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188a CKUA - Louis Bull Tribe goes solar and trains workers Feb 28, 2018

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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

187b No waste! Biorefinery is amazing example of industrial symbiosis Feb 15, 2018

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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, photos and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/waste-heat-growing-tomatoes-industrial-symbiosis

187a. Greenhouse heated by heat from ethanol stack Feb 11, 2018

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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 see photos at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

186b Father of net-zero builds first net-zero church and social housing project Feb 02, 2018

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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.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canadas-first-net-zero-church

186a Canada's first net-zero church Jan 29, 2018

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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 came to be. See story: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canadas-first-net-zero-church

185. Super Energy Efficient Cooking - Lentil Soup in a Thermos Jan 18, 2018

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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

184. Year in Green Energy with Tim Weis Jan 08, 2018

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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

183. EnerGuide: How does your home rate? Nov 01, 2017

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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 ‎

182. Top Ten Energy Efficiency Tips for the home Oct 23, 2017

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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 blog and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/top-10-energy-efficiency-tips-for-the-home

181. The Energy Detective is in the house Oct 12, 2017

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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.

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