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.

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 …

Gordon Howell, solar pioneer

173. Gordon Howell, solar pioneer installed first grid-connected solar system in Western Canada

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By David Dodge Gordon Howell is a solar pioneer. He installed the first grid-connected solar …

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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164. The EnergieSprong has sprung!

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson We are very quickly learning to construct buildings that …

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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161. Social housing retrofits save real money

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159. When the levy breaks – carbon taxes

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158. Workers want a just energy transition

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Blue Green Canada is an unlikely alliance of labour …

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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 …

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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 …

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153. Vulcan builds Canada’s first solar park

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson It seems fitting that Vulcan, Alberta is home to …

Thumbs up for solar

152. Leduc has the largest rooftop solar system in Western Canada

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Mayor Greg Krischke could barely contain his enthusiasm as …

Bull Creek Wind Farm

151. Wind farm powers 500 Alberta schools

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson The rolling hills South of Wainwright are home to …

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148. Summerside smart grid uses 46 per cent wind power

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In 2015, the city of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, …

You may know Bob Chelmick as the calm, steady, professional former news anchor from CBC and CTV. But this city boy who built a career under the glare of the city lights, and spotlit newsrooms found his own authenticity in the "calming quiet of the country" where he built his storied solar-powered Cabin in the Woods the inspiration behind the landmark radio series The Road Home. “I wanted to integrate the things I love in my life most. Living here in a cabin, living out of the city, living in nature, making radio, storytelling, and painting pictures through that storytelling.” “The best pictures I make are on radio,” says the accomplished photographer. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

147. Bob Chelmick’s Solar-powered Cabin in the Woods

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson On a crisp spring morning, a pair of Canada …