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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The grand opening of the Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce in Edmonton. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

103. Welcome to the Mosaic Centre: Canada’s biggest net-zero building

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  By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney  The gap from net-zero house to large scale …

Dave Spencer and Debbie Wiltshire in front of their net-zero home. They wanted to develop a green community in Calgary and started the process more than 12 years ago. The concept turns traditional suburban neighbourhoods on its ear. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

86. Echohaven: An environmentally friendly, energy efficient suburb

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney To borrow a popular internet meme, what if I …

The Kinney family Earthship at dawn. The house is 2,300 square feet in size with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

82. How we built our own Earthship, a radically sustainable, off-grid home on the prairie

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By Duncan Kinney and David Dodge When you tell people you’re building an Earthship there …

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81. Chasing Net Zero: Go big or go home

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney American poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau once …

Shafraaz and Serena Kaba’s near net-zero home was inspired by the German concept of the Passivhaus, a super energy efficient home that requires very little energy for heating or cooling. The home is air tight, very well insulated and it gets half its heating from passive solar energy streaming through the windows. Photo Darren Greenwood

80: Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero evolution

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It’s a beautiful, livable, functional net-zero experiment – Welcome …

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78. Chasing Net Zero: Net-zero 101

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney A net-zero home is more than just a place …

Bryn Davidson, designer of the Lanefab laneway Energuide 90 home in Vancouver, BC.

69. Vancouver’s laneway homes – beautiful and net-zero

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Small is beautiful. When economist E.F. Schumacher first released …

Peter Amerongen led the construction of the first net-zero home in Edmonton, Alberta and continues to lead innovation by specializing in the construction of net-zero homes. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

41. Net-zero evolution: From the Star Trek Enterprise to utter simplicity

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The highly entertaining documentary “How William Shatner Changed the …

T'Sou-ke Chief Gordon Planes

38. T’sou-ke First Nation goes all in on energy conservation and solar

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney During the salmon run the T’Sou-ke First Nation set …

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37. Landmark: How to make a more energy efficient home with robots

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It wasn’t very long ago that the whole idea …

Les Wold, a managing partner with Effect Homes, is part of the second wave of net-zero home builders making it simpler and more affordable.

04. Learn how net-zero home builders are building a better world

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The idea that a home could produce as much …