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67. Harvest Power: Turning greasy, gooey food waste into energy and compost Mar 16, 2014

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Harvest Power in Richmond BC takes in 200,000 tonnes of food and organic waste and turn it into compost for your yard and electricity for your home! Take a walk with rotting organic waste this week on Green Energy Futures.

66. Blowin' in the wind - Students build wind turbines in the KidWind Challenge Mar 07, 2014

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This week on Green Energy Future's CKUA podcast, the KidWind Challenge came to Edmonton, Alberta and seven teams from three high schools competed to build working wind turbines. More than 5,000 kids since 2009 from all over North America have participated in the KidWind Challenge designing and building micro wind turbines, testing them out in a wind tunnel and competing for prizes. See photos and our blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/66-kidwind

65. Community Solar - Black Diamond's MacGyver of green energy Mar 03, 2014

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This week on CKUA Les Quinton is the Macgyver of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the small town of Black Diamond, Alberta. There's almost no system he hasn't optimized and with the dollars he's saved Black Diamond reinvests in solar energy and energy efficiency which saves the town even more money. Learn how Les Quinton does it all this week on Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/65-community-solar

64. Urban cogen - a mini powerplant that heats your office tower Feb 25, 2014

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Cogeneration is a back to the future technology. The idea is simple run a big hot engine, generate electricity right in your building and use the heat to heat it. Most modern power plants actually turn heat into a form of pollution that heats up lakes and rivers instead of our homes and buildings. This week we visit the Centennial Building in Calgary, Alberta to take a look at its 370 kilowatt generator that provides electricity and nearly all of the heat for an office tower. Payback? Very fast. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/64-urban-cogeneration

63. Walking on sunshine - Get half your home heating from passive solar for free! Feb 18, 2014

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Amelie Caron is a high-performance building consultant and one of the people who helped make the Belgravia Green net-zero home in Edmonton a reality. Learn how this 1,500 square foot home gets 50 per cent of its heat from south facing windows and a polished concrete floor this week at Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/62-power-passive-solar-and-thermal-mass

63. Promo - Passive Solar Energy can provide half the heat needed in a home Feb 13, 2014

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Coming up next week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures: Passive solar energy can provide half of a home's heating needs from sunshine streaming through the windows for free! That's Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday on the CKUA Radio Network in Alberta.

62. Energy Efficiency - how energy efficiency could save Albertans $1.5 billion Feb 13, 2014

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How plain vanilla energy efficiency programs could save Albertans $1.5 billion and get Alberta 27 megatonnes of emissions reductions, halfway to its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. We talk to Jesse Row of the Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance.

61. Alberta's $380 million Clean Tech Fund – where does the money go? Feb 06, 2014

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Alberta has a small carbon tax and the money collected goes into a green technology fund that invests in greenhouse gas reducing projects. This mechanism, called the Climate Change Emissions Management Corporation has achieved large emissions reductions by investing in renewable energy projects. Learn how the fund works and about some of the projects they've invested in this week on Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/61-learn-about-albertas-green-technology-fund-climate-change-emissions-management-corporatio

59. Electric bikes go mainstream Jan 20, 2014

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The electric bike might be the single best urban transportation option out there. It's super green, gets you outside, has really low emissions and can get you up that big hill without breaking a sweat. Learn all about e-bikes this week on Green Energy Futures. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/59-electric-bikes

60. Alberta Coal Phase Out Forum – All parties comment on timeline CAPE Jan 17, 2014

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Alberta's new associate minister of electricity and renewable energy Donna Kennedy Glans (PC), Rachel Notley (ND), Joe Anglin (Wildrose) and Dr. David Swan (Liberal) answer the question: "What timeline do you see as practical for the coal phase out in the province of Alberta." The Jan. 16, 2014 event was moderated by Colin Soskolne for the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.

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