Chief Allan Adam

265. Community-owned Indigenous Solar for Diesel in Canada’s North

David DodgeFirst Nations, Renewable Energy, Solar 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans In an amazing project, three Indigenous Nations in northern …

TerraView net-zero

264. TerraView builds net-zero ready and only net-zero ready homes

David DodgeNet Zero, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans TerraView Homes from Guelph, Ontario doesn’t just build homes—they …

Kenton Zerbin - Tiny Home

260. Tiny Home Tour – Living large super efficiently

David DodgeNet Zero, Buildings, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

Kenton Zerbin gave up his career as a school teacher because he believes it’s imperative …

Richard Zurawski

257. HalifACT 2050 – How Halifax got its climate plan and a goal of carbon neutrality

David DodgeClimate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

By David Dodge Richard Zurawski is a meteorologist, a TV personality and a man with …

Edmonton's Solar Skydome

256. Solar as art – Edmonton’s solar skydome

David DodgeSolar, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge It has to rate as one of the coolest solar projects in …

Faruq Vishram, solar engineer

252. Former Alberta coal guy is now a solar guru sought after around the world

David DodgeSolar, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Faruq Vishram is an engineer. And like many engineers …

246. Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects secure low electricity price

David DodgeRenewable Energy, First Nations 1 Comment

Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, Part III of the …

243. Alberta builder includes solar with every new home

David DodgeSolar, Buildings, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans At the start of 2019, 40-year-old Jayman homes decided …

Carbon Busters net-zero homes in Blatchford

240. Carbon Busters – Building net-zero in Blatchford

David DodgeNet Zero, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

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

David DodgeBuildings, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

David DodgeClimate Change, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

David DodgeNet Zero, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

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

David DodgeEducation, Geothermal, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

Travers solar

235. Travers: Largest Solar Project in Canada

David DodgeRenewable Energy, Solar, Wind 5 Comments

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Picture New York, Easter morning 1900: 5th Avenue is …

Blatchford-Town-Centre

234. Blatchford: Largest Carbon Neutral Community in Canada

David DodgeRenewable Energy, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Solar 4 Comments

  By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Edmontonians have already been recognized as pioneers of …

228. Solar for Diesel: The Sun Shines on Fort Chipewyan

David DodgeSolar, First Nations, Renewable Energy 3 Comments

The small indigenous community of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is off the main electricity …

Ed Ma with solar thermal on his home

223. Solar Thermal Home still cool after all these years

David DodgeBuildings, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Calgary’s Ed Ma built an ultra-efficient solar-thermal-heated home way …

219. Osnabrück county produces 80% renewable energy

David DodgeRenewable Energy, Bikes, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Scott Rollans The county of Osnabrück in northern Germany produces 80 …

218. Effect Homes office goes off-grid in the big city

David DodgeCogeneration, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Effect Homes, a local leader in building net-zero, …

Philippe Dunsky, energy efficiency expert

215. Energy efficiency essential for the planet, great for the economy

David DodgeEnergy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Scott Rollans On its own, energy efficiency could take us halfway …