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243. Alberta home builder includes solar with every home Feb 28, 2020

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Jayman BUILT Homes in Alberta began including a solar system with every new home they built in Alberta in January 2019. One year later they have added more than one megawatt of solar to the Alberta grid – one home at a time! That's this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures.

242B. Clean Energy Jobs – So much more than solar! Feb 20, 2020

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When you hear clean energy jobs, you might think solar, wind or geothermal? But the clean energy sector is much bigger encompassing electric vehicles, green buildings and much more – 400,000 jobs strong in Canada and growing faster than the rest of the economy. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we talk to Merran Smith of Clean Energy Canada about the growth of the clean energy sector. Learn more in our blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canadas-clean-energy-transition-underway (photo Gordon Howell)

242A. Energy Transition: a Good Thing for the Economy? Feb 12, 2020

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75% of Canadians and even almost 50% of Albertans believe an energy transition is happening and that it will benefit us in the long run. But where are those jobs? Merran Smith and Clean Energy Canada have done work to define and track the sector and she says the sector already exists and grew 70% between 2010 and 2017. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we look at the emerging low carbon economy.

241B. The Penthouse Suite - The Woman in the Green Bubble Jan 25, 2020

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Take a tour of Vivian Manasc's green penthouse suite – a project she describes as reimagining buildings as sustainable. Her firm took a metal-clad box on top of the Cambridge building and turned it into a sustainable glass bubble with a view. This and more this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures in part II of our conversation with Vivian Manasc, green building pioneer. See photo gallery, blog and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/vivian-manasc-a-lifetime-of-building-it-green

241. Vivian Manasc - Pioneering green architect - first net-zero commercial Jan 21, 2020

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Vivian Manasc has been designing it green for several decades. We talk to the architect who has been a pioneer of sustainable buildings, net-zero buildings and now she wants us to reimagine old buildings as energy-efficient and beautiful models of sustainability. That's this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures episode. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/vivian-manasc-a-lifetime-of-building-it-green

240B. Carbon Busters secret formula for building net-zero in Blatchford Jan 14, 2020

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Godo Stoyke reveals Carbon Busters secret formula for their innovative net-zero homes being built in Edmonton's Blatchford, the largest sustainable community in the world. The homes are so efficient they require 94% less energy to heat. We take a look at these unique homes this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. Learn more in our blog and see photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/carbon-busters-building-net-zero-in-blatchford

240A. Carbon Busters builds net-zero in largest carbon neutral community in the world Jan 14, 2020

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When Shanthu Mano first learned her company would be the first builder to build net-zero homes in Edmonton's Blatchford, the largest carbon-neutral community in the world, she could picture herself living there. We talk to Shanthu and the first person to buy a net-zero home in this landmark project. Learn more in Green Energy Futures blog, and see photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/carbon-busters-building-net-zero-in-blatchford

239. Solar All Around - Best of 2019 Part II Dec 27, 2019

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Four stories that mattered from 2019 – This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures: Blatchford (the largest carbon-neutral community in the world), the largest solar project in Canada, solar for diesel and a solar-powered retrofitted net-zero University library from Calgary. See blog for links and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/2019-the-year-of-greta-thunberg

238. The Year of Greta Thunberg - Best of 2019 Part I Dec 27, 2019

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Green Energy Futures looks back on 2019, the year Greta Thumberg was named Time Magazine "Person of the Year" and climate change became the Canadian Press news story of the year. In this episode: Raffi writes a tribute song to Greta Thunberg, the first net-zero church and social housing project is built and a Red Deer car dealership builds the first Passive House car dealership in North America. See blog, videos and more: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/2019…eta-thunberg

237b. Solar-powered net-zero homes for refugees Dec 18, 2019

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When a church in crisis negotiated a creative deal with a social housing agency they produced amazing net-zero sustainable homes for both the church and immigrant families in Edmonton. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we meet the Teklay family from Eritrea. See blog, photos and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/gods-green-home

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