• Support in assessing your building portfolio to determine where and how you can save money (Green Leaf™Assessment);

• Municipal Building Retrofits Guide to build your business case;

• Green Municipal Funds: financial support for innovative environmental projects;

• Presentations to senior staff and council: building the support you need;

• Model documents, requestsfor proposals, purchasing guidelines;

• Liaison with experienced staff from similar municipalities;

• Recognition/Awards: FCM-CH2M HILLSustainable Communities Awards and Green Leaf™Awards.

A comprehensive building retrofit is a big undertaking. You will need to budget the time to learn about energy efficiency, conduct audits, create a plan and implement it. FCM’s Municipal Building Retrofits process can help you successfully plan your retrofit project.

"Our program included the retrofit of environmental systems, six municipal facilities with a total project cost of $670,000 resulting in energy savings of $85,000 peryear.The project paid for itself through energy savings over eight years providing a rate of return of 13 per cent based on simple interest. The whole program allowed us to bring our environmental systems up to state-of-the-art standard while introducingsignificant energy savings. Council and the public at large recognize the benefit to the community and support any initiatives that will benefit the environment while saving tax dollars…"

Ray Romanetz, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Drumheller, Alberta