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 …

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 …

Brazeau County Solar

170. Brazeau County – Solar in oil country

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Bart Guyon is a rancher and businessman. Decked out …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Student-led Climate Leadership for Alberta Schools white paper

150. Student white paper calls for climate change action in Alberta schools

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson You may remember the students from the Centre for …

A new blue roof in Saskatoon

149. Saskatchewan solar co-operative brings power to the people

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson On the roof of the Two Twenty building in …

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 …

Lliam Hildebrand is an boilermaker and oilsands worker that helped found Iron and Earth to call on training in renewable energy for out of work oil workers.

146. Iron and Earth: oilsands workers call for training in renewable energy

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson The call to action on the Iron and Earth …

A beautiful home in West Cape PEI with the West Cape Wind Farm in the background. Islanders get an average of 26 per cent of their electricity from wind power. Virtually all of the rest comes from an inter-tie undersea cable to the New Brunswick grid. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

145. Prince Edward Island rocks wind power

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada. …

Calgary is wind powered

143. Renewable energy powers Calgary, Canada’s oil capital

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Alberta’s carbon tax is expected to have a relatively …

142. Alberta students school Premier Rachel Notley on climate change

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson There’s a stereotype about young people. They don’t care …

The Temperance Street Passive House will be the first passive house certified in Saskatchewan. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

139. The first certified passive house in Saskatchewan

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In 1976, gas prices doubled overnight. Naturally, this freaked …

Visiting the Kinney Earthship, in the dead of winter on the Canadian prairie landscape north of Lethbridge, Alberta does invite comparisons with the lunar landscape! So much so it inspired photographer Steve Nagy to create this selfie in the middle of the night on a fine winter day. And in fact the number one question the Kinney's get about their Earthship is how does this passive solar heated home work when it's -30 degrees celsius.

136. Earthship living in a cold Canadian winter

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson  When we last visited the Kinney Earthship it was a smokin’ hot 30 …