Energy profile for a 1956 home

183. EnerGuide: How does your home rate?

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans The new EnerGuide label explained Green Energy Futures’ Top …

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 …

The energy detective

181. The Energy Detective

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans What if we told you, with a few simple …

The Kube's 9 kilowatt solar system

180. Solar 101 – everything you need to know

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans St. Albert’s Ron Kube had never known anyone with …

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 …

Getting in hot water efficiently

177. Water Heaters 101: Getting yourself in hot water

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Discover the best option for a high energy efficiency water heater. We check out tankless, electric heat pump and power vented conventional water heaters.

Peter Simons, CEO of Simons

176. New Simons has largest solar system in Edmonton

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures At 177 years-old Simons may be one of the …

Super energy efficient lighting crew

174. Edmonton Folk Music Festival rocks energy efficiency

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Joni Mitchell, David Byrne, k.d. lang, Joan Armatrading, Passenger, Michael Franti, Blue Rodeo, John Hiatt, …

Sustainival

172. Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival

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By David Dodge Life may be a carnival, but at Sustainival you can’t “walk on …

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 …

2017 Chevy Bolt EV

167. Chevy Bolt: the first low-priced, long-range electric vehicle

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By David Dodge Two important things happened in the electric vehicle (EV) world in recent …

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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 …

Solar powered Cabin in the Woods

162. 2016 year in review

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160. Green gift guide 2016

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson We at Green Energy Futures are all about conservation …

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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 …

MG 7900

156. Nova Scotia has created the first energy efficiency utility in Canada

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155. We’re feeling Rand-y about clean tech investment

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When we first met Tom Rand three years ago, he was bullish about the clean …