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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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Case Study
Water
Water
Case study: Expansion of the Water Pollution Control Centre
The focus of this project was to enhance Barrie's wastewater treatment to accommodate municipal growth and improve the quality of the water flowing out of the plant and into Kempenfelt Bay.
Guide
Water
Water
Guide: Lessons in planning and designing a wastewater plant upgrade
Learn how to avoid one of the most common mistakes in wastewater plant upgrade projects: insufficient planning and analysis. Part two in a three-part article series.
Guide
Water
Water
Guide: Tips for the building phase of a wastewater plant upgrade
Discover four practices that will help make the procurement, construction and start-up phase of your project a success. Part three in a three-part article series.
Guide
Waste
Waste
Six sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: Article series
In a series of six articles, we explore inspiring projects and sustainability solutions being implemented in cities and towns of all sizes across Canada.
Webinar recording
Land Use
Land Use
Webinar recording: Fostering brownfield redevelopment
Learn best practices in brownfield revitalization you can apply in your municipality, and understand FCM's brownfield funding opportunities and resources.
Case Study
Water
Water
Quebec City launches innovative in situ project for managing sediment-derived phosphorus
To restore the highly eutrophicated Saint-Augustin Lake and prevent the proliferation of cyanobacteria, Quebec City conducted two field tests to determine the effectiveness of various nutrient control techniques.
Case Study
Water
Water
Wastewater case studies: Solutions and strategies
Read the case studies of GMF-funded initiatives and learn tips and best practices you can apply to your own wastewater treatment plant projects and upgrades.
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Water
Water
Tool: Checklist for a successful wastewater treatment plant upgrade
Follow this checklist based on best practices to help ensure success and address key issues during each phase of your project.
Case Study
Energy
Energy
Case study: Sunshine Coast completes regional energy and sustainability plan
The Sunshine Coast Regional District developed two plans that move it toward a more sustainable future.
Case study: Three townships collaborate on sustainability plan
To pool knowledge and reduce spending, three large townships with small populations adopted a joint plan to improve economic, environmental and social conditions in Ontario's rural North Durham region.