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Learn the basics on delivering local financing programs for home-energy upgrades.
- Climate change
- Energy
- Sustainability
Innovative financing models – like utility on-bill financing and third-party lending – can help residents afford the high cost of energy upgrades and contribute to local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissi
- Climate change
- Energy
- Sustainability
Guide
Read guidebooks and case studies to see how municipalities are designing home upgrade financing programs.
Video
Learn how Kingston, ON, designed a local home-energy upgrade program to meet the community’s needs and their local climate change goals.
- Climate change
- Energy
- Sustainability
Case study
In 2016, after three years of careful planning and preparation, 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.
- Energy
Video
Learn how the City of Saskatoon designed its Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) to help residents retrofit their homes and reduce GHG emissions.
- Climate change
- Energy
- Sustainability
Tool
Stronger Together: A Toolkit for First Nations-Municipal Community Economic Development Partnerships
The Stronger Together Toolkit offers step-by-step guidance on how First Nations and municipalities can find new ways to work together for mutual prosperity.
- Economic development
- Indigenous partnerships
Case study
Toronto's Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) and High-Rise Retrofit Improvement Support Program (Hi-RIS) provide low-interest, long-term loans to finance energy and water efficiency retrofits for private residential buildings.
- Climate change
- Energy
- Sustainability