Reports and Guides

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Sector	Title & Description
Infrastructure Energy Solid Waste Waste Water Water	A Guide to Sustainable Asset Management for Canadian Municipalities Practical steps that help quickly answer some fundamental questions – what do we have in the way of infrastructure assets, what are they worth, and what should we be budgeting this year and over the next decade to properly sustain these assets?
Land Use	A Seat at the Table This resource guide is designed to assist local governments promote food security and support food systems in BC. It showcases a sample of the wide range of innovative projects being developed or supported by local governments across the province.
Infrastructure Energy Solid Waste Waste Water Water	Adapting to Climate Change - Canada's First National Engineering Vulnerability Assessment of Public Infrastructure A progress report on the first national engineering assessment report - includes seven case studies on adapting to climate change.
Land Use	Agriculture Emissions Reduction Toolkit The Ministry of Agriculture and Lands has prepared a Toolkit describing the role local governments can play in assisting the agriculture sector with greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emission reduction.
Fleets	Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Guide This website is an easy-to-use tool to determine the cost-effectiveness of purchasing alternative fuel vehicles.
Land Use	An In-Depth Guide to Transforming Dead Malls into Mixed Use Communities. This guide is intended to provide lessons learned from six detailed stories about how to take older under-utilized shopping centers and turn them into viable, mixed-use neighbourhood.
Strategy	B.C. Climate Action Charter B.C. communities commit to the goals of being carbon neutral and to create complete, compact, energy-efficient communities.
Infrastructure	Banking on Green A Look at How Green Infrastructure Can Save Municipalities Money and Provide Economic Benefits Community-wide.
Civic Buildings Community Buildings Land Use	BC Office of Housing and Construction Standards The BC Office of Housing and Construction Standards website offers information on building standards and best 'green' practices in BC.
Strategy	BC’s Green Economy: Growing Green Jobs Information on BC’s green economy, green jobs and how clean tech is revolutionizing BC’s industries.
Civic Buildings Community Buildings	Benefits of Green Buildings in the Regional District of Nanaimo Analysis to determine the range of environmental impacts and financial implications of promoting green buildings.
Strategy	Best Practices and Better Protocols: BC Ministry of the Environment This report offers strategic guidance for a comprehensive community emissions inventory system based on a high level review of international best practices.
Transportation	Bikeability Checklist Planning tool and guide to develop a cycling strategy and encourage higher bike use.
Strategy	Bill 27 - Targets Workbook This guide is to help local governments embed targets in Official Community Plans.
Energy	Bill 27: Opportunities and Strategies for Green Action Discussion paper on Bill 27: Opportunities and Strategies for Green Action by BC Local Governments West Coast Environmental Law.
Fleets Transportation	Biodiesel in British Columbia - Feasibility Study Report A report designed to provide relevant information to anyone exploring the potential of biodiesel in BC.
Land Use	Brownfield Renewal: Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. The Province of British Columbia is making brownfield redevelopment easier through new policies, incentives, tools, and resources.
Civic Buildings Community Buildings	Build to Zero – Research Report The latest Build to Zero report, Modelling High-Impact Local Government Measures to Reduce Energy Use and GHG Emissions for New and Existing Buildings in BC’s Lower Mainland.
Land Use Transportation	Built Environment and Active Transportation (BEAT) Useful resources to promote changes in the design of the built environment and planning for active transportation in communities throughout British Columbia.
Transportation	Car Sharing: Where and How it Succeeds A comprehensive report on the operation and benefits of car-sharing schemes.
Land Use	Changing Climate Changing Communities Guide and workbook for municipal climate adaptation.
Transportation	City of Vancouver's Sustainability Plans for the South East False Creek A series of studies, reports and documents outlining the sustainable development of SouthEast False Creek - a sustainable community in Vancouver, BC.
Strategy	Clean Energy for a Green Economy - An Introduction for Rural Communities This guide provides an introduction to the wide range of clean energy strategies and green economy opportunities for rural communities in British Columbia.
Strategy	Climate Action Plan This Climate Action Plan describes the Provincial Government's programs and policies to address climate change.
	Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance This report calls for a dramatic reform of water governance structures in Canada by all levels of government to meet the new challenges posed by a changing climate, and sets out 12 broad-based recommendations to help protect Canada’s fragile water supply.
Infrastructure Energy	Community Energy & Emissions Planning Guide This guide describes the purpose and content of a community energy and emissions plan, its benefits, and how to go about creating one.
Transportation	Comprehensive Transport Planning: Encyclopedia This Victoria Transport Institute's Online Encyclopedia provides greater understanding of the opportunities the Transport Plan tool offers.
Land Use	Costing Sustainable Community Planning Guide and Tool Tool to help estimate the major costs of community development, particularly those that change with different forms of development (e.g., linear infrastructure), and to compare alternative development scenarios.
Land Use	Creating Market and Non-Market Affordable Housing - Toolkit for BC Municipalities A valuable, practical guideline on creating affordable housing, including discussion of zoning for secondary suites and increasing density.
Infrastructure	Demonstrating the Economic Benefits of Integrated, Green Infrastructure Integrated decision making approach for municipal infrastructure.
Civic Buildings	Design Guide for Municipal LEED Buildings This resource is designed to assist municipalities to effectively construct and develop high performance and LEED certified buildings.
Civic Buildings Fleets Infrastructure Transportation	Developing Inventories for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption A Guidance Document for Partners for Climate Protection in Canada.
Land Use	Development Cost Charge for Elected Officials & Best Practices Guides Guides designed to increase understanding about Development Cost Charges (DCCs).
Land Use	Development Permit Areas for Climate Action Learn how to use their DPA authority to conserve energy, conserve water and/or reduce GHG emissions.
Land Use	Dig It Community Garden Guide: How Local Governments Can Support Community Gardens An introduction to community gardens and offers some background information designed to help local governments understand the benefits and challenges of community gardens.
Transportation	Economic Evaluation for Transportation Decision-Making This paper discusses the application of economic analysis techniques to transportation planning, including Cost-Effectiveness, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Lifecycle Cost Analysis, and Multiple Accounts Analysis.
Civic Buildings Community Buildings Energy	Energy Efficiency and Buildings: A Resource for BC's Local Governments: Revised An overview of local government policy tools and leading civic building operations that advance energy efficiency.
Solid Waste	Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Management Strategies with a Zero Waste Objective Sound decision making around responsibly managing "waste" materials while reducing GHG emissions (and other pollutants).
Strategy	FCM: Green Municipal Bylaw Collection Excellent green bylaws, policies and procedures from large and small municipalities across Canada.
Infrastructure Land Use	Green Bylaws Toolkit A guide to land use regulatory tools to promote the conservation of sensitive ecosystems and green infrastructure.
Infrastructure Energy Solid Waste Waste Water Water	Green Infrastructure Guide Guidance on how local governments may, using legal and policy strategies, encourage or require more sustainable infrastructure designs.
Water	Groundwater Bylaws Toolkit An Appendix to the Green Bylaws Toolkit about protecting groundwater.
Infrastructure Energy	Heating Our Communities Renewable heating technologies, and opportunities these present to local governments.
Infrastructure Land Use Transportation	Infrastructure and Communities: The Path to Sustainable Communities This PICS paper explores how BC communities can produce less carbon while adapting to climate change impacts.
Infrastructure	Innovative Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms for Smart Growth Mechanisms to finance Smart Growth and sustainable infrastructure, with reference to a variety of jurisdictions in Canada and US.
Infrastructure Energy Solid Waste Waste Water Water	Integrated Resource Management Study Approaches for local governments across British Columbia to use solid and liquid waste to create energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve water, and recover nutrients.
Solid Waste	Integrated Resource Recovery Inventory Inventory of Integrated Resource Recovery projects in BC.
Civic Buildings Community Buildings	Jurisdiction Options for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Buildings A 40 page discussion paper covering building regulation, land use, fiscal, and other tools, as well as options for implementation.
Land Use Transportation	Land Use Impacts on Transport How Land Use Factors Affect Travel Behaviour
Civic Buildings Community Buildings	LEED Implementation Guide for Municipal Green Buildings LEED building guide and overview for municipal buildings.

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