Carbon Neutral

400. Net-zero pioneer Landmark is building homes in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

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Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 4 By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Landmark, a net-zero trailblazer …

Green Spaces, Green Heating and Green Homes landed Josh in Blatchford

399. Green spaces, green energy and green homes brought Josh to Blatchford

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 Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 3  In part 3 of our series on Blatchford …

Solar and Community exergizes urban living for Heather and Justin

398. Solar Power and Community Energize Urban Living for Heather and Justin

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Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 2 – Living in Blatchford In part 2 of …

Blatchford, the largest planned carbon neutral community takes flight

397. Blatchford, the Largest Planned Carbon Neutral Community in North America is “Wildly Ambitious”

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Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community – Part 1  By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Blatchford is the largest …

Anatomy of a Straw Bale Dream Home

396. Anatomy of a Net-Zero Straw Bale Dream Home

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Green Energy Futures Straw Bale Dream Home Series By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Lance and Wendy …

Solar in Every Town

393. Solar in Every Town – A solution for an affordable 100% renewable grid

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The solution to building a 100% renewable, affordable and resilient electricity …

The Energy Futures Lab turns 10

392. The Energy Futures Lab – Solving for net-zero – not polarization

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The Energy Futures Lab is an unassuming collaborative effort to help solve some of the most contentious energy and political issues in Alberta. It’s the opposite of the “polarization” we see dominating the public sphere these days.

Green Infill - Creating desperately needed housing and building community

379. Passive house multifamily in northern climate redefining just how green infill can be

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca T5M is a postal code in Canada and it’s also part …

Decentralised Energy Canada turns 20

364. Decentralised Energy Canada turns 20 – Interview with founder Anouk Kendall

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca I first met Anouk Kendall back in 2011 when she worked …

Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair

360. Red Deer’s Renewable Energy Fair reincarnated as the Energy Innovation Fair

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Green Energy Futures · 360. Red Deer Energy Innovation Fair is back! By David Dodge, …

Hydrogen's role in a zero emissions future

356. Hydrogen’s role in a zero-emissions future

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Changing for Climate Series * Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe and …

Deep energy retro fit transforms 1953 bungalow.

355. Deep Energy Retrofitting 1953 Bungalow to Net-Zero

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Changing for Climate Series * Jena and Jesse Tufts bought a 1953 semi-bungalow in Edmonton’s …

Climate Ready Home Part 1 - Mitigation

352. Climate Ready Home I – Save money, reduce emissions and get on the pathway to net-zero

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Changing for Climate Series * You can make your home super energy efficient, eliminate your …

DIY Net-Zero

348. Family’s 20-year DIY home retrofit journey ends by getting to net-zero

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Changing for Climate Series* (David Dodge of Green Energy Futures worked with the City of …

Michaela Jones, architect with the Salvation Army

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

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

Deep Energy Retrofit

343. EnergieSprong Deep Energy Retrofit transforms 1951 home to net-zero

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca The Sandercock family bought a 1951 story-and-a-half home in the beautiful …

Net-Zero 101 - new for 2023

340. Net-Zero 101 – Ultimate guide to cold climate homes

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca (Adapted from original article written for The Earth and I with …

Stephan Thomas co-author of Shifting power

337. A new regulation seeks to make Canada’s electricity grid net-zero by 2035

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca In 2021 Canada established an ambitious plan to transform Canada’s electricity …

Zibi Carbon-Neutral Community

316. A River Runs Through It – Zibi is Ottawa’s Amazing Carbon-Neutral Community

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca It’s called Zibi, named after the Algonquin Anishinaabe word for “river” …

Sundance EnergySprong

309. EnergieSprong: Retrofitting 59 Homes to Net-Zero in Canada’s North

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Building new net-zero homes is great for homeowners, makes economic sense …