The energy detective

181. The Energy Detective

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans What if we told you, with a few simple …

The Kube's 9 kilowatt solar system

180. Solar 101 – everything you need to know

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans St. Albert’s Ron Kube had never known anyone with …

IPCC Cities conference in Edmonton

179. Cities are source and may hold solutions to climate change

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans How the heck did Edmonton, Alberta wind up as …

Net-zero reno

178. Renovating your home to net-zero

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Have you ever dreamed of living in a net-zero …

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 …

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165. EnerGuide – The missing ingredient label for an energy efficient home

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Energy efficiency is the big missing link in determining …

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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 …

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 …

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 …

Medicine Hat, Alberta AKA "The Gas City" wanted to diversify into wind power so they entered into a public private partnership with Wind River Power to build a 6 megawatt wind farm, the largest inside a city in Canada. The power purchase agreement is what helped access bank financing from ATB Financial, something that is challenging in Alberta's deregulated electricity market. Since Alberta needs 5-7 gigawatts of new renewable energy by 2030, creating enough price certainty to attract bank financing will be very important in Alberta. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Learn more: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canada-germany-renewable-financing

141. Financing critical for renewable energy projects

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson It’s no secret that the Germans have done a …

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 …

Even the suburbs of Vitoria-Gasteiz are green and pedestrian friendly. Photo, David Dodge

128. Vitoria-Gasteiz: Spain’s green capital is made for walking

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Change is hard. Green energy enthusiasts talk a lot …

The solar crew of Dave Simmonds, Warren Sarauer and Steve Milne from Evergreen and Gold Renewable Energy pose with Evansdale Community League's new 13.6 kilowatt solar system that will provide half of the community organizations electricity over the course of a year. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

126. Evansdale Community League solar: An investment in sustainability

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In Edmonton, Alberta, almost every neighbourhood has a community …