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Case study: 2015 FCM Sustainable Communities Award — Energy program
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.
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
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Case study: 2016 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards — Energy Program
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.
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
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Case study: Renewable energy would lower housing costs, GHG emissions
To meet greenhouse-gas reduction targets and cut utility costs, the City of Toronto considered solar, wind, geothermal and waste-to-energy options for heating, cooling and lighting its 2,215 community housing buildings.
  • Energy
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Case study: Switch to biomass cuts costs and GHG emissions in Yellowknife
The City of Yellowknife's Biomass District Energy System is the 2018 winner in the energy 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.
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
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Case study: City of Yellowknife, NT
Unlike provinces in southern Canada, the northern territories spend proportionately more on heating to cope with a demanding climate. With higher costs come higher emissions, so it's easy to see why the City of Yellowknife focused on energy to meet its GHG reduction targets and to reduce costs.
  • Climate change
  • Energy
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Case study: City of Nelson, BC
Since adopting its corporate GHG reduction plan in 2010, the City of Nelson has undertaken full and partial building retrofits, green fleet initiatives, and staff and stakeholder engagement workshops.
  • Climate change
  • Energy
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Case study: City of Guelph, ON
In 2005, the Government of Ontario released the Places to Grow Act, allowing it to designate geographic regions that need further development to accommodate projected population growth.
  • Climate change
  • Energy
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Case study: Region integrates community and corporate goals in climate action strategy
The Niagara Region created an integrated community and corporate climate change action plan with targets for local energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction based on a previously-compiled regional inventory.
  • Climate change
  • Energy
  • Sustainability
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