| Actions | Description | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Transportation Plan | The City of Kingston is updating its Walk ‘n’ Roll – Kingston’s Active Transportation Action Plan, 2018 which aims to achieve a 20% active transportation (AT) travel mode share in Kingston by 2034. | ||
| Community Climate Change Action / Environment Funds | The Kingston Community Climate Action Fund supports projects that reduce GHG and/or air emissions; increase energy conservation or efficiency; reduce or divert organic waste; and/or assist with Climate Change adaptation and technology innovation. | ||
| Community Adaptation / Resilience Plan | Kingston's Climate Leadership Plan, 2021 is a corporate and community plan with mitigation and adaptation actions. | ||
| Community Emissions Reduction/ Mitigation Plan | Kingston's Climate Leadership Plan, 2021 is a corporate and community plan with mitigation and adaptation actions. | ||
| Community EV Strategy | The City of Kingston has an internal document that outlines the strategy to support electric vehicle (EV) uptake in Kingston, promoting the benefits of electric vehicles and readying the local electrical distribution network for EV charging demand. | ||
| Community GHG Reduction Targets | The Climate Leadership Plan, 2021 set a goal for the City to reduce community GHG emissions by 15% by 2022, 30% by 2030, and 100% by 2040. | ||
| Community Retrofit Program | City of Kingston community retrofitting program – Better Homes Kingston – is a local improvement charge (LIC) financing program to encourage homeowners to undertake deep-energy retrofits. Homeowners who participate in the program will qualify for up to $40,000 loans at 0 percent interest, with the option for an initial 30 percent upfront to pre-pay contractors for their services. | ||
| Complete Streets Policy | The City of Kingston is updating the current Walk ‘n’ Roll – Kingston’s Active Transportation Action Plan, 2018, and complete streets guidelines will be incorporated. | ||
| Corporate Adaptation / Resilience Plan | The City of Kingston Climate Leadership Plan, 2021 is a corporate and community plan with adaptation and mitigation actions. | ||
| Green Roof Requirements in GDS / By-law | The City of Kingston does not have gren roof requirements but By-Law No. 8499: Green Roofs and Other Rooftop Elements, states:
i. Architectural appurtenances to support green roofs, other rooftop sustainability elements, or rooftop amenity spaces shall be permitted to exceed the maximum allowable building height by up to 3.5 metres. | ||
| Municipal Fleet Electrification Plan | The City has an internal document strategy. Implemented projects and tracking can be found on City's webpage Kingston's Electrify City's Fleet. | ||
| Net Zero Municipal Facilities Commitment/Standard | The Climate Leadership Plan Summary Report, 2021, sets the goal of all new construction or major renovations to be Net Zero Energy where feasible and provides direction to develop a Net Zero Energy 2040 strategy.
Two projects are targeting net-zero carbon:
Kingston East Community Center and Kingston Fire and Rescue Maintenance Center. | ||
| Urban Agriculture Plans | The City is currently working with the Climate Leadership Working Group (a body of community leaders tasked with providing input and peer review to inform City-wide implementation of the Climate Leadership Plan) to implement the Food and Forestry Actions identified in the Climate Leadership Plan. | ||
| Urban Forest Plans | The City is currently working with the Climate Leadership Working Group (a body of community leaders tasked with providing input and peer review to inform City-wide implementation of the Climate Leadership Plan) to implement the Food and Forestry actions of the Climate Leadership Plan. |