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Sample letter: confirming project funding sources

Each organization contributing to a GMF-funded project, including the lead municipality, must submit a letter confirming specific contributions to the project.  Use this sample letter template when providing details on funding sources in your GMF funding application.  Download the s…

August 3, 2022

Case Study Energy Energy

Community Energy and Emissions Plan

The City of Delta's new Community Energy and Emissions Plan (CEEP) is a long-term strategy for sustainable development.

December 17, 2018

Resource Energy Energy

Webinar recording: The 5 keys to a green municipal project business case

Before you can start a new project, you first need to get buy-in from your municipal council or other city staff. Set yourself up for success by building a strong business case for your proposed sustainability initiative.  Watch this webinar recording and discover the five critica…

May 27, 2021

Resource Land Use Land Use

Video: new purpose for a 20-year-old brownfield site

In this video, Tara Tran, Senior Planner, City of Brantford discusses how, in 2015, the City of Brantford launched a two-year cleanup of  The Greenwich Mohawk brownfield site—the culmination of years of preparation. Beginning in 2002, the City of Brantford commissioned several remediation s…

June 28, 2021

Resource Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings

Resource library: Community Buildings Retrofit

Are you looking for tools and resources to help guide your community facility upgrade project? Our Community Buildings Retrofit (CBR) initiative supports municipalities in retrofitting local recreation and cultural buildings to lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, extend your asset’…

June 1, 2022

Case Study Home energy and resilience upgrades Home energy and resilience upgrades

Residential energy programs overcome barriers to financing retrofits in Toronto

The City of Toronto's Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) and High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support Program (Hi-RIS) have won a 2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Award for successfully stimulating energy and water retrofits in privately owned residential buildings. To date the programs have achieved en…

June 2, 2017

Case Study Waste Waste

Case study: How Saint-Hyacinthe turns organic waste into biogas and revenue

This article is part of a series called Six sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada. Each article explores an innovative sustainability idea that may have seemed radical a decade ago but is now considered a best practice. The series features inspiring ide…

December 14, 2018

Case Study Water Water

Wastewater case studies: Solutions and strategies

Best practices for meeting Canadian municipal wastewater regulations Are you looking for technical information and examples of best practices to help you with your municipality's wastewater treatment initiative?

We have developed case studies to help Canadian cities and towns of a…

December 5, 2018