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Net-Zero Transformation

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October 31, 2023

Case Study Community efficiency financing Community efficiency financing

Case Study: Making Alberta homes more energy efficient

Summary Municipalities across the country have launched programs to help homeowners finance energy-efficiency and renewable energy upgrades. In Alberta, Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) has used a collaborative approach to centralize administration of these programs so communities can streamline…

November 14, 2023

Case Study Local energy generation Local energy generation

Forestry waste proves ideal heat source for small town

In 2012, Saint-Ubalde, a small rural town in Quebec, launched a project to convert biowaste into biofuel to heat several municipal and institutional buildings. The high cost of oil heating and the town’s desire to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inspired the municipality to conside…

September 15, 2020

Resource Waste Waste

Circular Cities & Regions Initiative

Discover the members of the Peer-to-Peer Network

On July 20, 2022, the CCRI announced the 15 local governments and communities selected to participate in their new Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Network. Located from Squamish, British Columbia, to Haute-Yamaska and Granby, Quebec, members…

March 4, 2021

Case Study Water Water

Case study: Cranbrook gains $1.2M in value by using wastewater for irrigation

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 15, 2018

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Case study: City of Sarnia Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Sarnia's Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) brings together initiatives already underway to optimize budgets, personnel and other resources across municipal departments. Sarnia is the largest urban centre in Lambton County. It has had a long history of partnership with the county, a…

December 4, 2018

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Strategic plan: FCM’s Green Municipal Fund

Learn about the long-term vision for FCM's Green Municipal Fund (GMF) in this strategic plan for 2018-2023.

The strategic plan outlines how GMF will continue to support Canadian cities and communities of all sizes to develop and implement municipal projects that advance innovative so…

January 9, 2019

Case Study Waste Waste

Case study: Guelph plans an innovative new carbon neutral community

The City of Guelph's Guelph Innovation District Secondary Plan is the 2018 winner in the sustainable neighbourhood revitalization and design 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 t…

January 9, 2019