships to integrating a triple-bottom-line approach.

Energy

Introducing GMF’s Community Buildings Retrofit initiative

Discover how GMF can support your community building retrofits, from funding for energy monitoring, building commissioning, studies and capital projects to capacity-building activities and resources.

Sustainable affordable housing

Energy | Housing

Video: 1,500 Toronto residents benefit from retrofit initiative

Bryan Purcell, of The Atmospheric Fund, tells the story of how an initiative to perform energy efficiency retrofits of 7 community housing buildings in Toronto achieved so much more.

Energy

Article series: Meet LC3’s climate leaders

Read our article series to get to know the leaders of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network, and learn how they are advancing effective ways to address climate change in big cities.

Waste

Circular Cities & Regions Initiative

Interested in learning more about how the circular economy can come to life in cities and regions? Review the CCRI webinar recordings featuring speakers from leading organizations and global cities.

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

GMF’s Municipal Energy Roadmap

Solutions for Canadian communities to achieve significant GHG emissions reductions in buildings and meet long-term sustainability objectives.

Land Use

Measuring the value of natural assets

Land Use

Brownfield Roadmaps

GMF's Brownfield Roadmaps provide a detailed overview of the process of bringing contaminated or abandoned sites back into productive use in your province or territory.

Municipal and community buildings

Energy

Primer for elected officials: Municipal Energy Roadmap

This primer for elected officials outlines how the Municipal Energy Roadmap can help choose the right energy-related solutions for your buildings.