Green Energy Futures

Metamorphosis is the near-miraculous process of nature and it's the name of a new film by Canadian Filmmakers Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper about the art of climate change. Join them on a stunning visual journey from crisis to brave new world. #CKUA #GreenEnergyFutures Learn more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/metamorphosis-the-art-of-the-climate-crisis

Riverdale Community League has embraced sustainability in their neighbourhood. It's powered by solar electricity, has a community garden, a food forest and the league is inspiring neighbours to embrace sustainability. Meet Raquel Feroe, aka "Rocky" their director of sustainability and learn how Eco-City helped the community group go solar! Learn more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/river...

Balance sheets are out of wack if they fail to account for natural capital, environmental liabilities and well-being says Mark Anielski, the author of the new book An Economy of Well-Being. This is part 2 of our series on well-being on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. Learn more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/195-an-economy-of-well-being

Can incorporating well-being as an asset on the balance sheets of a nation improve our quality of life? We talk to Mark Anielski the author of the new book "An Economy of Well-Being" about economics that measures what matters. #CKUA's #GreenEnergyFutures. See blog for more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/195-an-economy-of-well-being

Ever wondered about going net-zero with your home? Curious about solar, heat pumps or geothermal systems? We talk to Andrew Mills, boss of the Eco-Solar Home Tour in Edmonton about why people just love to see and discuss eco-home strategies with real owners in their homes. #CKUA #Green Energy Futures Learn more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/edmontons-eco-solar-home-tour

In the wake of news that Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing (PACE) is coming to Alberta, we re-visit our interview with Leigh Bond and Brian Scott to learn about how PACE financing came make adding solar or energy efficiency to your home a no-brainer! #CKUA #GreenEnergyFutures Learn more:http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pace-makes-easy-invest-solar-energy-efficiency

On this episode of CKUA's Green Energy Futures we talk to Don Pettit about the amazing success of the Peace Energy Co-op that built the first big wind project in British Columbia and recently helped a small northern community go all-in with solar! See story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/hudsons-hope-solar

On CKUA's Green Energy Futures we present Hudson's Hope Solar, the story of a small community in northeastern British Columbia that has installed more solar per capita on their municipal buildings than any other municipality in BC. We talk to Mayor Gwen Johansson. See Green Energy Futures story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/hudsons-hopes-solar

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures Energy Disrupted: Five trends driving the global energy transition – we talk to Clean Energy Canada policy director Dan Woynillowicz about energy trends that are changing the world. See blog: https://wp.me/p7ImKe-DE

La Maison Simons has opened the first net-zero department store in Canada. In this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures feature we talk to Peter Simons, CEO about what it takes to create the first net-zero store in Canada powered by 100% solar energy and heated and cooled by a geothermal system. This new store at Galeries de la Capitale in Quebec City follows on the heals of a Simons store in Edmonton...

Jen Turner knows what it's like to be outside covered in drilling mud, out at 3:00 o'clock in the morning when it's -40. She's an oil worker who wants to see more renewable energy and more renewable jobs. That's why her organization Iron and Earth has partnered with Louis Bull Tribe in Alberta to run solar training programs for oil workers and Tribe members alike. That's on this week's CKUA Green...

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures episode we bring you the story of The Louis Bull Tribe goes solar and partners with Iron and Earth to do solar training for oilsands workers and tribe members alike. It's all about jobs, training and diversification. See video, blog and photos: https://wp.me/p7ImKe-D1

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures feature: Industrial symbiosis. Corn comes into a biorefinery that produces ethanol, industrial alcohols, corn oil, and distillers' grains. And then ALL wastes from this plant are used as well to heat a greenhouse, grow tomatoes and much, much more. It's a virtuous cycle of products and wastes, that each turn are used to produce other products. See blog, pho...

In a cliché moment in 2010 a greenhouse guy meets an ethanol guy outside of the Woodstock farm show and says "Wouldn't it be cool if we could heat a greenhouse with heat from the stack at the ethanol plant?" Such a cool project – In this CKUA Green Energy Futures podcast we discover there is enough waste heat in that stack to heat 1,000 homes or 45 acres of greenhouse. Learn more in our blog and s...

It's a heart warming story of sustainability that started with a church in crisis, a shortage of social housing and a school slated for closure. Peter Amerongen is a father of building net-zero buildings––this week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we learn how he took this impossible situation and built the first net-zero church and social housing project in Canada. See story and photos: http://www....

The Westmount Presbyterian Church had a decrepit old building they could not longer afford to heat. So they entered into a very creative partnership with a housing society. They provided land to build desperately needed social housing and got a new net-zero church, the first of its kind in Canada. On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures it's a heart-warming story of how a solar powered church cam...

CKUA's Green Energy Futures and the Energy Detective compares cookers to find the best and most energy efficient way to slow cook lentil soup! We compared slow cookers, pressure cookers and the Thermos slow cooker. See our story on The Energy Detective: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/181-the-energy-detective

Green Energy Futures looks back at 2017 with Dr. Tim Weis. It was a big year for green energy in Alberta. The province secured 600 megawatts of wind power at the lowest prices in Canadian history and built the first utility scale solar project in Western Canada. This and more in our year-end review story on CKUA's Green Energy Futures. Learn more at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we tag along with EnerGuide auditor Jeff Paton as he assesses a 1956 home. The new EnerGuide label shows how much energy a home uses, where it is losing energy and what improvements can produce the biggest bang for the buck. See story, video and blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/energuide-how-does-your-home-rate ‎

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we enlist Jeff Paton, an EnerGuide home auditor to help us build a list of the Top Ten Energy Efficiency Tips for your home. Some are as easy as changing a light bulb, some are more involved and expensive such as adding insulation and improving your windows–all will help you reduce your energy use, save money and reduce your emissions. Learn more in our blo...

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures Ron Kube really wanted a solar system on his house, until he found out he was using nearly twice the average electricity. So he became a full-fledged energy detective, saved more than half on his electricity use and then installed a smaller solar system.

Producing your own solar electricity, it's a cool idea right? On this week's episode of Green Energy Futures on CKUA radio we talk to Ron Kube, who installed solar on his home and Clifton Lofthaug of Great Canadian Solar about everything you need to know before going solar. See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/180-solar-101

On CKUA's Green Energy Futures this week: The City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was selected as the host for the first ever Cities and Climate Change Science conference. We talk to Seth Schultz, of C40 about Edmonton, climate change, cities and action on Climate Change. The conference is March 5-7, 2018. The conference is sponsored in part by the IPCC, the organization that hosts the big climate c...

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures Peter Darlington is an exterior contractor who decided to super insulate his home, install an energy efficiency heat pump furnace and power his home with solar energy. He was so taken with the project he created a new company to help others renovate their existing homes to net-zero energy homes. See blog, video and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/e...

In part 1 in our Smart Home series we search for the most energy efficient water heater. Ever thought about going tankless? Heard of electric heat pumps? Just want more efficiency? Spend more on your tank and save even more on energy costs – this week we compare three options for high energy efficiency and install the one we like best in host David Dodge's home. That's this week on CKUA's Green En...