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Waste

Case study: Trash to treasure at the HodgePodge Lodge

  SummaryA 2024 Sustainable Communities Awards winner in the waste category, Strathcona County’s HodgePodge Lodge is a circular economy-focused community hub designed to divert waste from landfill by offering opportunities for reuse. Residents can both donate items and take things they ne…

February 13, 2025

Asset management

Case study: Longueuil 2030, a sustainable vision protecting 21% of its territory in perpetuity

  SummaryAs part of its socio-ecological transition, Ville de Longueuil adopted its plan for protecting and preserving natural areas (PPCMN) in 2023. It aims to expand its protected natural areas by 1,500 hectares to reach 21% of its territory by 2030. The objective of the project is to i…

February 13, 2025

Home energy and resilience upgrades

Resources: Community Efficiency Financing

Are you looking for tools and lessons learned to implement a financing program in your community? Our Community Efficiency Financing initiative helps municipalities deliver local financing programs for home-energy upgrades.From guidebooks to case studies, this resource library provides us…

January 25, 2022

Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership

May 30, 2023

Local energy generation

Capital project: Organic Waste-to-Energy

What we fundWe offer combined loan and grant funding to support municipalities and their partners in constructing, commissioning and initiating operation of an organic waste-to-energy system. This funding helps Canadian cities and communities produce and utilize local sources of energy and generate…

October 31, 2023

Local energy generation

Business case: Organic Waste-to-Energy

What we fundWe fund business cases that assess viable waste-to-energy systems and business models for a given site and/or feedstock. This funding helps Canadian cities and communities determine whether it is viable to produce and utilize energy from landfill gas or waste organic material, and gener…

October 31, 2023

Municipal and community buildings

Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative

Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.

October 19, 2023

Sustainable affordable housing

Case study: Sustainable homes, stronger community

  Summary  Facing an affordable housing crisis and rising to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Waterloo Region Housing (WRH) has undertaken its first net-zero community housing build. Winning a 2024 Sustainable Communities Award, the project features a variety…

February 11, 2025

Trees

Factsheet: Planting trees to restore and connect ecosystems

Does your community want to enhance biodiversity and better manage its natural assets? This factsheet explores how thoughtful tree planting and urban forest management can restore and connect habitats to enhance urban biodiversity, ecosystem health and ecosystem structure.  Biodiversity in the…

March 18, 2025

Transportation

Safe and Active School Routes

Access funding, peer learning and expert support to build safer, more active school routes with the Safe and Active School Routes accelerator initiative.

April 16, 2025