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 …

Super energy efficient lighting crew

174. Edmonton Folk Music Festival rocks energy efficiency

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Joni Mitchell, David Byrne, k.d. lang, Joan Armatrading, Passenger, Michael Franti, Blue Rodeo, John Hiatt, …

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 …

2017 Chevy Bolt EV

167. Chevy Bolt: the first low-priced, long-range electric vehicle

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By David Dodge Two important things happened in the electric vehicle (EV) world in recent …

166. Gener8ing environmental leaders

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By David Dodge Each year Inside Education hosts its flagship environmental education event at the …

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 …

164. The EnergieSprong has sprung!

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson We are very quickly learning to construct buildings that …

Skeena passive house

163. Skeena – Canada’s largest passive house

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Vancouver, the self-styled “world’s greenest city” has built Canada’s …

162. 2016 year in review

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161. Social housing retrofits save real money

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160. Green gift guide 2016

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By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson We at Green Energy Futures are all about conservation …