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Case study
The Town of The Blue Mountains built an energy-efficient community hall on the site of a former service station.
- Brownfields
Guide
Learn how to implement the best practices and strategies used by Durham, ON, our 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards climate change winner.
- Sustainability
- Climate change
- Disaster mitigation
Guide
Learn how to implement the best practices and strategies used by Port Coquitlam, BC, our 2018 Sustainable Communities Awards brownfields winner.
- Brownfields
- Sustainability
Guide
See how two communities benefit from evaluating their brownfield programs and find tips you can use in your municipality to enhance your offering.
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The Regional Municipality of Durham's Community Climate Adaptation Plan is the 2018 winner in the climate change category of FCM's Sustainable Communities Awards.
Watch the video and read the case study to learn more about this project. Download our guide below to get started on a similar project in your community.
- Climate change
- Disaster mitigation
- Sustainability
Case study
Innovative natural techniques, such as reconditioning soil and using plants to absorb contaminants, transformed a former sanitary lagoon. Learn how.
- Brownfields
- Sustainability
Tool
Any technique that remediates or manages the risk of contamination at a site has an environmental benefit as it eliminates or reduces exposure to contaminants. Some techniques, however, are more sustainable than others.
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Tool
Cleaning up contaminants and redeveloping a brownfield site can bring communities a number of environmental, economic and social benefits. You can achieve even greater benefits by incorporating sustainable approaches throughout the site remediation and risk management activities.
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