The City approved a Corporate Net Zero Strategy in 2025, which follows an asset-based renewal approach, replacing energy
consuming and greenhouse gas-emitting assets with low-carbon alternatives as they reach
the end of their lifecycle.
Brampton
Energy and Emissions Management Plan 2019-2024: A Zero Carbon Transition aims to achieve a zero carbon transition for the City’s new and existing corporate facilities, with three key objectives over the next five years to minimize energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions.
Burlington
Vision 2040: Burlington’s Strategic Plan 2015-2040 sets a goal for net carbon neutrality by 2040 (for City operations). The Corporate Energy and Emissions Management Plan: 2024-2029 sets out a road map to achieve this target.
In 2024, City Council approved an update to the Corporate Energy and Sustainable Buildings Policy. The updated direction is to meet the current version of the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Standard for new municipal buildings, retrofits and major renovations (the previous version was LEED Silver).
Four deep energy retrofit studies were completed in 2023 (an arena, a community centre and two fire stations) with detailed design work underway for the community centres. These designs and subsequent construction will reduce operational carbon from the City’s existing facility portfolio and will also include a net metered solar array on Brant Hills Community Centre. Another four deep energy retrofit studies are underway (an office building, two community centres and an animal shelter).
Caledon
A Corporate Green Building Standard Update was adopted in 2022. The proposed Standard sets requirements for three increasing levels of performance, with
levels advancing approximately every four years, with the goal to align with ‘net-zero ready’ buildings by 2030, as recommended in the Resilient Caledon Plan.
Clarington
The Clarington Corporate Climate Action Plan sets a target to reduce corporate GHG emissions by 35 per cent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The Town is developing a report on how to reach Net Zero with a request to update the 2021 Corporate Climate Action Plan plan with a road map for the achievement of net zero emissions for Clarington's operations. .
Durham Region
Durham Region Corporate Climate Action Plan sets a goal of net zero.
In addition, Durham Net Zero Standard was presented to Council in 2023.
Guelph
Guelph's Race to Zero targets becoming a net zero carbon community by 2050. City facilities, fleet and operations to use 100% renewable energy by 2050 (100RE Target) through a conservation-first approach. Also, Canada Green Building Council zero carbon building design standard is applied to all new corporate buildings.
Halton Hills
Climate Emergency Declaration sets a goal for the Town to be net zero by 2030, including corporate facilities and developing plans for each facility to achieve net zero. Current projects include the Town Hall Carbon Design brief and Net Zero Ice Arena. It is estimated a 12% reduction in GHG emissions when the two projects are completed.
The Town also has a Low Carbon Transition Strategy - a pathway towards net zero by 2030.
Hamilton
ReCharge Hamilton identifies a pathway to net zero GHG emissions by 2050 that increases the resilience of the energy system and improves economic prosperity for all.
King
Corporate Energy Management and Conservation Plan 2019-2023 have a Recommendation Section to get the corporation to Net Zero by 2050, with the initial emissions reduction goal being 45% by 2030. The plan will be updated next year.
King is also advancing a Net Zero Emission City Hall project.
Kingston
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.
London
Starting in 2024, all new City of London buildings in the prefeasibility stage will be designed to achieve net-zero ready emissions, with construction implementation contingent on the availability of additional funding beyond baseline levels.
Markham
The City of Markham’s Municipal Energy Plan (MEP) – Getting to Zero is a comprehensive long-term city-wide energy plan with the objective of net zero emissions by 2050.
4 facility near net-zero emission pilot projects are underway at 3 community centres and 1 fire station. The intent is to pilot innovative low-carbon solutions that can be scaled up and replicated across similar facilities.
Mississauga
The City of Mississauga has a corporate Green Building Standards that applies to all municipal buildings and requires a minimum of Tier 1 requirements with tier 3 being the goal for all new municipal buildings.
Oakville
Council endorsed a net-zero emissions target by 2050. In 2022 a Progress Report on Reduction of Energy Use and Carbon Emissions was presented to the Town of Oakville Council.
Ottawa
Energy Evolution: Ottawa's Community Energy Transition Strategy targets 27% of existing municipal buildings to be net zero by 2030 and all new buildings to be net zero energy by 2030. Currently, there is one retrofit project and two new facility buildings to be net zero.
Region of Peel
Climate Change Master Plan 2020-2030, action 5.1 sets a goal for the Region to undertake deep retrofits of existing corporate buildings to target near net-zero emissions. A Net Zero New Construction Standards are expected in 2024.
Richmond Hill
The 2024 Corporate Energy Plan integrates the City’s approved target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for City facilities, including the adoption of progressive energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission targets for new City facilities and major retrofits to meet or exceed specific tiers of energy related metrics aligned with the City’s Sustainability Metrics Program.
Toronto
Toronto Green Standard Tier 3 target applies to internal City of Toronto buildings/new construction, replacing the previous LEED standard for the City of Toronto.
Vaughan
The City has an internal Design & Construction Standards Sustainability Brief that speaks directly to energy initiatives for new builds. The city will continue to build to the LEED Gold standard but have gone further to design and build to a Zero Carbon or Net Zero Carbon standard as per the Canada Green Building Council. There are several major projects advancing at this time that will be LEED Gold and Net Zero Carbon buildings. These include the Carrville Community Centre & Library, Fire Hall 7-12, and Fire Hall 7-1 which is an existing building undergoing a major facility and energy renewal to achieve a Net Zero Standard in 2023.
Waterloo Region
The Region's first Corporate Climate Action Plan was approved by Council in 2025 and sets a corporate target of net zero emissions from energy sources by 2050.
The Region's Corporate Energy Plan aligns with this target for facilities.
Comprehensive assessments are also being undertaken by the Region’s Energy Conservation Office on the impact of building electrification in combination with the installation of electric vehicle infrastructure to understand electrical capacity impacts and feasibility.
Whitby
Whitby’s allotted portion of the global carbon budget was determined as 62.6 kilotonnes from 2021 to 2045. Zero Carbon Whitby embeds short, medium, and long-term targets to remain within this budget.
The Zero Carbon Costing Study was endorsed by Council in 2022. The Costing Study identifies all new builds to be net zero ready which aligns with the goals of Whitby Green Standard. For existing buildings a transition plan and associated costs have been identified in the study to achieve net zero.