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

David Dodge March 25, 2025Renewable Energy, Batteries, Buildings, Carbon Neutral, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Green Buildings, Heat Pumps, Net Zero, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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

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

David Dodge March 19, 2025Green Buildings, Buildings, Carbon Neutral, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Heat Pumps, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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Solar and Community exergizes urban living for Heather and Justin

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

David Dodge March 12, 2025Green Buildings, Buildings, Carbon Neutral, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge January 30, 2025Heat Pumps, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling Leave a Comment

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

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Green Infill - Creating desperately needed housing and building community

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

David Dodge May 29, 2024Renewable Energy, Buildings, Cities Climate Action, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Net Zero, Passive House, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on creating green cities.

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

David Dodge May 15, 2024Cities Climate Action, Bikes, Buildings, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Passive House, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge October 18, 2023Renewable Energy, Batteries, Buildings, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Transition, Green Buildings, Net Zero, Passive House, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge October 10, 2023Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Changing for Climate Series, Green Buildings Leave a Comment

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

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Affordable multifamily housing that's good to live in

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

David Dodge June 27, 2023Buildings, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency Leave a Comment

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

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Michaela Jones, architect with the Salvation Army

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

David Dodge June 7, 2023Renewable Energy, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Green Buildings, Net Zero Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge May 2, 2023Net Zero, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Passive House, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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327. SolShare – At Last Solar for Apartment Dwellers

David Dodge November 2, 2022Solar, Buildings Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge April 23, 2021Carbon Neutral, Buildings, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Financing, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge November 11, 2020Net Zero, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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260. Tiny Home Tour – Living large super efficiently

David Dodge September 15, 2020Net Zero, Buildings, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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Solar on a Jayman BUILT Home in Alberta2 scaled

243. Alberta builder includes solar with every new home

David Dodge February 28, 2020Solar, Buildings, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

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

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

David Dodge February 12, 2020Renewable Energy, Buildings, Climate Change, Economics 1 Comment

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

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241. Vivian Manasc – A lifetime of Building it Green

David Dodge January 21, 2020Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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Carbon Busters net-zero homes in Blatchford

240. Carbon Busters – Building net-zero in Blatchford

David Dodge January 14, 2020Net Zero, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

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

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Green Energy Futures – Four stories that matter from 2019

David Dodge January 3, 2020Buildings, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

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