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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 buildings
Municipal 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 buildings
Municipal 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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Guide: 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards project guide: Neighbourhood design
Learn how to implement the best practices and strategies used by Guelph, ON, our 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards neighbourhood design winner.
Guide
Guide: 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards project guide: Asset management
Learn how to implement the best practices and strategies used by Salmo, BC, our 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards asset management winner.
Report
Strategic plan: FCM’s Green Municipal Fund
Learn about the Green Municipal Fund's long-term vision and objectives for 2018-2023.
Case study: Small BC community gets big benefits from asset management
Starting from scratch, this small community adopted asset management practices that increase the village's sustainability and resilience.
Case Study
Local energy generation
Energy
Local energy generation
Energy
Case study: Switch to biomass cuts costs and GHG emissions in Yellowknife
The City of Yellowknife's Biomass District Energy System is the 2018 winner in the energy category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Case study: Kingston gets more youth riding public transit
The City of Kingston's Transit High School Bus Pass Project is the 2018 co-winner of the transportation category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
Community-minded brownfield plan gives new life to Port Coquitlam site
Innovative natural techniques, such as reconditioning soil and using plants to absorb contaminants, transformed a former sanitary lagoon. Learn how.
Case Study
Waste
Waste
Case study: Guelph plans an innovative new carbon neutral community
The City of Guelph's Guelph Innovation District Secondary Plan is the 2018 winner in the sustainable neighbourhood revitalization and design category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards.