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Michaela Jones, architect with the Salvation Army

345. Salvation Army to save $6 million with net-zero-ready Grace Village

David Dodge June 7, 2023Renewable Energy, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Green Buildings, Net Zero Leave a Comment

 By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Salvation Army owns 1,400 buildings in Canada. It is one …

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Geoships

311. Can Geoships Help Us Solve the Climate and Affordable Housing Crises?

David Dodge April 1, 2022Green Buildings Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Picture small geodesic domes sprinkled in a decentralized cooperative village in …

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Solar and wind farms

298. What happened to all that farmland under Canada’s largest solar farm?

David Dodge October 6, 2021Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Claresholm Solar Project is the largest solar project in Canada. …

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261. How a boring church lawn was transformed into a food forest

David Dodge September 30, 2020Permaculture, Climate Change Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Kay Rollans In his final manuscript Wild Fruits, Henry David Thoreau …

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Land Reclamation International Graduate School

245. Land Reclamation and the Decade of Ecological Restoration

David Dodge March 11, 2020Reclamation Leave a Comment

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

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Ed Ma with solar thermal on his home

223. Solar Thermal Home still cool after all these years

David Dodge June 13, 2019Buildings, 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 …

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219. Osnabrück county produces 80% renewable energy

David Dodge April 10, 2019Renewable 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 …

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Riverdale the Sustainable

196. Riverdale the Sustainable in Eco-City

David Dodge June 12, 2018Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Driving down Alex Taylor Road in Edmonton, you feel …

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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 …

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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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Jason Rioux's shipping container cabin. The cabin was built out of seven containers in a hub-and-spoke pattern near Bobcaygeon, Ontario. Photo Courtesy of Jason Rioux

112. Welcome to the Octopod: An off-grid, solar powered shipping container cabin in Bobcaygeon, Ontario

David Dodge June 15, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney  Whether you call it a cottage or a cabin, …

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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

David Dodge October 29, 2014Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Solar 1 Comment

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

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Himark Biogas has trademarked the process of integrating cattle, biogas and ethanol operations and they have actually licensed it for use by other companies in the US. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

84. Integrated bio-refinery

David Dodge October 8, 2014Biofuels, Biogas, Renewable Energy Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Alberta is known for its beef – or more …

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Angelo Ligori, plant manager of Greenfield Specialty AlcoholsPhoto David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Greenfield Industrial Alcohols - industrial symbiosis

76. An integrated ethanol biorefinery wastes not

David Dodge May 2, 2014Biofuels, Energy Efficiency 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kalundborg is a small port city in Denmark with …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures On the trail of cooking oil, from cruise ships to bus cruise lines – the story of the Cowichan Biodiesel Coop in Duncan, British Columbia

36. Micro-brewed biodiesel powers bus tours in Victoria

David Dodge March 27, 2013Biofuels 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney With 17 micro-breweries the 750,000 people who call Vancouver …

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Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Edmonton Waste Management Facility

33. Landfill gas: How old garbage can generate electricity

David Dodge March 1, 2013Renewable Energy 2 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Apple cores, pumpkins, Christmas trees and the crusts your …

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Don Gamache, operator of the Fitzsimmons Creek run-of-river project, gestures at the weir where water is diverted into a penstock pipe that travels 3.5 km down to the power plant. This headpond is sandwhiched between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. Photo David Dodge

30. How it works: Run-of-river hydroelectric power

David Dodge February 8, 2013Hydro Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When I first heard of “run-of-river” I had it …

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The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver is striving to be a LEED Platinum building and to meet the Living Building Challenge certification, a standard met by only three other buildings in the world. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

29. Canada’s greenest building

David Dodge February 1, 2013Energy Efficiency, Geothermal, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney While some buildings feature stylish fountains out front, the …

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