Municipalities continue to face various obstacles in gaining support and approvals for sustainability projects. Community building retrofits sometimes lack the support required to see the project through. Building a strong business case, sharing best practices, benchmarking, and identifying key potential financial and social benefits can all help to achieve a higher rate of success. 
Key areas to discuss: 

• How are municipalities facilitating deep energy retrofit projects?
• How can we create programs that support deep retrofits instead of piecemeal retrofits?
• How can we prioritize equity and affordability? 
• How to create a successful business case that can amass strong support amongst various stakeholders?
• How to set greenhouse emissions targets for existing buildings that are fair but rigorous enough to stay without our carbon budget?
• What will be the impact of carbon taxes? 
• How can municipalities and provinces build approval processes which support the growth of the retrofit market?