Green Energy Futures

We visit the new Simons store at Londonderry Mall in Edmonton to see the largest solar system in the city. On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures we talk to Peter Simon CEO of La Maison Simons about their new solar-powered store and why energy sustainability is the issue of our time. See blog and photos.

On this week's episode, CKUA's Green Energy Futures takes you to Philadelphia to soar with the NFL Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field that has 11,000 solar modules, is powered by 100% renewable energy, diverts 99% of its waste and might be one of the most sustainable football stadiums anywhere. See blog and photos.

In part 1 in our Smart Home series we search for the most energy efficient water heater. Thought out tankless? Heard of heat pump electric? Just want more efficiency? Spend more on your tank and save even more on energy costs - this week we compare three cool options and install the one we like best in host David Dodge's home. That's this week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures. See blog and video htt...

On this week's episode, CKUA's Green Energy Futures takes you to Philadelphia to soar with the NFL Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field that has 11,000 solar modules, is powered by 100% renewable energy, diverts 99% of its waste and might be one of the most sustainable football stadiums anywhere. See story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/175-nfl-eagles-f…renewable-energy

The new Simons store at Londonderry Mall in Edmonton has the largest solar system in the city. On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures we talk to Peter Simon CEO of La Maison Simons about their new solar-powered store in Edmonton, Alberta. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/176-simons-solar-largest-edmonton

On this episode of CKUA's Green Energy Futures we take you to the Edmonton Folk Music Festival where intrepid volunteers have found a way to save 170,000 watts everytime they turn on the lights at this amazing festival, now in it's 37th year. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/?p=1890&preview=true

On this week's edition of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we present: Gordon Howell a solar pioneer and the first to install a grid-connected solar system on his home in Western Canada in 1995. We talk to Gordon about his solar past, and his vision for our solar future. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/gordon-howell-solar-pioneer

This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures program "Life is a carnival." We talk to Antoine Palmer co-founder of Sustainival the world's first green carnival. It's a full-sized carnival complete with rides, games and popcorn and it's powered by biodiesel energy it's absolutely infused with messages of sustainability. See story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/sustainival

Net-zero homes are the way of the future! On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures episode we speak to Sonja Winkelmann of the Canadian Home Builders Association about a new Net-Zero Home labelling program. The idea: help consumers and builders understand and embrace super energy efficient, net-zero homes.

On this week's CKUA Radio Green Energy Futures episode: Brazeau County may be in the heart of oil and gas country near Drayton Valley, Alberta, but the county recently installed solar on most of their municipal buildings to support low carbon sources of alternative energy, save money over the long term and avoid future price increases and carbon levies. See story and photos: http://www.greenenergy...

PACE financing has generated $3.4 billion worth of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on buildings in the U.S. Brian Scott and Leigh Bond believe it could be the key to unleashing a wave of projects in Alberta. This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we talk to Scott and Bond about financing clean energy in Alberta. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pace-financing-produced-3-4...

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Energy Futures we visit Landmark Home's new affordable net-zero home just as they put the "0" gigajoule EnerGuide label on the home. As net-zero becomes affordable will solar-powered net-zero homes become the norm? We think they might! See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/affordable_net-zero

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we look at the Pisa from Landmark homes, an Edmonton-based developer. It's the first net-zero home in Canada to sell for less than $400,000! See blog, photos and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/affordable_net-zero

On this weeks CKUA Green Energy Futures podcast we talk to Matthew Klippenstein of Green Car Reports about the debut of the Chevy Bolt, the first low-priced, long range EV in Canada, the evolution of the EV market and how this Vancouver engineer came to be a green car guru in Canada.

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures podcast we go to the Gener8 Youth Energy and Climate Leadership Summit where 40 teachers and 80 students are learning about Alberta's energy future and taking action on their own. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/166-gener8ing-environmental-leaders

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we look at the ongoing push to add EnerGuide ratings to homes so buyers know what they are getting. See story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/165-energuide

This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures episode EnergieSprong means "Energy Leap." The idea is to retrofit every single building in the Netherlands to a net-zero standard by 2050. Sound crazy? It's early days, but they have already begun the work and it's a real game changer. Learn more in our blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/the-sprong-has-sprung

On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures feature, the Heights or Skeena project is an 85-unit multi-family building built to the passive house standard in Vancouver, Canada. It is the largest passive house in Canada and the project led this Canadian city to adopt the passive house standard in its plan to make all new buildings zero emissions by 2020.

We present Part 2 of of our Best of 2016 Green Energy Futures series on CKUA Radio. This week we visit Summerside PEI a city powered by the wind, a straw-bale home in Edmonton and Nova Scotia where they are selling negawatts into the grid! See blog and photos and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/2016-year-in-review

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we look back at some of our favourite stories from the year that was 2016. See videos, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/2016-year-in-review

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures' podcast, we visit a social housing project in Vancouver, B.C. that replaced it's boilers and did a lighting retrofit to save $6,000 each year! See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/161-social-housing-retrofits-saves-real-money

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we give you some great ideas for green giving that will take the stress out of the holiday shopping season.

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we take a long, lingering look at Alberta's upcoming carbon levy and all that means for the average Albertan. greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/159-when-the-levy-breaks

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we take a quick look at the state of renewable energy in the world and a long look at the support needed for workers affected by a transition away from coal-fired electricity. greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/158-a-just-transition

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we visit yet another straw-bale home, this time in Edmonton, Alberta. Nora Bumanis is the harpist for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra so noise can be a big problem for her neighbours. Luckily, straw-bale construction was the perfect fit for her needs. See video, blog and photos: greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/157-albertans-making-homes-straw