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Resource Trees Trees

Factsheet: Making the case for trees in your community

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November 19, 2024

Resource Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings

Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure project outcomes

.pdf-cover { max-width: 200px; /* Limits width */ height: auto; border: 1px solid #ccc; display: block; } By integrating nature-based solutions into your infrastructure, building or retrofit planning, you can not only build resilience to climate change but also help to sust…

January 3, 2025

Case Study Zero-emission vehicles Zero-emission vehicles

Case study: Shifting gears with e-bike incentives

  SummaryThe District of Saanich, B.C., wanted to increase electric bike (e-bike) usage in the community to help lower transportation emissions and reach its climate goals. To do so, staff created an income-tiered pilot program, winner of the 2024 Sustainable Communities Awards in the tra…

February 13, 2025

Case Study Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings

Case study: Retrofitting three community facilities for shared heating

SummaryThis case study from Abbotsford, B.C., demonstrates how a heat recovery system can boost energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by sharing heat among three facilities within one recreation complex. This innovative approach will lead to significant operational cost saving…

March 4, 2025

Funding Local energy generation

Capital project: Community Energy Systems

What we fundWe offer combined loan and grant funding to support municipalities and their partners in constructing, commissioning and rapidly deploying a successful implementation of a low-carbon community energy system.Eligible renewable energy systems include district energy systems (like district…

October 31, 2023

A complex web of shining heating pipes in a modern, efficient energy system
Funding Other renewable community energy systems

Capital project: Net-Zero Transformation

What we fundWe provide combined loan and grant funding to support municipalities in constructing innovative infrastructure that has the potential to result in a significant contribution to net-zero. GMF capital projects are usually composed of physical assets. These are defined by following general…

October 31, 2023

A family walks down the street in a sustainable neighborhood on a warm sunny day
Funding Municipal fleet electrification

Capital project: Municipal Fleet Electrification

What we fundWe offer combined loan and grant funding for capital projects that achieve a partial or complete transition of municipal and/or transit fleet to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), including electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), electric buses, electric police cruisers, and other …

October 31, 2023

An electric bus wrapped in images of nature
Funding Municipal and community buildings

Capital project: Construction of new sustainable municipal and community buildings

What we fundWe offer combined loan and grant funding to support new building construction projects for sustainable municipally owned buildings. This funding helps Canadian cities and communities of all sizes undertake sustainability projects that reduce emissions, accelerate energy savings and keep…

October 31, 2023

A construction worker scales the rafters of the frame of a municipal building under construction