Partners for Climate Protection

The Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program is a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gases and acting on climate change.

PCP is the Canadian component of ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) network, which involves more than 900 communities worldwide. PCP is a partnership between the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. PCP receives financial support from FCM's Green Municipal Fund.

Adapting your infrastructure to climate change (04/01/2012)

Developed in collaboration between FCM and the Canadian Standards Association, this online knowledge development and applied learning oriented course, provides an overview of concepts associated with climate change and potential impacts on infrastructure. It includes a key set of available tools and techniques for vulnerability assessment, risk evaluation and response planning that support the application of approaches to adaptation planning and provides the opportunity to apply them to address locally relevant climate change hazards through case work exercises.

Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation: Solar Wall Installations (01/02/2012)

The Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation (GSHC) is a non-profit organization that manages more than 280 public housing buildings on behalf of its sole shareholder, the City of Greater Sudbury. About 40% of the units managed are high-rise apartment buildings. In 2007, the GSHC was faced with the need to reduce energy consumption at its largest building, a 17-storey apartment complex on Bruce Street. After reviewing a variety of ideas, the GSHC approached Conserval Engineering, a Toronto-based company, to custom-design a SolarWall® as the best solution.
Gibsons’ Geoexchange District Energy Utility (03/12/2012)

In 2010, the Town of Gibsons, British Columbia, established a geoexchange district energy utility system to heat and cool a new housing development. The first phase of the system, now complete, provides heating and cooling to 27 residential lots in the Parkland development area of Gibsons.
Banff LEED Candidate Bus Storage Facility (05/12/2011)

In 2007, the town council of Banff, Alberta, passed its Municipal Sustainable Building Policy, which requires new municipal buildings with a footprint of 500 metres square or greater to meet or exceed the Silver level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. New buildings smaller than 500 m2, renovations and other projects where a LEED standard may not apply require design and construction to reflect triple-bottom line principles. The new transit storage facility was the first new municipal building constructed after the policy was passed. The facility was built to house Banff's new transit fleet of four hybrid diesel-electric buses.
Toronto Exhibition Place’s GREENSmart Initiatives (07/11/2011)

Exhibition Place (EP) in Toronto, Ontario, is Canada's largest entertainment venue, attracting millions of visitors each year. In the past decade, EP has become a demonstration site for renewable energy technologies - wind, solar, geothermal and trigeneration - as well as numerous energy-efficiency, resource and water conservation initiatives.
Saanich Carbon Fund (01/10/2011)

As a member of PCP, Saanich prepared corporate energy and GHG inventories of all of its municipal operations in 2007.
FCM GHG Emission Reduction Strategies (01/06/2011)

In 2010, FCM prepared greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use inventories of its offices and operations. These inventories will help FCM zero in on emission-reduction approaches, policies and practices that can be implemented now and in the future.
ICLEI GHG Emission Reduction Strategies (01/05/2011)

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability ICLEI prepared greenhouse gas emissions and energy use inventories of its offices in Canada. The GHG inventory will help it zero in on emission-reduction approaches, policies and practices that can be implemented now and in the future.
Geo-exchange heating system at Whistler’s Spruce Grove Field House (01/04/2011)

The Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, adopted its Green Building Policy in October 2008
Stanley, Manitoba's Paper-saving Initiatives (01/03/2011)

A new approach to Stanley's municipal computer system helped the municipality implement paper-saving initiatives that have saved resources and time
Saskatoon’s Composting Initiative (01/02/2011)

As part of the plan, the city aims to reduce emissions from solid waste by diverting materials, such as organics and recyclables, from its landfill
Fredericton’s Ammonia Heat Recovery System (01/01/2011)

Fredericton became one of only a handful of Canadian cities to achieve the highest level of program requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG)measurement and reduction in municipal operations
North Vancouver Lonsdale Energy Corporation (01/12/2010)

This project focuses on the connection of city hall and the library to the existing LEC system
Pickering Civic Complex Lighting Retrofit (01/11/2010)

Within a year of joining Partners for Climate Protection (PCP), the City of Pickering, Ontario had developed its greenhouse gas (GHG) and emissions inventories
John Brother MacDonald Stadium heat recovery (01/10/2010)

The heat recovery project cuts annual GHG emissions by about 153 tonnes and saves the town about $22,000 a year in heating energy costs
Aldergrove water treatment plant geothermal project (01/09/2010)

Based on the plant’s energy use between 2005 and 2007, Langley estimates it will avoid using about 1,300 gigajoules of natural gas each year