Sustainability&Industrial Lands Report Eis2011

2011 State of Sustainability Report: A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands

Compiled March 2011 by Eco‐Industrial Solutions Ltd. www.ecoindustrial.ca 604‐737‐8506

2011 State of Sustainability Report: ii A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands

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2011 State of Sustainability Report: iii A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands


Industrial lands (also known as “employment lands”) are essential to the continued growth of the Canadian economy. Looking back over the ten years since Eco-Industrial Solutions was founded, we have seen a dramatic shift towards sustainability within municipal development and planning processes. At the same time, we recognize that there is room for improvement in the comprehensive tracking and monitoring of sustainablilty in our industrial lands.

To better understand the current issues facing Canada’s industrial lands, we decided to survey municipalities and government authorities across the country. We clearly hit a hot topic, as we received responses from 143 different organizations during the brief survey period. The recent recession combined with increasing pressure to meet sustainability objectives has left many communities feeling challenged to meet their economic, environmental, and social objectives within their industrial lands.

But as we also found in the survey results and have seen with our own clients, many communities have found creative and progressive ways to ensure that their industrial lands continue to provide meaningful jobs creation while being part of the overall sustainable community.

We hope that this snapshot of Canada’s industrial lands will spur knowledge transfer and benchmarking between Canadian communities. We also hope that as we repeat this survey in future years, we will see the issues change and we’ll hear more and more success stories.

Ultimately, it’s in all our interests to help Canada’s industrial lands continue to improve their competitiveness and meet sustainability objectives.

Sincerely,

Tracy Casavant

President & CEO, Eco-Industrial Solutions Ltd.

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2011 State of Sustainability Report: v A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands


To better understand the current issues facing Canada’s industrial lands, Eco-Industrial Solutions Ltd. undertook a nation-wide survey in February of 2011. 143 organizations from 10 provinces and 1 territory were represented in the survey. Top 5 issues - existing industrial lands 1. Business retention/ attraction

2. Ecologically sensitive areas nearby or within

3. Inefficient land use

4. Conflicting adjacent land uses

5. Inefficient water or sewer capacity Top 5 issues - future industrial lands 1. Business attraction

2. Insufficient water/sewer capacity

3. Ecologically sensitive areas within or nearby

4. Lack of Transportation Access (with Traffic Congestion being a huge issue for urban and suburban respondents)

5. Conflicting nearby land uses Top 5 new objectives in the next two years: 1. Upgrade water/sewer capacity

2. Encourage infill or intensification

3. Improve transportation access

4. Attract clean, ‘green’ business

5. Encourage green buildings

Addressing the Issues Clearly, addressing our infrastructure deficit and supporting better land use planning are key to ensuring that Canada’s industrial lands continue to be competitive, generate jobs, and remain community assets even as communities strive to meet a growing list of sustainability objectives. In turn, this will support business retnetion and attraction. For existing lands, comprehensive sustainability-driven revitalization / retrofits can reduce demand for infrastructure and impacts on nearby lands. For existing and future industrial lands, strong local government policy and leadership is key. For the one-quarter of respondents who own their future industrial lands, they can lead by developing those lands as eco-industrial parks or similar. While many communities report some progress, there is clearly much work to be done to ensure that Canada’s industrial lands become part of a sustainable community. ‘Soft’ investments are needed to develop appropriate policy and support sustainability-driven revitalization and business attraction / retention efforts, work which often requires outside expertise to complete. ‘Hard’ investments are needed to not just replace infrastructure, but replace it with infrastructure that further helps businesses to operate more efficiently and reduce their impact on the environment. We hope that subsequent surveys show that these investments are being made, or Canada risks its industrial lands losing competitiveness and hampering national efforts to achieve sustainable communities

Executive Summary

2011 State of Sustainability Report: vi A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands


Introduction

Part One: Participant Profile

Part Two: Current Status

Part Three: Future Plans

Part Four: Conclusion

Table of Contents

2011 State of Sustainability Report: 1 A Local Government Perspective on Canada’s Industrial Lands


This report presents the results of a nation-wide survey targeting local governments, First Nations, and port and airport authorities. The survey was designed to uncover how local governments view their industrial lands, and if sustainability concepts are reflected in the issues facing industrial lands, as well as in plans to address those issues.

The results present an interesting snapshot of key issues facing Canada’s industrial lands. In addition, respondents reported on their intention to address issues within their industrial lands in the next two years. By repeating this survey, we will be able to track whether and how key issues are being addressed.

Hopefully, this and future snapshots of Canada’s industrial lands will support increased knowledge transfer and benchmarking between Canadian municipalities and will help Canada’s industrial lands continue evolving to be more competitive and to meet sustainability objectives.

This report is formatted as follows:

Part One:

Participant Profile An overview of survey respondents and their organizations including size and location.

Part Two: Current Status

The existing status of developed and undeveloped industrial lands and issues facing these lands.

Part Three: Future Plans

Barriers to and trends for future industrial development.

Part Four: Conclusion

Summary of survey and overview of implications.

Introduction



83% represented municipal government

Type of Organization Response Percent

Municipal government 83% Regional government 7% Provincial government 2% Port or airport authority 4% First Nation < 1% Other 3%

Most respondents represented either Planning or Economic Development functions

Function of Respondents

Environment/ Sustainability

5%

Economic Development

34%

Planning40%

Public Works/ Engineering

4%

Administration 17%

46% see their communities as rural, while 60% represent communities of less than 10,000 people.

Type of Community

Remote4%

Suburban15%

Rural46%

Urban35%

Community Size

37

5

6

5

14

15

28

18

23

0 10 20 30 40 50

Less than 5000

5,001 to 10,000

10,001 to 20,000

20,001 to 50,000

50,001 to 100,000

100,001 to 250,000

250,001 to 500,000

500,001 to 1,000,000

More than 1,000,000

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Response Count

Who Responded? 143 organizations from 10 provinces and 1 territory

Part One:

Participant Profile



Who Responded?1 British Columbia Ministry of Forests

Belledune Port Authority Bruce Peninsula Park Calgary First Nation Camrose County Cariboo Regional District Chalottetown City of Abbotsford City of Airdrie City of Beaconsfield City of Brampton City of Brandon City of Brantford City of Brockville City of Brooks City of Calgary City of Coquitlam City of Cote Saint Luc City of Dauphin City of Fort Saskatchewan City of Fort St John City of Greater Sudbury City of Kelowna City of Kitchener City of Leduc City of Lethbridge City of London City of Melfort City of Moncton City of Montreal City of Mount Pearl City of North Vancouver City of Oshawa City of Pickering City of Quebec City of Richmond City of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

City of Sault Ste. Marie City of Selkirk City of Spruce Grove City of St. Thomas City of Steinbach City of Stratford City of Surrey City of Swift Current City of Terrace City of Thorold City of Vancouver City of Whitehorse City of Winkler City of Woodstock Clear Hills County

Columbia Shuswap Regional District

Corporation of Delta County of Frontenac County of Stettler No. 6 County of Wellington Dawson City District of Clearwater District of Kent District of Kitimat District of Lunenburg District of North Vancouver District of Sechelt Halifax Regional Municipality Killarney Kneehill County Lac La Biche County Lanark County Local Government of Pinawa Loyalist Township Manitoba Government Metro Vancouver Miramichi Regional Economic

Development Agency Municipal District of Big Lakes Municipal District of

Greenview No. 16 Municipal District of Peace No.

135 Municipality of East Hants Municipality of Killarney

Turtle- Mountain Municipality of Northern Bruce

Peninsula Municipality of the District of

Chester Municipality of the District of

Guysborough Municipality of Wawa Municipality of Yarmouth Nicola Valley (Merritt) Opportunity Paintearth County Pearson Int. Airport Port Alberni Port Authority Red Deer County Regional District Fraser Fort

George Regional District of Central

Okanagan Regional District of Nanaimo Regional Municipality of

Durham

Sault Ste Marie North Planning Board

Rural Municipality of Woodlands

Saint John Airport Inc South Nation Conservation

Authority Strathcona County Sturgeon County Town of Ajax Town of Aylmer Town of Beresford Town of Bonnyville Town of Bridgetown Town of Caledon Town of Carman & RM of

Dufferin Town of Creston Town of Dalhousie Town of Davidson Town of East Gwillimbury Town of Espanola Town of Hearst Town of Hinton Town of Innisfail Town of Kentville Town of Kindersley Town of Ladysmith Town of Macklin Town of Milton Town of Nackawic Town of Neepawa Town of Okotoks Town of Oliver Town of Penhold Town of Sackville Town of Shaunavon Town of Shelburne Town of Smithers Town of Stonewall Town of Swan River Town of Tillsonburg Town of Tisdale Town of Tracadie-Sheila Town of Unity Town of Wynyard Township of Lake of Bays Upper Rawdon (East Hants) Village of Paquetville Village of Salisbury West Hants Yarmouth Argyle Barrington

District Planning Commission

Distribution of Survey Respondents – All Across the Country!

1 Provided complete surveys

The survey represents at least* 119,000 acres of developed industrial lands and 130,000 acres of undeveloped industrial lands across Canada.

*50 respondents answered ‘don’t know’ for the amount of industrial land in their community.



The biggest issue facing existing industrial lands? Business retention and attraction

Land use issues – ecologically sensitive areas, inefficient land use, and conflicting adjacent land uses are the next biggest issues

Issues Facing Currently Developed (and/or Partially Developed) Industrial Lands

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Greenhouse gas emissions

Non-greenhouse gas air emissions

Wastewater quality

Insuff icient energy capacity

Other

Groundwater quality

Insuff icient solid waste management / diversion

Employee retent ion

Cost of Infrastructure and land

Insuff icient land / Brownf ield Issue

Stormwater quality

Traff ic congest ion

Old, outdated building stock

Lack of transportat ion access

Don't know

Insuff icient water / sewer capacity

Conf lict ing adjacent land uses

Ineff icient land use

Ecologically sensit ive areas within or nearby

Business retent ion / att ract ion

Insufficient water and sewer capacity rounds out the top 5. Sustainabilty objectives should include reducing the demand for water via recycling and conservation and even the use of reclaimed wastewater. Managing demand could help stretch capacity further

The issue of least concern? Surprisingly, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from industrial lands. With at least 213 municipal Partners for Climate Protection working to reduce GHG emissions2, are municipalities missing an opportunity to engage business in GHG reduction activities?

2 Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Part Two:

Current Status

Top 5 Current Issues 1. Business retention/

attraction 2. Ecologically sensitive

areas nearby or within

3. Inefficient land use 4. Conflicting adjacent

land uses 5. Inefficient water or

sewer capacity



Is there an Urban / Rural Divide?

Yes. The issues concerning suburban and urban municipalities are fairly similar. For rural communities, business retention / attraction is a key challenge.

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Greenhouse gas emissions

Other

Cost of Infrastructure and land


Insuff icient land / Brownfield Issue

Traff ic congestion

Wastewater quality

Non-greenhouse gas air emissions

Groundwater quality

Insuff icient solid waste management / diversion

Employee retent ion

Stormwater quality

Old, outdated building stock

Lack of transportat ion access

Inef f icient land use



Don't know


Business retent ion / at tract ion

Rural & Remote (50%)

Urban (35%)

Suburban (15%)

Current Issues Facing Existing Industrial Lands By Community Type



The Official Plan (or equivalent) is the top tool used by local governments to set sustaiability objectives for their industrial lands

Very few are leveraging Industrial Land Strategies or Community Energy Plans to promote sustainability in their industrial lands

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Other

Environmental Master Plan

Community Energy Plan

Green Building Strategy

Don't know

Industrial Land Strategy

Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Design / Development Guidelines

Economic Development Strategy

Zoning / Land Use Bylaw

Offic ial Community Plan, Development Plan, Planning Strategy or equivalent

Case Study: Pearson Eco-Business Zone Policy Toolkit

The Toronto Region Conservation Authority, Greater Toronto Airport Authority, and Cities of Toronto, Mississauga, and Brampton are supporting the creation of the Pearson Eco-Business Zone - an internationally recognized community known for its competitive, high performance and eco-friendly business climate. The Pearson Eco-Business Zone includes over 12,000 hectares of employment lands and is home to over 12,000 businesses surrounding the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

An Eco-Business Zone Toolkit has been developed for the local government partners, incorporating extensive multi-departmental consultation and containing:

• Communication materials to help staff from all departments understand “what’s in it for them” as well as template PowerPoint® slides to assist staff in making presentations to Council, the community, or even other staff;

• Primers – 1-2 page briefings on a number of topics, such as how staff can use the development permit powers in Ontario to support eco-business activity and an overview of all allowable incentive tools in Ontario;

• Policy templates / language, including a glossary of standardized eco-industrial terms and definitions; Official Plan policies; and principles for development guidelines;

• Staff training modules.

