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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
Land Use
Land Use
2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Brownfields Program
With the aim of cleaning up former refuelling sites and revitalizing communities, the City of Edmonton's Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Program offers a generous selection of grants for all stages of brownfield remediation, including environmental performance incentives. Supported by FCM's Green Municipal Fund.
Case Study
Transportation
Transportation
Case study: 2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Neighbourhood Development Plan
The rural municipality of Austin, with its rich biodiversity, developed a sustainable management action plan to preserve the many ecosystems found throughout its territory. Supported by FCM's Green Municipal Fund.
Guide
Land Use
Land Use
Guide: Promoting brownfield programs and opportunities in Canada
Read this step-by-step guide to marketing brownfield redevelopment opportunities to local developers and property owners.
Webinar recording
Water
Water
Webinar recording: Optimizing your wastewater treatment plant
Join our webinar to learn proven practices to help you identify ways to optimize your existing wastewater treatment resources. Speakers from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change and the Grand River Conservation Authority will share lessons learned that you can apply in your municipality.
Case Study
Land Use
Land Use
2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Brownfields project
The Region of Waterloo and its partners helped transform an industrial brownfield site in the City of Kitchener's downtown into showcase offices, attracting tenants such as Google and reviving a central neighbourhood.
Guide
Asset management
Asset management
Guide: Getting started with asset management in your municipality
Download the guide now and see how this tool can help your municipality get started on building asset management practices.
Tool
Asset management
Asset management
Tool: Asset management readiness scale
Use our Asset Management Readiness Scale to assess your municipality's asset management practices and identify areas for improvement to help you advance.
Tool
Asset management
Asset management
Asset management resources for beginners
Check out these beginner asset management resources from across the country.
Guide
Asset management
Asset management
Guide: How to develop an asset management policy and strategy
Learn how to set up a sustainable asset management approach in your municipality. Hear from other communities that have successfully built asset management systems.
Guide
Asset management
Asset management
Guide: Building sustainable communities with asset management
Discover how asset management practices help municipalities sustainably manage infrastructure and deliver services over the long term.
