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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.
Tool
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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Energy | Housing
Case study: Pine Tree Park Estates—a blueprint for sustainable, affordable housing
Pine Tree Park Estates details the journey from a brownfield to sustainable housing, underlining the importance of diverse funding and offering a blueprint for future affordable housing projects.
Webinar recording
Webinar recording: Integrating Reconciliation and Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion in GMF initiatives
Explore AREI+R's role in GMF initiatives for sustainable municipal development. Learn key strategies, insights, and socio-economic benefits.
Tool
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Toolkit: Navigating energy-efficient affordable housing projects
Discover a toolkit designed for affordable housing providers aiming to prioritize energy efficiency. This toolkit offers insights into the benefits of energy-efficient housing, addresses unique challenges, and provides practical tools to identify solutions.
Webinar recording
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
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.
Case Study
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Case study: Updating municipal vehicles to lower emissions—and costs
The City of North Battleford, SK's analysis of its municipal fleet revealed opportunities for cost savings and progress towards net-zero, focusing on fleet optimization and electric vehicle feasibility.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Case study: From brownfield to renewable energy site in one B.C. community
In collaboration with the Federal Gas Tax Fund, the District of Summerland B.C. embarked on a sustainable energy initiative, converting a brownfield site into a solar and storage facility.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Case study: Two natural solutions to manage stormwater runoff
The City of Brampton, ON launched an initiative, introducing a school rain garden and roadside bioretention cells. This project aims to enhance stormwater management and boost environmental resilience.
Case Study
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy | Housing
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy | Housing
Case Study: An innovative path toward net-zero homes
Discover how Better Homes Ottawa leveraged a private-sector partnership to finance home energy-efficiency retrofits.
Case Study
Energy | Housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: How one affordable housing provider created a net zero strategy
Discover how Brightside, a Vancouver-based non-profit housing provider, is pioneering a net zero strategy to transform their building into sustainable, energy-efficient homes.
Case Study
Energy
Energy
Case study: Replacing oil furnaces with electric heat pumps in rural B.C.
In partnership with Ecotrust Canada, the Heiltsuk First Nation completed a pilot project to install high-efficiency ductless heat pumps in 37 homes.
Case Study
Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: A novel approach to geothermal energy systems in Canada
Engineers found they could switch to an open-loop geothermal system, which can be more energy-efficient and cost-effective than a closed-loop system.
Guide
Asset management
Asset management
Learning journey: Climate resilience and asset management
Discover how your community can combine its climate action and asset management approaches, with our learning journey. Watch a video and read our easy-to-understand factsheets and guide.
Tool
Asset management
Asset management
Tool: Starting the conversation about asset management
Share our ready-to-use, customizable presentation with your municipal council to raise awareness of asset management and its value to your community. Download it today.
Case Study
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy | Housing
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy | Housing
Case Study: Making Alberta homes more energy efficient
Find out how a group of Alberta municipalities teamed up to access Community Efficiency Financing and retrofit homes across multiple communities.
Webinar recording
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Municipal and community buildings
Energy | Housing
Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities
If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.
Tool
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative
Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.
Annual Report
Annual Report: Green Municipal Fund 2022-2023
Our 2022-23 Annual Report, Together for the Future, delves into the tangible impacts and milestones achieved this past year, shedding light on how GMF initiatives are catalyzing profound systemic shifts, propelling Canada steadfastly towards its 2050 net-zero emissions goal.
Webinar recording
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Webinar Recording: Enhance comfort and energy savings with municipal building envelopes
Watch this webinar to explore strategies for optimizing municipal building envelopes, enhancing both comfort and energy efficiency.
Webinar recording
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Municipal and community buildings
Energy
Webinar recording: Energy efficiency for reaching net zero
Learn how municipalities can advance energy efficiency initiatives to reach net-zero targets.
Case Study
Asset management
Asset management
Access to municipal asset data enables collaboration in The Pas
Through training and collaboration, The Pas re-imagined their asset data to make it easier for Council to understand and base infrastructure decisions on.
