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Land Use

Guide: Promoting brownfield programs and opportunities in Canada

Read this step-by-step guide to marketing brownfield redevelopment opportunities to local developers and property owners.

November 27, 2018

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Energy

Webinar recording: How to adapt green municipal projects to stand the test of time

Learn how to maintain and adapt GMF-supported projects for decades to come.

June 1, 2021

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Community efficiency financing

Video: New municipal financing program removes barriers to energy-efficiency upgrades for homeowners

Marie-Pierre Paquette discusses how the municipalities of Plessisville, Varennes and Verchères banded together to launch a joint pilot project that would bring energy-efficient home renovations within reach for more homeowners. The Financement innovateur pour des Municipalités Efficaces (FI…

June 24, 2021

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Municipal fleet electrification

Video: New electric vehicle-sharing system reduces emissions and generates revenue

In this video, Johanne Ouellet, Vice-President YHC Mobility at YHC Environnement discusses how, in 2016, the Société d’innovation en environnement (SIE) and YHC Environnement started a pilot project to introduce an electric vehicle-sharing system, partnering with the municipalities of Plessisville,…

June 28, 2021

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Community efficiency financing

Direct financing program for homeowners delivers solar-powered water heating systems in Halifax

Homeowners in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), NS, can take advantage of municipal financing through the Solar City program to install solar-powered water heating systems, lower their energy bills, and reduce water consumption.

May 29, 2020

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Energy

Toronto asks: do solar energy projects deliver as promised?

Unsure of the real-world performance of solar energy systems, the City of Toronto's Toronto Atmospheric Fund decided to evaluate 16 projects completed on municipal properties.

December 19, 2018

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Energy

Energy retrofits save heritage house

Worried that the town's rural character was being lost in a sea of new homes for buyers from nearby Toronto, concerned residents of Halton Hills launched a campaign to save Devereaux House, a condemned town-owned 19th-century heritage home on 100 acres of farmland.

December 19, 2018

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Energy

Northern community considers mini-hydro project

To cut its dependence on diesel-generated electricity, the lakeside northern community of Whati studied construction of a hydroelectric system powered by running water from the nearby La Martre River Falls, which flow out of Lac Le Martre.

December 18, 2018

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Municipal fleet electrification

Video: The ongoing story of Banff’s hybrid bus fleet project

In this video, Michael Hay, Manager of Environment & Sustainability telling the story of Banff, Alberta’s hybrid bus fleet -- Canada’s first municipal hybrid bus fleet. Visitors to Banff National Park has grown steadily with a 30% increase just in the last 7 years. While providing a boost to…

June 28, 2021

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Community efficiency financing

Video: Kingston supports homeowners with financing program for energy upgrades

Innovative financing models – like Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) or utility on-bill financing – can help residents afford the high cost of energy upgrades and contribute to local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

The City of Kingston, ON, has announced Be…

January 20, 2022

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