Green Municipal Fund – Study: Retrofit pathway for municipal buildings │ Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)

Eligible municipal buildings, such as municipally-owned community buildings, may include but are not limited to:

• city halls, town halls
• administrative buildings, police stations
• indoor ice rinks, indoor sports arenas, indoor swimming pools
• public libraries
• community and recreational centres (e.g., community centres, clubhouses, recreation centres, gyms, halls and curling rinks)
• arts and culture facilities (e.g., cultural facilities, performing arts facilities, art galleries and auditoriums)
• multi-purpose buildings, which include one or more of the above community functions, as well as other services/administrative functions
• Note: Fire halls, paramedic centres, ambulance stations, and public works buildings are eligible for retrofits as stand-alone buildings. For new construction projects, they must be part of a multi-purpose building that includes at least one eligible building type listed above.

Your study should identify a sequence of retrofit measures to reduce emissions from your municipal building by at least 50 percent within 10 years and achieve best practice energy targets within 20 years. Studies should consider your unique objectives and constraints (e.g., building use, capital budgets, equipment renewal cycles, etc.) and explore multiple optimization scenarios.

Possible retrofits and renewable energy upgrades to consider may include, but are not limited to:

• heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
• insulation
• windows and doors
• hot water heaters
• LED lighting and lighting controls
• solar panels
• geothermal heat pumps

Your study should also demonstrate and validate the project’s environmental, social and economic benefits, in line with GMF’s thresholds for capital projects.