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Funding Community efficiency financing

Study: Assess options for a local home-energy upgrade financing program

Explore and assess options for a financing program for home energy upgrades that can achieve triple-bottom-line benefits within your community.  Your study should include one or more of the following elements: A baseline assessment of a community’s housing stock and en…

February 17, 2021

Case Study Local energy generation Local energy generation

Case study: Sustainable heating from unlikely sources

SummaryMetro Vancouver is turning an overlooked resource—waste heat from sources including sewage and solid waste—into a powerful solution for sustainable energy. By developing an innovative policy and implementation guide, the region is paving the way for the creation of district energy facilities…

February 13, 2025

Case Study Local energy generation Local energy generation

Case study: Bridging energy efficiency and equity in Bridgewater

SummaryThe Town of Bridgewater, in the heart of Nova Scotia, has pioneered a three-pronged approach that reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while tackling energy poverty. Winner of a Sustainable Communities Award 2024, the Energize Bridgewater project combines leading-edge energy monitoring tec…

February 12, 2025

Case Study Local energy generation Local energy generation

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. Watch the video and read the case study to learn more about this project. Download our guide below to get started on a similar project in your communit…

January 9, 2019

Case Study Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing

Seniors enjoy much-needed sustainable addition to community housing

To help meet the critical housing needs of seniors in the community, Niagara Regional Housing (NRH) partnered with the Regional Municipality of Niagara to build a new energy-efficient, sustainable residence for seniors. The Niagara region is home to a high proportion of elderly residents, ma…

September 15, 2020

Case Study Waste Waste

Study helps set direction for new composting facility

In 2012, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen took on a comprehensive feasibility study to identify the best site, equipment, methodologies and management options for a new composting facility.

Renowned for its picturesque orchards and world-class vineyards, the regional…

September 15, 2020

Case Study Water Water

Town boosts wastewater treatment capacity and improves water quality

The Town of Perth completed a new addition to its wastewater treatment system in 2018. An eastern Ontario town of close to 6,000 people, it had met its wastewater treatment needs for almost 50 years with a three-cell sewage lagoon. But by the early 2000s, the system was operating near capaci…

September 15, 2020

Case Study Water Water

Case study: Guelph tests home grey water recycling systems

City of Guelph Residential Grey water Reuse Feasibility Study To find further ways to conserve its finite groundwater resources, the City of Guelph studied a residential greywater reuse system that flushes residential toilets with water from showers and baths. 

In the fie…

December 17, 2018

Case Study Water Water

Case study: Facility upgrades help Cranbrook enhance agricultural production

This is part of a series of case studies on wastewater projects funded by the FCM's Green Municipal Fund. Each case study provides technical information, project details and tips on best practices. Project overview The City of Cranbrook, BC, updated its wastewater treatment system with a…

December 3, 2018