Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has launched the applications for the Capital Project: GHG Impact Retrofit Program.
Projects must aim to achieve a minimum 30 percent GHG reduction from current or baseline performance. Eligible projects may be a single building retrofit, or a portfolio of buildings (across a single municipality or group of municipalities) where each building meets the 30 percent reduction threshold.
Achieve a minimum 30 percent GHG emissions reduction through a retrofit of a community building when compared to baseline emissions. Eligible projects may be a single comprehensive community building retrofit, or a portfolio of buildings provided the portfolio includes:
- more than one community building within the same municipality; or
- at least one community building and other municipal buildings within the same municipality; or,
- similar community buildings within multiple municipalities (subject to GMF review).
Funding Information
- Combined loan and grant for up to 80% of eligible project costs
- Maximum of $5 million per project. Up to 25% as a grant and the remainder as a loan
Eligible buildings
- To be eligible for this grant, projects must include at least one community building that is owned by a municipality or not-for-profit organization.
- A community building is an enclosed public place or an enclosed workplace that is:
- owned by a municipal government or not-for-profit;
- primarily used for the purposes of providing athletic, recreational, culture and community programs or services to the local community;
- widely accessible to everyone offering services designed to enhance the health and well-being, skills development, and economic development of individuals and communities.
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Community buildings include:
- indoor ice rinks, indoor sports arenas, indoor swimming pools,
- community and recreational centres (e.g., community centres, clubhouses, seniors’ centres and clubs, recreation centres, gyms, halls, curling rinks)
- arts and culture facilities (cultural facilities, performing arts facilities, art galleries, and auditoriums)
- libraries, and
- multi-purpose buildings which include one or more of the above community functions as well as other services/administrative functions.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Canadian municipal governments (with the exception of Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) namesake municipalities: the cities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, and Halifax Regional Municipality).
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Their project partners, which includes:
- Private sector entities
- Indigenous communities
- Municipally-owned corporations
- A regional, provincial or territorial organization delivering municipal services
- Non-governmental organizations
- Not-for-profit organizations
- Research institutes (e.g., universities)
For more information, visit FCM.
For more information, visit https://fcm.ca/en/funding/gmf/capital-project-ghg-impact-retrofit