

Resources: Strengthening your municipality’s circular economy initiatives
Find case studies, exercises and worksheets to help your municipality reduce waste and strengthen its circular economy initiatives.
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Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit
Find practical case studies and guidance for planning your local community building retrofit.

Case Study: Building greener Indigenous housing

Community Efficiency Financing market guide
Guide to help Canadian municipalities assess potential home energy upgrade programs

Case study: Building sustainable communities with district energy


Case Study: Regina takes steps to revitalize and grow city core


Webinar: Transitioning ice rinks to net-zero
Learn the basics of building retrofits for facility buildings


Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit
Find practical case studies and guidance for planning your local community building retrofit.


Webinar recording: Introduction to local home-energy financing programs
Learn the basics on delivering local financing programs for home-energy upgrades.


Video: Saskatoon delivers Saskatchewan’s first local home-energy financing program
Learn how the City of Saskatoon designed its Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) to help residents retrofit their homes and reduce GHG emissions.


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.


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.


Resources: Community Efficiency Financing
Read guidebooks and case studies to see how municipalities are designing home upgrade financing programs.


Video: Kingston supports homeowners with financing program for energy upgrades
Hear from Julie Salter-Keane, Manager of Climate Leadership at the City of Kingston, as she discusses the City’s program implementation and their approach to designing a strong local program.
