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Case study: Côte-de-Beaupré Adopts an Integrated, Development Plan

Côte-de-Beaupré aims to be a healthy region To support long-term community planning, the Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality (MRC) has produced an integrated sustainability plan. The outcome of a major public consultation process, the plan is integrated, practical and inclusive. It …

December 4, 2018

Case Study Energy Energy

Case study: How low-carbon design helps cut greenhouse gas emissions in half

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 Transportation Transportation

Case study: Kingston gets more youth riding public transit

The City of Kingston's Transit High School Bus Pass Project is the 2018 co-winner of the transportation category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards. The initiative also received FCM's inaugural Inspire Award for the project that best demonstrates creativity and innovation, as decided…

January 9, 2019

Resource Energy Energy

Introducing GMF’s Community Buildings Retrofit initiative

Discover our new Community Building Retrofit initiative From libraries and recreation centres to arenas and swimming pools, community buildings support vibrant, healthy communities and provide residents with access to important social services. The challenge is that these facilities also use a l…

May 19, 2021

Case Study Land Use Land Use

Case study: Gas station clean-up clears way for new development

As part of its green growth program, the City of Edmonton prepared a 10-year plan to clean up and redevelop 50 former gas stations. The plan, overseen by five councillors and a brownfield coordinator, would provide grants of up to $200,000 toward the cost of conducting environmental assessme…

December 3, 2018

Case Study Land Use Land Use

Case study: Community Sustainability Plan

The Town of Ladysmith developed a Sustainable Action Plan that provides the framework for sustainable prosperity throughout the 21st century. Adopting the plan is an important step toward achieving the Town's Sustainability Vision, which it developed in 2008-2009. The plan focuses on five broad …

December 14, 2018

Case Study Land Use Land Use

Measuring the value of natural assets

To inform planning for future urban development and climate change adaptation, the City of Saskatoon completed a pilot project to assign measurable value to its natural assets. The Natural Capital Asset Valuation pilot project generated an inventory of local natural assets, identified the speci…

January 19, 2021

Resource Water Water

Tool: Checklist for a successful wastewater treatment plant upgrade

This checklist outlines the best practices for your municipality to follow to ensure a successful wastewater upgrade project. It is based on a three-part article series that provides a framework to help municipalities develop innovative and sustainable wastewater system projects.

It …

December 5, 2018

Resource Sustainable affordable housing Sustainable affordable housing

Video: 1,500 Toronto residents benefit from retrofit initiative

In this impressive retrofit initiative, we learn how The Atmospheric Fund, in partnership with Toronto Community Housing achieved impressive environmental benefits. The project saw GHG emissions by the equivalent of 963 tons of CO2 and creating over $450,000 in annual utility cost savings. Through …

May 7, 2021