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CLOSING THE LOOP

  • 1. Taking Inspiration From Nature
  • 2. Tools and Technology
  • 3. Case Studies
  • 4. Bringing It Home

Bringing It Home

This section is all about “Bringing it Home” to your community. It outlines a methodology for identifying and supporting regenerative infrastructure opportunities, provides links to related regulatory requirements, and Federal and Provincial policies and funding opportunities. It concludes with advice on winning a grant application.

You can download the Bringing It Home section of the Guide using the button below, and you can view a summary of each sub section below.

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Bringing It Home

In this final section of Closing The Loop, we explore how you can bring IRR projects to your community. While this detailed section can viewed in its entirety using the link above, the following is a brief summary of topics explored.

Identifying & Supporting Opportunities

This section separates the development of IRR projects involving municipally owned and operated assets from the planning policy and bylaw support a municipality can provide to protect or enhance community-based environmental assets and private sector low impact development.

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Meeting Regulatory Requirements

Municipal infrastructure projects must meet a variety of regulatory requirements, depending on their potential impact on the natural and human environment. Both federal and provincial governments have legislation and regulations to reduce project impacts on land, air and water. In some case, local government bylaws may also apply.

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Federal & Provincial Policy & Funding

There are variety of funding streams from both the province and the federal government that can be accessed and combined to support IRR projects. These are dynamic and always evolving.

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Steps to a Strong Grant Application

This subsection provides detailed tips for preparing an application and what content to include.

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Acknowledgements

This guide was compiled by the Community Energy Association (CEA) with the generous support of the Province of B.C. - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

The foundation of much of the content in the Tools and Technologies section is from the original Integrated Resource Recovery (IRR) Guide, Resources from Waste (2009), authored by Stephen Salter and the Province of B.C.

Community Energy Association is grateful to the project advisory committee who guided the direction of the project and provided helpful review and suggestions.

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