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Webinar recording: Accelerate your community’s net-zero transformation with new GMF funding

Watch our webinar to discover how GMF’s new funding can help you upgrade infrastructure and reduce local GHG emissions.

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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy Energy

Webinar recording: Transform your approach to energy efficiency with the Housing Providers’ Toolkit

Watch the discussion on how to create a GHG reduction pathway for community buildings.

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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Project cash flow calculator

Our energy project calculator is designed to aid housing providers in quantifying the associated costs of sustainable, affordable housing projects. Use the calculator to understand the viability of a potential project and make informed decisions.

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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Funders list for sustainable affordable housing

Access additional funding sources from across Canada to support your next affordable housing project.

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energy | housing 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.
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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | 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.

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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
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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Case Study
Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing
energy | housing 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.
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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.
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Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing
energy | housing 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.
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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
energy | housing 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.

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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Case Study: Building greener Indigenous housing

Wachiay Friendship Centre is leveraging the expertise of GMF’s Sustainable Affordable Housing (SAH) initiative to develop energy-efficient, affordable housing in Courtenay, BC. Their new apartment complex, breaking ground in 2023, will provide homes for 40 Indigenous seniors and adults living on low income.
Creating affordable and energy-efficient homes in Courtenay, BC 
Guide
Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing
energy Energy

Community Efficiency Financing market guide

Guide to help Canadian municipalities assess potential home energy upgrade programs

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Case Study
Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Case Study: Helping Maritime homeowners boost energy efficiency

In three municipalities in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, a new program is offering financing to homeowners to help them retrofit their houses for better efficiency — and to save money on energy costs, too.
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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: Affordable housing providers’ impact on energy poverty

The webinar will feature a housing project helping moderate income households while achieving high environmental standards.

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Guide
Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy Energy

Understanding energy efficiency: A guide for affordable housing providers

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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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
energy Energy

Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit

Find practical case studies and guidance for planning your local community building retrofit.

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Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Video: Nelson scales up local program to support home-energy upgrades

In this video, Carmen Proctor, Climate & Energy Manager at the City of Nelson, tells the story of the program’s success to date, shares key lessons learned from running the program, and highlights their next steps to scale up the program.

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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: Asset management and energy conservation

Learn how the non-profit housing sector can integrate energy management into asset management to reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

Asset management and energy conservation webinar
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Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing
energy | 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.

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