Actions

Apply energy efficiency standards (build to Passive House) to all new municipal buildings.

Perform deep energy retrofits on municipal buildings.

Upgrade plugged appliances and improve energy conservation behaviours in municipal buildings.

Update all municipal building lighting systems.

Retrofit municipal heating and cooling systems with ground-source or air-source heat pumps.

Install solar PV systems on municipal buildings.

Install solar PV systems on municipal lands.

Increase landfill gas capture from the Saskatoon Landfill.

Install new solar PV utility-scale facilities within or adjacent to city boundaries, with areas within city boundaries t…

Install a CHP facility at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Implement district energy systems in the downtown and north downtown areas.

Construct a hydropower plant at the Weir.

Install renewable energy storage over time.

Procure renewable electricity from third party producers.

Procure Renewable Natural Gas from third party producers.

Electrify the Municipal fleet over the near-term.

Electrify the Municipal transit fleet.

Implement a vehicle pollution pricing program in high traffic areas.

Increase transit routes and frequency through future updates to the Transit Plan.

Fund and implement improved cycling and walking infrastructure to encourage active transportation.

Build complete, compact communities through infill development, mixed-use buildings, and compact housing.

Focus development on densification in previously developed areas, increasing the number of multi-family buildings.

Decrease water use through efficiency, monitoring, and leak reduction.

Improve and expand waste management programs and services to increase reduction and diversion.