175. NFL Eagles fly on 100% renewable energy
Solar powered football – the Philadelphia NFL Eagles have 11,000 solar modules, fly on 100 per cent renewable energy, divert 99 per cent of waste and recycle everything else.
Recent Episodes
174. Edmonton Folk Music Festival rocks energy efficiency
It takes more than 2,000 volunteers to run the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, but only one to draeam up an idea of building super energy efficient LED light fixtures that will save 170,000 watts everything they turn on the lights.
173. Gordon Howell, solar pioneer installed first grid-connected solar system in Western Canada
Gordon Howell is a solar pioneer, the first to install a grid-connected solar system on his home in Western Canada. Today Gordon finds himself at the hub of a community of people involved in a veritable solar revolution.
172. Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival
Life is a carnival! Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival started in Edmonton, Alberta. It’s a biodiesel powered full scale carnival infused with a message of sustainability.
170. Brazeau County – Solar in oil country
Brazeau County may be in the heart of Alberta’s oil and gas country in Alberta, but the county is diversifying into clean energy by putting solar on most of the country buildings.
169. PACE financing created $3.4 billion in energy efficiency projects in U.S.
Brian Scott and Leigh Bond want to see Property Assessed Clean Energy financing come to Alberta. They say PACE has generated $3.4 billion investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy in the U.S. and that little else would do more to spur on a boom in Alberta.
168. Dawning of the age of affordable net-zero homes
Edmonton-based builder Landmark Homes has launched one of the most affordable net-zero homes we’ve seen in Canada.
167. Chevy Bolt: the first low-priced, long-range electric vehicle
Two important things happened in the electric vehicle (EV) world in recent months: Late last year Quebec became the first Canadian province to adopt a requirement for the sales of zero-emission vehicles and then in February General Motors debuted its long awaited Chevy Bolt, a long range, low-priced EV.
166. Gener8ing environmental leaders
The Gener8 Youth Energy and Climate Summit is a place for academics, experts, and industry insiders to inspire high school students to bring change to their community.
165. EnerGuide – The missing ingredient label for an energy efficient home
EnerGuide for homes: You wouldn’t buy a car without knowing how many liters per 100 kilometers it gets. So why buy a home without knowing how much power it uses?
164. The EnergieSprong has sprung!
We take a look at an ambitious energy efficiency retro-fit program designed to bring all buildings in the Netherlands to a net-zero standard by 2050.
163. Skeena – Canada’s largest passive house
The Heights is an 85-unit apartment complex in Vancouver that is the largest passive house in Canada. The project is leading the way to for a zero emissions building policy in Vancouver.
162. 2016 year in review
From wind-powered cities and schools to net-zero straw-bale homes, Green Energy Futures reflects on our green energy past.
161. Social housing retrofits save real money
Ian Cullis of the B.C Non-profit Housing Association shows us how some shallow retrofits are saving big money in Vancouver.
160. Green gift guide 2016
Green Energy Futures takes the stress out of holiday shopping with this cheat sheet of green gift ideas.
159. When the levy breaks – carbon taxes
What’s in a name? Quite a bit actually! This week, we examine Alberta’s carbon levy and the affect it will have on Albertans.
158. Workers want a just energy transition
We examine the state of the world’s renewable energy investment and meet BlueGreen Canada, an advocacy group that seeks to secure a fair shake for workers affected by the sunset of the coal industry.
157. Straw-bale 101: A tale of two homes
This is a tale of two straw-bale homes: one a standard energy efficient, environmentally friendly straw-bale home built for Nora Bumanis, the harpist for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra; and second a net-zero, super energy efficient home built by Lance and Wendy Olson at Buffalo Lake, Alberta. See how a straw-bale home is built in our video!
156. Nova Scotia has created the first energy efficiency utility in Canada
We chat with EfficiencyOne’s CEO Stephen MacDonald about how investing in energy efficiency is cheaper than just producing more power.
155. We’re feeling Rand-y about clean tech investment
We check in with Canada’s “Climate Capitalist” about the state of our cleantech startup landscape.
