Sustainability Plans
Mississauga’s Living Green Master Plan
This plan is the City of Mississauga, Ontario's first environmental master plan. The plan seeks to identify priority environmental actions, measure the City's environmental performance, provide information to citizens about living green in their own homes, and to instill environmental consciousness into the corporate DNA.
The plan will also help the city implement further municipal strategic plans, allocate resources, collaborate among departments on environmental matters, and develop baseline targets and indicators to measure success.
Community Based Adaptation in Brampton Through the Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (2011)
The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has established several pilot programs throughout the Greater Toronto Area to promote climate change adaptation and sustainability in established urban neighbourhoods. The Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP) program based in Brampton focused on the County Court neighbourhood.
Through a series of community and stakeholder engagement efforts and in partnership with local businesses, residents and neighbourhood groups, the SNAP developed an action plan for the community that identified recommended actions for the municipality, the neighbourhood and the private landowners. The case study describes the SNAP program and discusses the features of the Brampton SNAP program. In addition, the case study examines the challenges that were encountered throughout the process and the lessons learned by the project team.
Chicago’s Guide to Completing an Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy
Chicago's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Guide will help cities and counties to thoughtfully plan for long-term and sustainable energy efficiency and conservation and maximize the opportunity EECBG planning dollars (distributed by the US Dept. of Energy) represent. A strong strategy can provide not only a roadmap for reducing energy use, but also for lowering government business and resident energy costs, and promoting economic development and job creation.
Ashland/Northern States Power (NSP) Lakefront Superfund Site
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The Superfund Site is a contaminated area in the heart of the City's waterfront. Its rehabilitation is part of the City's Waterfront Development Plan and Comprehensive Plan: the Making of an Exceptional City. To do so, Ashland created a partnership with the Northern States Power Compagny-Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Natural resources. All agreed that a collaborative approach would be the best to achieve the revitalization of that site.
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