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Access practical, hands-on tools, resources and knowledge to help you address your municipality’s unique challenges. Whether you’re looking to refine your project idea or build local capacity, our expert resources are designed to bring clarity and vision to your project or goal—no matter where you’re starting from.

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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

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

Guide: 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

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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Case Study

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.

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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.

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Guide

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.

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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.

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Case Study

Community efficiency financing

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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Webinar recording

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.

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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.

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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.