Blatchford-Town-Centre

234. Blatchford: Largest Carbon Neutral Community in Canada

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  By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Edmontonians have already been recognized as pioneers of …

231. How a brutalist University of Calgary library was transformed to Net-Zero

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans The University of Calgary — yes, that University of …

Ed Ma with solar thermal on his home

223. Solar Thermal Home still cool after all these years

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Calgary’s Ed Ma built an ultra-efficient solar-thermal-heated home way …

213. First passive house car dealership in Canada

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans While touring the Subaru plant in Indiana, Garrett Scott …

Solar powered Simons

211. Solar leads a year of firsts in Alberta

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The Symonds Passive House

209. Passive house runs on sunshine, good to -30

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First Net-Zero Home in Canada to receive Net-Zero Home label

194. Home builders embrace net-zero with new labelling program

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By David Dodge Until quite recently net-zero homes were pioneered mostly by an early adopter …

North Glenora Net-Zero Church and Townhomes

193. Visit 21 Inspiring green buildings on Eco-Solar Home Tour

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Hi David, It was my privilege listening to your presentation at the AAA 2017 DP day. As I have discussed with you after your presentation, Please kindly provide the following information. (1) Calgary Siding contactor (Reduced energy by 85%) after renovating his house. Please send me the contact information (Telephone/ Email/ Location of the place). (2) You have mentioned there is one Net Zero town house complex (30,000 units) in Edmonton. Please kindly send me the details. (3) Land mark homes details. I would appreciate your early response.

182. Top 10 Energy Efficiency Tips for the Home

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Here at Green Energy Futures, we love nothing better …

IPCC Cities conference in Edmonton

179. Cities are source and may hold solutions to climate change

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans How the heck did Edmonton, Alberta wind up as …

Net-zero reno

178. Renovating your home to net-zero

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Have you ever dreamed of living in a net-zero …

Eagles fly on solar power

175. NFL Eagles fly on 100% renewable energy

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures When the 70,000 fans of the Philadelphia Eagles fill …

Funding the green in buildings

169. PACE financing created $3.4 billion in energy efficiency projects in U.S.

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By David Dodge Currently, the biggest barrier to people and organizations investing in energy-efficiency upgrades …

Affordable net-zero

168. Dawning of the age of affordable net-zero homes

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson  Welcome to the future, a time when your home …

165. EnerGuide – The missing ingredient label for an energy efficient home

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Energy efficiency is the big missing link in determining …

Skeena passive house

163. Skeena – Canada’s largest passive house

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Vancouver, the self-styled “world’s greenest city” has built Canada’s …

162. 2016 year in review

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161. Social housing retrofits save real money

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157. Straw-bale 101: A tale of two homes

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson When you hear the term “straw-bale home”, you could …

154. Solar Thermal 101 – getting to net-positive

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By David Dodge and Dylan Thompson “Not enough!” That’s what Cornelius Koster told Tom Jackson …