A number of larger spin-off projects were also identified, such as the need for a comprehensive eco-industrial technical resource directory for staff and for the municipal partners to work together to lobby the Province for building code changes.

Top 5 Objectives Already in Existing Policies

1. Upgrade water/sewer capacity



4. Reduce energy consumption and/or increase energy efficiency

5. Attract clean technology, renewable energy and/or green business

Recall that insufficient water / sewer capacity was actually the fifth most pressing issue!



Just over half of the undeveloped industrial lands are owned by multiple land owners, which represents a challenge to cohesive future sustainable development. Strong sustainability policy will be needed.

Approximately one quarter of the undeveloped industrial lands are owned by the local government/organization, putting these organizations in a good position to demonstrate sustainability leadership.

Business attraction is the biggest issue facing future industrial lands. Nearly twice as many respondents considered this an issue for future lands compared to existing lands.

Insufficient water, sewer and transportation infrastructure also make the top 5.

Issues Facing Undeveloped Industrial Lands

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions

Increasing non-greenhouse gas air emissions

Land locat ion / Need Rezoning


Mult i-owner / Insuff icient land size

Increasing solid waste management / diversion

Other

Potent ial wastewater quality

Potent ial groundwater quality


Potent ial stormwater quality

Cost to service & Pressure form other use sectors

Don't know

Employee attract ion

Potent ial aesthet ics of industrial development

Conflict ing adjacent land uses

Lack of t ransportat ion access



Business attract ion

Top 5 Issues Facing Undeveloped Industrial Lands 1. Business attraction

2. Insufficient water/sewer capacity

3. Ecologically sensitive areas within or nearby

4. Lack of Transportation Access

5. Conflicting land uses

Part Three:

Future Plans



Is there an Urban / Rural Divide?

Yes again, at least for some issues. For rural communities, business retention / attraction is a key challenge. Interestingly, the potential aesthetics of future industrial development is a much greater concern in urban areas.

Biggest Issues Facing Undeveloped Industrial Lands by Community Type

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Mult i-owner / Insuff icient land size

Increasing greenhouse gas emissions

Land locat ion / Need Rezoning

Increasing non-greenhouse gas air emissions



Other

Increasing solid waste management / diversion

Cost to service & Pressure form other use sectors

Potent ial wastewater quality

Potent ial stormwater quality

Don't know

Potent ial groundwater quality

Employee attract ion

Potent ial aesthet ics of industrial development

Lack of t ransportat ion access




Business attract ion

Rural & Remote (50%)

Urban (35%)

Suburban (15%)



How will issues with future industrial lands be addressed?

33% of respondents indicated that they don’t know what new sustainability objectives are planned in the next two years. This may have been a reflection of their job position or a general lack of clear objectives pertaining to industrial lands.

33% of organizations plan to set objecitves to address insufficient water/sewer capacity in the next two years, which correlates to one of the top issues facing industrial lands.

30% of respondents plan to ecourage infill or intensification.

New Sustainability Objectives Anticpated in the Next Two Years

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

Others

Reduce waterborne pollut ion from businesses

Reduce non-greenhouse gas air emissions from businesses

Achieve green building retrof its

Encourage by-product exchange / synergy

Restore ecological or natural heritage features

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from businesses

Redevelop brownf ields into higher use industrial lands

Launch a business retention init iat ive

Reduce water use and wastewater generat ion from businesses

Reduce energy consumption and/or increase energy eff iciency

Encourage new green buildings

Attract clean technology, renewable energy, and/or green business

Improve transportat ion access

Encourage inf ill or intensif icat ion

Upgrade water / sewer capacity

Don't know

Top 3 New Sustainability Objectives Anticipated* 1. Upgrade

water/sewer capacity



*after ‘don’t know’



What are the Issues? The top 5 issues facing existing industrial lands are: 6. Business retention/ attraction 7. Ecologically sensitive areas nearby or

within 8. Inefficient land use 9. Conflicting adjacent land uses 10. Inefficient water or sewer capacity The top 5 issues facing future industrial lands are: 1. Business attraction 2. Insufficient water/sewer capacity 3. Ecologically sensitive areas within or

nearby 4. Lack of Transportation Access (with

Traffic Congestion being a huge issue for urban and suburban respondents)

5. Conflicting land uses Addressing the Issues Clearly, addressing our infrastructure deficit and supporting better land use planning are key to ensuring that Canada’s industrial lands continue to be competitive, generate jobs, and remain community assets even as communities strive to meet a growing list of sustainability objectives. Ensuring that Canada’s industrial lands are well-planned, efficient, and properly serviced will in turn help communities attract and retain business, although other measures are likely required.

Part Four:

Conclusion

“…cities are facing an infrastructure deficit currently pegged at $123-billion, a price tag no degree of property-tax hikes can hope to cover.” Globe and Mail, Mar 17, 2011 “Canada’s big-city mayors are wondering: After the stimulus, what’s next?” by Siri Agrell



Communities have indicated that they intend to tackle some of these issues. The top five objectives communities plan to set in the next two years are:

1. Upgrade water/sewer capacity 2. Encourage infill or intensification 3. Improve transportation access 4. Attract clean, ‘green’ business 5. Encourage green buildings There are some other strategies as well. For existing lands, comprehensive sustainability-driven revitalization strategies, such as the one to create the Pearson Eco-Business Zone in Greater Toronto (see sidebar page 7) can help to reduce demand for water, wastewater treatment, and transportation. Such efforts could also include formal business retention and expansion initiatives designed to promote sustainability, reduce business operating costs, and create a more attractive, competitive business environment. Such eco-industrial ‘retrofit’ strategies can also reduce the impact of businesses on nearby ecologically sensitive areas e.g., by helping businesses to change the way they manage stormwater. For existing and future lands, strong local government policy and leadership is key. Local governments clearly recognize that their offiical plans and zoning bylaws are powerful tools to encourage sustainability in industrial lands. However, economic development strategies, industrial land strategies, integrated community sustainabiliity plans, and community energy plans also can help greatly, yet appear to be quite underutilized. For the one-quarter of respondents who own their future industrial lands, they have the ability to actually lead change for sustainability by developing those lands as

Setting Sustainable Objectives for the Future: By-product Synergy Community Spotlight: Belledune Port Authority, NB The Belledune Port Authority “encourages local industries to look at their by-products to see if marketable products can be sent to other industries, rather than creating landfills”. Promoting by-product exchange such as this builds relationships within the business community, turns waste into resources, and has the potential to generate significant cost savings.

Setting Sustainable Objectives for the Future: Sustainable Community Plans Community Spotlight: Ville de Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC In addition to multiple actions related to encouraging green buildings and development, including in the industrial sector, the City is working with multiple community partners, such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Port of and the College of Valleyfield to develop an industrial environmental network to promote recycling and improve its business retention and expansion program. For more information view the Action Plan at: http://www.ville.valleyfield .qc.ca/webconcepteurcontent63/000022410000/upload/PADD-E-WEBfinale16mars2010.pdf



eco-industrial parks or similar. As owners, they will be able to make the decisions to ensure that from master planning through to the construction of infrastructure and operation of businesses, sustainability is a core value. A Final Thought - What is the True Magnitude of Water / Sewer Capacity Issues? The same formulas have been used for decades to project how much infrastructure and how much land is required to support a certain number of jobs in a community. These formulas do not take into account an evolution in building types (such as the increased marketing penetration of green and adaptive building practices) or the evolution in business practices (such as energy and water conservation, facility sharing, and telecommuting) that reduce businesses’ demand for infrastructure. Efforts to intensify industrial land use should consider that the relationship between required industrial lands required and jobs is likely to shift over time as more suitable green building and business practices become more prevalent, as shown hypothetically below.

Possible Impact of Green & Adaptable Building and Business

Practices on Employment Land Requirements

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

550

10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 20,000

Employm

nt Land (acres)

Jobs

Employment Land Area Vs Job Growth

Acres ‐BAU

Acres ‐Green

Setting Sustainable Objectives for the Future: Area Concept Planning Community Spotlight: Terrace, BC The community of Terrace, BC “adopted an Area Concept Plan that incorporates large buffer zones / natural areas, pedestrian/cycle trail linkages, water conservation / low water use development, groundwater recharge for stormwater, etc.” For more information view the Terrace OCP at www.terrace.ca



In addition, creative options such as water capacity cap and trades (being considered in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland) or technical re-rating of infrastructure capacity (see sidebar) that can allow for existing infrastructure to meet the increased demand that may result from intensification. Furthermore, in our experience, engineering standards for estimating capacity requirements do not necessarily reflect current reality; many demand estimates are overstated because they don’t account for the change in business practices and the shift in the types of businesses we find in industrial lands compared to 50 years ago. Furthermore, the demand for infrastructure varies widely, and it might make sense to consider demand on a case by case basis. Consider, for example, the variation shown in water consumption at several business parks in the Metro Toronto area shown in the figure below.

