Carbon Neutral

400. Net-zero pioneer Landmark is building homes in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

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Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 4 By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Landmark, a net-zero trailblazer …

Green Spaces, Green Heating and Green Homes landed Josh in Blatchford

399. Green spaces, green energy and green homes brought Josh to Blatchford

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 Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 3  In part 3 of our series on Blatchford …

Solar and Community exergizes urban living for Heather and Justin

398. Solar Power and Community Energize Urban Living for Heather and Justin

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Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 2 – Living in Blatchford In part 2 of …

Worst-case scenario for a heat pump

395. Installing an air-source heat pump in a 2×4 walled cabin – worst case scenario?

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca We spent the winter in our 925-square-foot cabin at Seba Beach …

Green Infill - Creating desperately needed housing and building community

379. Passive house multifamily in northern climate redefining just how green infill can be

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca T5M is a postal code in Canada and it’s also part …

Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on creating green cities.

378. Vancouver’s former mayor Gregor Robertson on creating the greenest cities in the world

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Gregor Robertson was the unabashedly green mayor of Vancouver for a …

Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair

360. Red Deer’s Renewable Energy Fair reincarnated as the Energy Innovation Fair

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Green Energy Futures · 360. Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair is back! By David Dodge, …

Build efficient, retrofit smart and measure energy use

359. NorQuest College – Build Efficient, Retrofit Smart and Measure Energy Use

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NorQuest College spends about $1.3 million yearly on utilities at its downtown campus. They may be …

Affordable multifamily housing that's good to live in

347. Michael Eliason – Point Access Blocks – Affordable multifamily housing good to live in

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Edmonton is planning to develop more and more housing in the core of the city …

Michaela Jones, architect with the Salvation Army

345. Salvation Army to save $6 million with net-zero-ready Grace Village

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 By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Salvation Army owns 1,400 buildings in Canada. It is one …

Net-Zero 101 - new for 2023

340. Net-Zero 101 – Ultimate guide to cold climate homes

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca (Adapted from original article written for The Earth and I with …

SolShare - Solar for Apartment Dwellers

327. SolShare – At Last Solar for Apartment Dwellers

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Twenty-five per cent of homes in Australia have solar on them, …

Green Mayor

284. Edmonton’s Energy Transition Plan targets 1.5 degrees – An interview with Mayor Don Iveson

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By David Dodge Edmonton just released its updated 1.5-degree energy transition plan on the same …

TerraView net-zero

264. TerraView builds net-zero ready and only net-zero ready homes

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans TerraView Homes from Guelph, Ontario doesn’t just build homes—they …

Kenton Zerbin - Tiny Home

260. Tiny Home Tour – Living large super efficiently

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Kenton Zerbin gave up his career as a school teacher because he believes it’s imperative …

Solar on a Jayman BUILT Home in Alberta2 scaled

243. Alberta builder includes solar with every new home

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans At the start of 2019, 40-year-old Jayman homes decided …

Merran Smith, Clean Energy Canada

242. Canada’s Clean Energy Transition Underway & A Good Thing – Canadians

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Often, good news doesn’t make the news,” Merran Smith, …

Vivian Manasc green architect

241. Vivian Manasc – A lifetime of Building it Green

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Last year, Vivian Manasc received a lifetime achievement award …

Carbon Busters net-zero homes in Blatchford

240. Carbon Busters – Building net-zero in Blatchford

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Carbon Busters may seem like a strange name for a builder, but the company has …

Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

Green Energy Futures – Four stories that matter from 2019

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By David Dodge Happy New Year from Green Energy Futures!  This week’s episode of Green …