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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 …

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 …

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 …

Blatchford, the largest planned carbon neutral community takes flight

397. Blatchford, the Largest Planned Carbon Neutral Community in North America is “Wildly Ambitious”

David Dodge March 5, 2025Renewable Energy, Carbon Neutral, Cities Climate Action, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Geothermal, Green Buildings, Heat Pumps, Net Zero, Solar, Virtual Power Plants Leave a Comment

Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 1 By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Blatchford is the largest …

396. Anatomy of a Net-Zero Straw Bale Dream Home

David Dodge February 14, 2025Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive House, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

Green Energy Futures Straw Bale Dream Home Series By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Lance and Wendy …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

Deep energy retro fit transforms 1953 bungalow.

355. Deep Energy Retrofitting 1953 Bungalow to Net-Zero

David Dodge September 5, 2023Net Zero, Changing for Climate Series, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

Changing for Climate Series * Jena and Jesse Tufts bought a 1953 semi-bungalow in Edmonton’s …

352. Climate Ready Home I – Save money, reduce emissions and get on the pathway to net-zero

David Dodge August 10, 2023Green Buildings, Changing for Climate Series, Geothermal, Net Zero, Solar Leave a Comment

Changing for Climate Series * You can make your home super energy efficient, eliminate your …

348. Family’s 20-year DIY home retrofit journey ends by getting to net-zero

David Dodge July 12, 2023Solar, Changing for Climate Series, Geothermal, Green Buildings, Net Zero Leave a Comment

Changing for Climate Series* (David Dodge of Green Energy Futures worked with the City of …

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 …

343. EnergieSprong Deep Energy Retrofit transforms 1951 home to net-zero

David Dodge May 25, 2023Net Zero, Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Sandercock family bought a 1951 story-and-a-half home in the beautiful …

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 …

320. Are Heat Pumps as Sexy as George Clooney?

David Dodge July 20, 2022Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Heat pumps are an amazing heating and cooling solution for the …

316. A River Runs Through It – Zibi is Ottawa’s Amazing Carbon-Neutral Community

David Dodge May 20, 2022Carbon Neutral, Green Buildings, Net Zero, Run of River, Waste Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca It’s called Zibi, named after the Algonquin Anishinaabe word for “river” …

311. Can Geoships Help Us Solve the Climate and Affordable Housing Crises?

David Dodge April 1, 2022Green Buildings Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Picture small geodesic domes sprinkled in a decentralized cooperative village in …

297. Stunning Net-Zero Passive House good to -40 with no furnace

David Dodge September 29, 2021Green Buildings, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca “Welcome to project Leo,” says Heather Sorensen of Homes by Sorensen …

295. Ring that DCBEL – A revolutionary fast EV charger and solar inverter for the home

David Dodge September 8, 2021Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Green Buildings, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca What if you could install a device in your home that …

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