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Case Study Energy Energy

Case study: City of Kelowna develops corporate and community energy plans

Corporate and Community Energy and Emission Plans The City of Kelowna developed corporate and community action plans to reduce both energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The corporate plan is an effort to reduce GHG emissions from City activities by up to 26 per cent by 2017…

December 19, 2018

Case Study Waste Waste

Case Study: How Lac-Saint-Jean’s Réemploi+ program is building a circular economy

A challenge facing many municipalities is how to divert more waste from landfill, both to lower GHG emissions and to reduce their need for landfill space. In Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region, communities and waste management have teamed up to create Réemploi+, an organization that is creating a system for waste diversion and reuse while also developing skills training opportunities.

January 26, 2023

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

Case Study: Helping Maritime homeowners boost energy efficiency

In three municipalities in P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, a new program is offering financing to homeowners to help them retrofit their houses for better efficiency — and to save money on energy costs, too.

January 26, 2023

Resource Municipal fleet electrification Municipal fleet electrification

Calgary scales its electric fleets to reduce transportation emissions

When municipal staff was tasked with incorporating hybrid and fully electric vehicles into the municipal fleet, they encountered a variety of procurement, operational and process barriers. Learn how they broke through these barriers and acquired more than 30 EVs in 3 years to create one of the fastest growing EV fleets in western Canada.

February 2, 2023

Resource Home energy and resilience upgrades Home energy and resilience upgrades

Community Efficiency Financing market guide

Our guide focuses on assessing the potential for the types of home energy upgrade programs that would be eligible under FCM’s Community Efficiency Financing initiative, but the steps in it are still relevant to other residential upgrade programs. These are the key questions this guide will h…

March 13, 2023