Green Spaces, Green Heating and Green Homes landed Josh in Blatchford

399. Green spaces, green energy and green homes brought Josh to Blatchford

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 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

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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”

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

Energy Innovation Fair -0 Red Deer Oct. 18-19

386. The Energy Innovation Fair is back in Red Deer Oct. 18-19 – Join us there!

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Energy Innovation Fair Bigger and Better than Ever By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Energy Innovation …

Geothermal Rising - Big Breakthrough Coming

384. Geothermal Rising – Big breakthrough is coming

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Geothermal—Using Earth’s Energy to Save the Earth By David Dodge (Adapted from original article written by …

Geothermal breakthrough

380. Cracking the geothermal nut – breakthrough can provide heat and power anywhere

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca EAVOR has pioneered a new kind of geothermal that can provide …

Jean-Marie Robert with model Air Source Heat Pump

332. Save the world with Heat Pumps 101 Magical Mystery Tour

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Heat pumps – it seems like you hear about them everywhere …

Devon Winczura of Envirotech Geothermal

331. Geothermal 101 – How to heat your home with 400% efficiency

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In this week’s episode we meet up with Devon Winczura and Steve Oslanski from Envirotech …

Vivian Manasc green architect

241. Vivian Manasc – A lifetime of Building it Green

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Last year, Vivian Manasc received a lifetime achievement award …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Geothermal agricultural revolution?

217. Geothermal’s promise of endless heat for agriculture

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Alberta journalist Derek Leahy is a farm-hand—and passionate about …

NAIT Alternative Energy comes of age

204. NAIT from the cutting edge to leaders of the energy revolution in seven short years

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans When NAIT started its Alternative Energy Program in …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Jacob Komar of Revolve Engineering shows off the workings of the geothermal system in the net-zero Mosaic Centre commercial building. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

107: Geothermal: Hitting the geoexchange heating and cooling sweet spot

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  By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney   There is something calm and comforting about …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

24. Our favourite stories of 2012

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland said, …