Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is seeking applications for the Study: Evaluate an Existing Local Home-energy Upgrade Financing Program.
Program evaluation studies help municipalities with existing financing programs for home-energy upgrades to:
- Assess the historical performance of those programs, and
- Identify opportunities to improve them
These studies are often undertaken at an interim stage or when the program concludes to determine the overall effectiveness and market receptivity of a financing program for home-energy upgrades and point to ways the program can better meet market needs. The findings also help to provide and justify recommendations to stakeholders and municipal decision makers.
Funding Information
Grants of up to $175,000 to cover up to 80% of eligible costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Municipal governments
- Municipal partners applying in partnership with a municipal government:
- Private sector entities
- Indigenous communities
- Municipally owned corporations
- A regional, provincial or territorial organization delivering municipal services (e.g., a municipal association)
- Non-governmental organizations
- Not-for-profit organizations
Prerequisites
- A community energy, sustainability or climate action plan, or similar, that identifies energy efficiency and renewable energy in the residential sector as a priority area for action
- Documented results from at least one year of implementation of an existing program
Criteria
Program evaluations include a consideration of the program impacts, as well as the program implementation processes, including the following elements:
- An evaluation of program processes to indicate if the program is being delivered as intended and recommend adjustments to improve effectiveness
- A review of the program logic model and comparison to the actual program delivered
- Information-gathering from relevant program stakeholders, including program staff, participants, non-participants, partners and trade allies (i.e., registered contractors)
- An evaluation of program impacts to provide insights on program performance to all stakeholders by comparing stated goals against actual performance (i.e., environmental, energy and economic impacts)
- Quantification of the program’s key performance indicators, such as energy savings, GHG emissions reductions, number of participants, and type and sizes of upgrades supported
- Recommended strategies for increasing uptake, investment and the scaling of environmental and energy performance impacts
For more information, visit FCM.
For more information, visit https://fcm.ca/en/funding/gmf/study-evaluate-existing-local-home-energy-upgrade-financing-program