Study: Retrofit of municipal facilities | Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM):

Eligible Expenses

Study a combination of energy efficient retrofits that together, reduce a municipal facility’s energy consumption by 30% (minimum of 20% through energy efficiency and maximum of 10% through on-site, renewable energy).

Municipal facilities include administration buildings, police stations, fire halls, wastewater treatment plants, etc. Most of this funding goes to projects in municipally owned buildings, but a non-municipally owned building may be eligible if it is used mostly for municipal purposes. Community buildings (e.g., libraries, recreation centres and arenas) may be eligible for funding through the Community Buildings Retrofit (CBR) program.

Your feasibility study should assess the feasibility (e.g., technical, financial) of an initiative as well as its potential environmental, economic and social impacts.

Examples of what you might study:

A combination of these retrofits:

• Upgraded building components and materials (e.g., insulation, walls, windows)
• Advanced automation and control systems
• Upgraded heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
• On-site renewable energy generation and storage (e.g., solar, wind, geothermal or geo-exchange systems)
• Fuel switching (e.g., connecting to low carbon district energy systems)
• Harvesting energy from process loads or waste (e.g., sewer heat recovery)