- GDS and Incentives allow municipalities to prepare their local markets for the future adoption of tiered codes and NZE/NZEr standards.
- Each act as a catalyst in the local building sector to voluntarily meet net zero levels of energy/emissions from new buildings before provincial building codes are available.
- They provide education and training supports to increase the local understanding and capacity to construct high performance new buildings.
- They support municipal energy efficiency targets and GHG emission reduction targets.
- They offer municipalities a low-cost means to influence their community's built environment through input in the design/permitting and post construction stages of new development.