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Climate change and infrastructure: Climate change and infrastructure: resources from FCM’s Green Municipal Fund resources from FCM’s Green Municipal Fund Elisabeth Arnold Elisabeth Arnold 6 novembre, 2007 6 novembre, 2007
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Page 1: Climate change and infrastructure: resources from FCMs Green Municipal Fund Elisabeth Arnold 6 novembre, 2007.

Climate change and infrastructure:Climate change and infrastructure:resources from FCM’s Green Municipal Fundresources from FCM’s Green Municipal Fund

Elisabeth Arnold Elisabeth Arnold 6 novembre, 20076 novembre, 2007

Page 2: Climate change and infrastructure: resources from FCMs Green Municipal Fund Elisabeth Arnold 6 novembre, 2007.

At the tipping point

Growing responsibilities, shrinking resources

• Transportation

• Water

• Waste

• Recreation

• Housing

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Municipal governments across Canada are adopting sustainable development practices as a way to:

• Increase quality of life

• Reduce costs (both corporate and community)

• Improve service delivery

• Improve air quality

• Increase social stability

• Add economic opportunity

…FCM is helping

Sustainable Community Development

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Fédération canadienne des municipalités

• Voix nationale des gouvernements municipaux depuis 1901

• Représente plus de 1600 membres• Organisation bilingue vouée à

l’amélioration de la qualité de vie dans toutes les collectivités en favorisant des gouvernements municipaux forts, efficaces et redevables

• Tout en défendant des intérêts stratégiques, la FCM demeure une association professionnelle au service des élus municipaux

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FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development

Financial assistance through:

• Green Municipal Fund (GMF)

• Affordability and Choice Today (ACT)

Building capacity through:

• Campaigns in each GMF sector: brownfields, energy, planning, transportation, waste and water

• Partners for Climate Protection (PCP)

• Community Energy Planning Mission

• FCM Sustainable Communities Conference

• FCM-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Awards

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• Le FMV offre :– un financement sous forme de subventions

pour des études de faisabilité, des essais sur le terrain et des plans de développement de collectivités viables (*processus en cours de révision);

– un financement sous forme de prêts et de subventions pour des projets d’immobilisations

• le FMV finance les meilleurs exemples de leadership municipal en développement durable – exemples qui peuvent être reproduits dans d’autres collectivités.

• Financement disponible à tous les gouvernements municipaux du Canada

Fonds Municipal Vert

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Montreal: TOHU

• Features– $3,977,469 grant

– $18,977,459 total project value

– Underground hot water loop

– Landfill biogas as fuel

• Expected Outcomes– Innovative heating and cooling

– LEED® Gold

– 135 tonnes annual GHG reduction

Contact:Jacques CharestCité des arts du cirque www.tohu.ca

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Toronto: Deep lake water cooling

• Features– $10 million loan

– Chilled water from Lake Ont.

– Cooling and potable water

• Expected Outcomes– 90% less energy than chillers

– 21% less water consumption

– 79,000 tonnes annual GHG reduction Contact:

Steven Zuccet, COOEnwave Energy Corporationwww.enwave.com

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MRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau : Station de traitement et plateforme des boues de fosses septiques

• Faits saillants– Prêt de 1 050 000 $ du

FMV– Stockage et traitement

des boues de fosses septiques

– Boues sèches mélangées à des déchets forestiers pour produire du compost

– Possibilité d’accroître la capacité de l’usine

• Retombées prévues– Réduction de la demande

biochimique en oxygène (DBO)

– Réduction de la pollution de l’eau

– Réduction de la pollution liée au transport: 200t de GES/an

Personne-resource :Catherine LussierChef, service de l’hygiène du milieuMRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau

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Okotoks, AB: Drake Landing

Features– $2,479,454 grant– $450,000 loan– Seasonal thermal storage– Space and water heating

Outcomes– Leading municipal user of solar

energy systems– Award winner

Contact:Rick QuailMunicipal ManagerTown of Okotokswww.okotoks.ca

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What we do

$

Knowledge TransferKnowledge Transfer

Capacity BuildingCapacity Building

Sustainability of Municipal Government

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Supporting resources

• GMF case studies

• Newsletter

• Website

• Sustainable Community Awards

• FCM Sustainable Communities Conference

• Partners for Climate Protection

• Community Energy Planning Mission

• “Webinar” speaker series

• Training workshops

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Over 50 technical best practice reports, and three detailed “e-learning” modules:

• Managing Infrastructure Assets

• Developing a Water Distribution System Renewal Plan

• An Integrated Approach to Assessment and Evaluation of Municipal Road, Sewer and Water Networks

InfraGuide

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Sustainable partnerships

www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca

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Elisabeth ArnoldDirectorFederation of Canadian Municipalities Centre for Sustainable Community Development

24 Clarence Street, Ottawa, ON K1N 5P3613-907-6263 [email protected]


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