The Municipality of Colchester is advancing Green Development Standards (GDS) as a tool to support its Carbon-Free Colchester Community Energy and Emissions Plan (CEEP) and the Province of Nova Scotiaโs broader climate and sustainability objectives. The intent is to design a voluntary, incentive-based framework that encourages higher-performance development while remaining feasible, administrable, and appropriate for Colchesterโs diverse urban and rural contexts.
The core objectives of this project are to develop a suite of incentive and value-added options to encourage the construction of energy-efficient, low-emissions and climate-resilient new buildings. The GDS will establish clear and practical pathways to define how applicants qualify for incentives.
The Colchester Green Development Standards are being developed over the next several months with the oversight of a core staff team from the municipality and representatives from the Clean Foundation. Opportunities to engage in the process will be posted on this page, so please check back for meeting dates.
Engagement Opportunities
Public Workshop
๐๐๐น๐ ๐ณ | ๐ฒ๐ฃ๐ -๐ณ:๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ | ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐น (registration required)
๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ : https://colchesterGDS1.eventbrite.ca
*๐ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
Join the workshop to learn more about Green Development Standards - what they are, what their benefits are, and how they are implemented by municipalities.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด:
- ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ
- ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
- ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด
- ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ
- ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
- ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต
- ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ
- ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ
- ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด