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Resource Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings

Toolkit: Improving energy efficiency in Alberta community buildings

Alberta municipalities are improving community buildings with practical, energy-efficient upgrades that reduce costs, cut emissions and extend service life.Responsible for 60% of the province’s public infrastructure, municipalities are using support from the Green Municipal Fund (GMF) to upgrade hi…

July 29, 2025

Resource Climate Adaptation Climate Adaptation

Climate-Ready Communities Assessment Tool

The Climate-Ready Communities (CRC) Assessment Tool empowers local governments to evaluate and enhance their climate adaptation efforts. Through a structured self-assessment, the CRC assessment tool can help your municipality identify gaps and next steps and find effective ways to integrate adaptation into existing municipal processes. The pillars of the CRC Assessment Tool are interdependent. Each play an important role in supporting a community's pathway to becoming more resilient to climate impacts. On this webpage you will find three steps to get started on your journey: the assessment tool, tip sheets to read before you begin, and a guide and video to walk you through the process to complete.

December 13, 2024

General Content

Strengthening communities through climate adaptation

About the Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation  
LLCA offers funding and support to help municipalities plan, design and deliver practical adaptation projects. Learn how you can protect infrastructure, support your residents and strengthen your community’s future. 
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June 30, 2025

downtown Kingston, Ontario at sunset
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