Pilot project: Signature initiative | Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM):

Eligible Expenses

Your pilot project may compare several options or assess one option’s capacity to create transformative change in the energy, transportation, waste, water or land use sector (or a combination of those sectors).

Signature initiatives do not have pre-set environmental targets/thresholds because the projects are unique and evaluated on a case-by-case basis. We prefer projects that have built-in mechanisms to encourage replication and widespread adoption (e.g., innovative business models, partnership models, new financing mechanisms).

Examples of what you might pilot include, but are not limited to:

• Advanced, emerging and adaptive technologies
• Innovative financing mechanisms and business models (e.g., property assessed clean energy programs, innovative utility charges)
• Capacity building programs that generate direct environmental benefits (e.g., green job skills training)
• Projects and programs that generate environmental, economic and other benefits for the broader community
• Making it easier to implement environmental initiatives (e.g., clarifying policy change requirements; developing municipal bylaws such as a green procurement policy or private sector sustainability incentives)
• Enabling greater adoption of sustainable infrastructure (e.g., demonstrating new products such as shared electric autonomous vehicles, creating smart grid projects that enable more integration of renewable generation within the community)