Figure 2: Variation

in Water Consumption at Business Parks across Metro Toronto

Setting Sustainable Objectives for the Future: Green Industrial Parks Community Spotlight: Moncton, NB Although not labeled as an eco-industrial park, Moncton Industrial Park West has been designed to be more environmentally attuned than past developments. This industrial park includes LED streetlighting and localized storm water detention facilities. Specifications require new individual projects to manage their storm water on-site in order to ensure net zero impact on the municipal storm system. A custom guide promotes environmentally sensitive landscaping treatments and integrating storm water management into landscape design. An incentive in the form of a 5% rebate on the purchase price rewards projects that incorporate specific environmentally beneficial components in their landscaping, building design and materials, and heating systems.

Expand Your Wastewater Capacity with No New Capital

There are numerous examples where process optimization and statistical analysis of actual operational data has resulted in a wastewater treatment plant being re‐rated for a higher capacity. For example, one municipality was able to boost its capacity rating by 12% without having to invest new capital in the plant, and was able to significantly defer the construction of a new plant (Leaf & Johnson, Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2008: Session 1 through Session 10 , pp. 331‐338(8)).



Conclusion While many communities report some progress, there is clearly much work to be done to ensure that Canada’s industrial lands become part of a sustainable community. ‘Soft’ investments are needed to develop appropriate policy and support sustainability-driven revitalization and business attraction / retention efforts, work which often requires outside expertise to complete. ‘Hard’ investments are needed to not just replace infrastructure, but replace it with infrastructure that further helps businesses to operate more efficiently and reduce their impact on the environment. We hope that subsequent surveys show that these investments are being made, or Canada risks its industrial lands losing competitiveness and hampering national efforts to achieve sustainable communities.


We would like to acknowledge thank the survey participants for contributing their valuable time and insights to this survey.


Eco-Industrial Solutions Ltd. 2001-2011: Celebrating 10 years of Global Eco-Industrial Leadership EIS is the only firm in Canada specializing exclusively in eco-industrial planning and development. We have been involved in creating sustainable municipal policy in communities across Canada for the past decade, and we bring a breadth of experience to green industrial efforts that includes eco-industrial strategies; energy mapping; green economic development; policy tools for sustainability (including the promotion of renewable energy and GHG-reducing activities); and municipal-business partnerships to support green building and energy. As pioneers in the field of industrial ecology and sustainable development practices, our firm has consulted on over $500 million in projects for government and private corporations in Canada, the U.S.A., Asia, Mexico, South America, and the Middle East. We have learned firsthand the challenges municipalities face setting targets, developing sustainable plans, and measuring the performance of their communities. We believe in working collaboratively with our clients to provide solutions that are tailored to their unique economic, social and environmental objectives. Our systems-based approach incorporates leading expertise in eco-industrial networking, industrial ecology, green infrastructure, and strategic planning. We take pride in producing results that are both practical and creative. Eco-Business Zone Alliance (EBZA) Eco-Industrial Solutions is a member of the EBZA, a group of sustainability professionals who assist businesses to 'green' their bottom-line, gain competitive advantage, and reduce their environmental footprint. We are joined in this alliance by The Innovolve Group, offering sustainability strategy development, communications, design, brand management and event planning to lead transformative market change; and the Sustainability Learning Centre, a learning, networking, and technology transfer hub that develops human and technical capacity in Green Core Competencies™ in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional sectors.

Intelleco Development Corporation Intelleco was formed by Herold Development Services Ltd. and Eco-Industrial Solutions Ltd. to seek more active roles in Canadian, U.S., and international industrial development projects with strong sustainability elements. As EIS’ sister firm, Intelleco is structured to offer a full spectrum of support to development projects including: alternative soft cost financing arrangements; development management services; development strategic advisory services; and investment partnerships.

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