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 …

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 …

Greta Thunberg in Edmonton, Alberta

2019–The year of Greta Thunberg

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Time Magazine named Greta Thunberg “person of the year” and climate change is the news …

Reverend Annabelle Wallace and elder Les Young

237. God’s green home is net-zero

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A few years back, then-minister of Westmount Presbyterian Church Reverend Annabelle Wallace and her congregation …

Greenest School in Canada

236. Greenest School in Canada has a solar-geothermal greenhouse

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Words without actions are meaningless,” Lacombe Composite High School …

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 …

Jacob Komar and the geothermal revival

222. Geothermal Revival – Getting to net-zero the easy way

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Edmonton engineer Jacob Komar thinks there’s a better way …

Solar powered Simons

211. Solar leads a year of firsts in Alberta

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 A playlist of our favourite Green Energy Futures stories from 2018. By David Dodge …

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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 By David Dodge & Scott Rollans Ever heard of the Eco-Solar Home Tour? Believe …

PACE coming to Alberta

192. PACE makes it easy to invest in solar and energy efficiency

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 By Julia-Maria Becker SPECIAL TO GREEN ENERGY FUTURES Alberta has introduced legislation to establish …

La Maison Simons - the first net-zero energy store in Canada

189. Simons first net-zero store in Canada

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans La Masion Simons just opened the first net-zero …

School saved by influx of 30 students

186. Canada’s first net-zero church and social housing project

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans With very little money in the bank and an …

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.

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 …

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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 …