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Resources SSG has prepared either pro-bono or for clients that aim to help achieve social and ecological change.

Build Sustainably

  • Better Buildings
    [ Better than the Best: Using International Best Practices to Enable High Performance Buildings in BC ] - PDF
    Innovative policy measures and instruments used in jurisdictions world-wide that address key barriers to public sector-owned and operated high performance buildings.
  • Sustainable Residences
    [ Dockside Green Residential Tenants Guide ] - PDF
    A comprehensive guide for living sustainably at Dockside Green, Victoria, BC.
  • Sustainable Business Operations
    [ Dockside Green Retail Tenants Guide ] - PDF
    A comprehensive guide for office and retail tenants for sustainable business operations at Dockside Green, Victoria, BC.



    Plan for Sustainability
  • Integrated Design Process
    [ IDP Facilitation Resource Guide ] - PDF
    An in-depth description of the Integrated Design Process used in building and planning.
  • Integrated Design Process Deliverables and Milestones
    [ IDP Deliverables and Milestones ] - PDF
    An overview of key timelines, deliverables and milestones in IDPs. This was developed for the BC government's accommodation and real estate services department as part of a workshop done for their project managers on how to deliver the IDP from a project management point of view. It has subsequently been delivered for the government of Alberta Infrastructure Services.
  • Direct Farm Marketing
    [ Direct Farm Marketing in Canada ] - PDF
    Research for the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development.
  • Sustainable Communities
    [ The Sustainability Imperative- Sustainable Communities in Canada ] - PDF
    Research for the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development.

  • Sewage Treatment
    [ Sewage Treatment ] - PDF
    Report for Shuswap Lake, BC, where water quality is declining due to sewage outflows.

  • Sustainable Food
    [ Report of the Sustainability Task Force ] - PDF
    An SSG member helped develop a sustainable food plan for Lester B. Pearson College.

  • Sustainable Development
    [ Quebec Submission ] - PDF
    SSG's contribution to the Energy and Transport Ministry of Quebec for Quebec's Provincial Sustainable Development Plan.


    • Strategize for Sustainability

  • Sustainable Campuses
    [ Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework ] - PDF
    [ Assessing Sustainability on Canadian University Campuses. Thesis by Lindsay Cole ] - PDF
    [ Appendix 1 ] - PDF
    [ Managing the Matrix Paper for Ball State University ] - PDF
    • SSG has pioneered sustainability reporting systems for higher education institutions. An SSG member developed the Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework (CSAF) which is now widely-used across Canada and the US.

  • Microgeneration
    [ Microgeneration Cover Letter ] - PDF
    [ Microgeneration: A Discussion Paper ] - PDF
    A discussion paper on the potential of, and key barriers to, micro-electricity generation in Canada.
  • Wind Energy
    [ Case Study of Wind Energy Development on PEI ] - PDF
    Research for the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development.
  • Sustainable Farming
    [ Dairy Farm GHG Methodology  ] - Excel
    SSG developed a methodology to assess dairy farm greenhouse gas emissions and strategies for mitigation.

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