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87. The future is bright for solar stocks Nov 07, 2014

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We don't follow the stock market at Green Energy Futures. But Greg Schnell does. Listen as we talk to this technical stock analyst about the big things he sees coming for the solar industry.

86. Echohaven: A better way to build a neighborhood Oct 31, 2014

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Typical greenfield neighborhood design destroys nature, doesn't focus on energy efficiency and can make people feel isolated. Echohaven is a new neighborhood that flips all that on its head. Learn how they did it in the latest episode of Green Energy Futures.

85. How to make a smart meter even smarter Oct 24, 2014

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Learn how and why smart meters can help all of us conserve energy as well as how utilites can use third party services to make your smart meter even smarter. By providing something tangible that helps customers utilities can stop the people who believe smart meters cause cancer orare monitoring their thoughts from dominating the conversation.

84. From cow poop to ethanol with a biogas operation in between: An integrated bio-refinery Oct 16, 2014

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Alberta produces a lot of beef. And with of those cows comes cow poop. One Alberta company has taken what was formerly a waste and turned it into the backbone of a three tiered business that produces electricity, heat and ethanol. Learn how they do it this week at Green Energy Futures.

83. Alberta solar on the edge of something big Oct 09, 2014

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Alberta is the most energy focused province in confederation so when its minister of energy speaks, people listen. And it was a packed house for Frank Oberle's keynote at the Canadian Solar Industry Association's Solar West event. While he didn't make any committments the landscape for solar in Alberta is the most positive its ever been. Learn why this week at Green Energy Futures.

82. Earthship on the prairie: How one family built a radically sustainable in southern Alberta Oct 03, 2014

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Green Energy Futures podcast on an Earthship built in southern Alberta. These radically sustainable homes generate their own electricity, hot water and heat, treat their own waste and grow their own food.

81. Net Zero: Go Big or Go Home - Major home builder says everything will be net-zero Jul 14, 2014

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This week it's Go Big or Go Home on CKUA's Green Energy Futures show. Net-zero homes debuted as a demonstration project in 2007. Today, just seven short years later one big home builder is ready to go net-zero with every home it builds. A future where your home produces as much energy as it consumes may be upon us! Learn more on this week's program. This is Part IV in our Chasing Net Zero series. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/81-chasing-net-zero-go-big-or-go-home

80. Net Zero Evolution - Ridiculously simple passive solar design Jul 06, 2014

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On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures Podcast: It’s a beautiful, simple, livable, functional and successful net-zero experiment. That's how Shafraaz Kaba refers to his own net-zero ready home that was inspired by the idea of the passive house. By keeping things ridiculously simple Kaba was able to build an amazing, affordable net-zero home. Come along for a tour!

79. Chasing net zero beautiful – Cool small footprint infill Jun 27, 2014

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This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures: Louis pereira is a home designer who believes sustainability comes from designing new and innovative forms of housing that revitalize inner city neighbourhoods and support more sustainable lifestyles. Today we visit LG house, Louis and Giselle Pereira’s home and learn how location and urban design are key to supporting more sustainable lifestyles and a much smaller energy footprint.

78. Net Zero 101 – The secret of building homes powered by the sun Jun 17, 2014

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On this week's CKUA Green Energy Futures episode we have seen the light, and it is that big ball of fire in the sky known as the sun. The idea of net-zero homes is taking off and it's thanks to copius amounts of free, passive solar energy and solar electricity all derived from the sun. They're building homes that produce as much energy as they consume and they are doing it in the most northerly big city in North America, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Could all homes be net-zero?

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