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The Kube's 9 kilowatt solar system

180. Solar 101 – everything you need to know

David Dodge October 4, 2017Solar, 2017 Smart Home Series, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy 4 Comments

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

David Dodge September 27, 2017Climate Change, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

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

David Dodge September 19, 2017Net Zero, 2017 Smart Home Series, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar 6 Comments

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

David Dodge September 1, 2017Energy Efficiency, 2017 Smart Home Series, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar 13 Comments

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

David Dodge August 24, 2017Solar, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency 2 Comments

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

David Dodge August 22, 2017Solar, Buildings, Renewable Energy, Wind Leave a Comment

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

David Dodge June 27, 2017Solar, Renewable Energy 1 Comment

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

David Dodge June 23, 2017Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Transportation, Waste Energy Leave a Comment

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

David Dodge May 29, 2017Solar Leave a Comment

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.

David Dodge May 10, 2017Financing, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Net Zero, Renewable Energy, Solar 2 Comments

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

David Dodge April 18, 2017Net Zero, 2017 Landmark, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling, Renewable Energy, Solar 11 Comments

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

David Dodge March 8, 2017Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Labelling 3 Comments

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

David Dodge September 12, 2016Solar, Buildings, Energy, Net Zero, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

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

David Dodge July 18, 2016Solar, Renewable Energy 2 Comments

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

David Dodge May 15, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 2 Comments

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

David Dodge April 11, 2016Wind, Financing, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

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

David Dodge February 15, 2016Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 8 Comments

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

David Dodge December 14, 2015Biogas, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy 2 Comments

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

David Dodge November 30, 2015Solar 1 Comment

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

Dan Hofer hands me a carrot from the cool storage room on the Green Acres Hutterite Colony. These carrots are for colony use, but these are the same you might see at a farmers market in the region. Photo David Dodge

124. Green Acres, Hutterites invest in solar to run the farm and more

David Dodge November 16, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar 5 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson You’ve seen them before, though they don’t tend to …

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