Bryn Davidson, designer of the Lanefab laneway Energuide 90 home in Vancouver, BC.

69. Vancouver’s laneway homes – beautiful and net-zero

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Small is beautiful. When economist E.F. Schumacher first released …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Starland Country Community Solar Program, Alberta

68. Community solar: Farmers love the sun

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney “God hates cowards,” that’s how Bob Sargent, a farmer …

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67. Harvest Power: Energy and compost from rotten food

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Picture one meal in your day and imagine it …

66. KidWind Challenge: Getting high school kids amped about wind power

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The main room of Edmonton’s city hall is full …

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65. Community solar: Meet a small town solar energy Macgyver

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney It’s one thing for SolarShare to get $3 million worth of …

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64. Urban cogeneration

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Cogeneration is an idea as old as the electric power plant itself. In 1882 Thomas …

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63. The power of passive solar and thermal mass

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The Ancient Pueblo peoples got free heating and cooling at the Mesa …

In a home audit by CReturns in Edmonton, Alberta an infared camera reveals heat leakage around the windows. The complete blanket of insulation and high performance R8 windows cut down on heat loss dramatically in new super insulated net-zero homes. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

62. The massive potential of energy efficiency

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The front-loading washing machine has been around since 1947, yet …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Windy Coulee Canadian Horses Ranch, Pincher Creek Alberta

61. Learn about Alberta’s $380 million green technology fund

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When it comes to dealing with carbon emissions Alberta …

60. Phasing out coal in Alberta

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they …

Sonny Shem has really taken a shine to electric bikes and commutes regularly to work: " It makes you feel like you have bionic legs," says Shem. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

59. Electric bikes – An easy way to green your commute

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Not to oversell it but the electric bike might …

The CREE 60-watt equivalent LED light bulb

58. The incandescent light bulb phase out is a good thing

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney On January 1, 2014 Canada started phasing out inefficient …

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57. Energy storage: Power-to-gas and better batteries

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When people think of energy storage, they think of …

James Callaghan and his two brothers run Maryland Farms, a 250 cow dairy operation that set up a biogas operation on their site two years ago. Behind him is the anaerobic digester.

56. Best stories of 2013

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney From Kent Rathwell, the inspiring owner of Sun Country …

Pam Goertzen of Climate Change Central shows off the Nest programmable thermostat.

55. Green Energy Futures holiday gift guide

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Whether you want to spread good word when it …

54. The amazing earth tube cools office tower

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Geothermal energy isn’t just about Iceland, volcanoes, lava and …

Rae-Anne Wadey of Great Canadian Solar working on the Eastgate Environment Canada building in Edmonton. Photo by David Dodge, Green Energy Futures.

53. The cheap solar revolution is upon us

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you pass from one geologic age to another …

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52. Sun Country Highway

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Kent Rathwell pulls up to Peavey Mart in Red …

Tom Rand is an entrepreneur and cleantech expert. He's a senior advisor with the MaRS cleantech practice and a managing partner of the MaRS Cleantech Fund. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

51. Tom Rand and the MaRS Cleantech Fund

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There is a popular, long-running how-to website that predates …

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50. Morgan Solar, a new kind of solar for the people

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney John Paul Morgan got the inspiration for starting a …