Tool
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.
See Resource
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.
Guide
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.
Tool
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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Asset management
Local governments incorporate ecosystem needs into infrastructure plans
Six communities from across Canada partner to access training, data and knowledge on how to best protect their natural assets.
Case Study
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy
Home energy and resilience upgrades
Energy
Learn how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency retrofit programs
Retrofitting residential buildings are key to reducing municipal GHG emissions yet projects often face challenges. See how a toolkit based on feedback from several Ontario communities can help local governments meet their reduction targets.
Webinar recording
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Webinar recording: Apply for GMF’s Sustainable Affordable Housing funding
Watch this joint webinar hosted by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association (CHRA to learn how to apply for FCM’s newest funding initiative – Sustainable Affordable Housing.
Case Study
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Raising the bar on community housing retrofits
CityHousing Hamilton transforms a failing tower into a building with state-of-the-art performance in energy, health, comfort and accessibility.
Case Study
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Energy retrofit delivers multiple benefits
Energy-efficiency retrofits by The Atmospheric Fund improve quality of life for 1,500 Toronto Community Housing residents.
Case Study
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Consultation and innovation improves performance
CCOC’s Beaver Barracks provides 254 units of affordable housing and incorporates innovative sustainability features and technologies.
Case Study
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Municipal fleet electrification
Transportation
Case study: Building an electric vehicle charging network in the Kootenays, BC
Find out how the municipalities in the Kootenay region worked together to create a network of EV charging stations in rural communities.
Case Study
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Sustainable affordable housing
Energy | Housing
Case study: Brownfield redevelopment incorporates affordable housing
An abandoned industrial facility in Toronto is transformed into a vibrant, sustainable community hub that includes 26 units of affordable housing.
Case Study
Asset management
Asset management
One mayor’s approach to managing his community’s assets
Find out how the mayor of Pointe-Fortune started a municipal asset management process after completing a workshop.
Case Study
Asset management
Asset management
Changing organizational culture in a tangible way
The Asset Management Competency Framework for Canadian Communities is a tool to help municipalities understand and build the knowledge and skills needed for asset management.
