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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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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

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

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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Land Use

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment and Remedial Action Plan, Cooper Site

As part of a plan to build a University of Waterloo satellite campus next to its downtown core, the City of Stratford completed a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment and Remedial Action Plan for the Cooper Site, a 7-hectare former industrial site.

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Energy

Case study: Saint John explores options for district energy system

The City of Saint John studied the feasibility of a district energy system to serve buildings in the downtown area. These systems distribute thermal energy from a central facility to heat and cool multiple buildings.

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Land Use

Case study: Community Sustainability Plan

The Town of Ladysmith developed a Sustainable Action Plan that provides the framework for sustainable prosperity throughout the 21st century. Adopting the plan is an important step toward achieving the Town's Sustainability Vision, which it developed in 2008-2009.

New apartment buildings made of red brick and glass balconies.

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Land Use

District moves to revitalize downtown neighbourhood

To revive a downtown drained of stores and shoppers by malls on the highway that has skirted the community since 1990, the district of West Kelowna drafted a 25-year plan to remake the central Westbank Centre neighbourhood as a pedestrian-friendly place to live, work and play.

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Energy

Toronto’s Exhibition Place brightens pedestrian pathway with LED lights

Eager to showcase green technologies and save on electrical costs, Toronto's Exhibition Place replaced 50 high-pressure sodium lampposts along a pedestrian walkway with light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures.

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Water

Case study: Water Treatment Plant Membrane Cleaning Study

To increase the efficiency of its water treatment process and reduce the use of chemicals, the City of Thunder Bay studied different methods for cleaning filtration membranes at its Bare Point Drinking Water Treatment Plant.

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Land Use

A 20-year blueprint for sustainable growth

To make this northern Manitoba mining community a healthier, more sustainable, and recreation-rich place to live, the City of Thompson adopted a plan to enhance the wintertime appeal of its parks.

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