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58. The upside of banning inefficient incandescent light bulbs in Canada Jan 17, 2014

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On January 1st the phase out of incandescent light bulbs began in Canada. In spite of what you may have heard, this is actually a good news story. Not only will we save massive amounts of energy, but money as well. We also address the myths around the true costs and mercury in CFLs. See blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/58-incandescent-light-bulb-phase-out-good-thing-0

57. Power to Gas - Energy storage the key to green energy future Jan 09, 2014

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Green Energy Futures looks at power-to-gas, a way to convert and store excess renewable energy such as wind and solar to make hydrogen and fuel vehicles, heat homes or generate electricity.

56. Green Energy Futures Best Of 2013 - A year of green energy Jan 09, 2014

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Green Energy Futures best of 2013 episode: Rediscover our favorite story about energy from pooh on the farm; find out which story went viral on YouTube; which City Hall is heated with biomass; and which home builder has pledged to make every home he builds net zero by 2015.

55. Green Energy Futures Gift Guide Part II Dec 23, 2013

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In part II of our Green Energy Futures gift guide we suggest a home energy audit, a home energy monitor that helps track down your power vampires like a detective and giving the gift of green energy! Best of the season!

55. Green Energy Futures Gift Guide Part I Dec 23, 2013

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Part I of our Green Energy Futures gift guide. In this episode we recommend the Pedego electric bike, the Nest thermostat and LED light bulbs.

Green Energy Futures Ad - Best of 2013 Dec 19, 2013

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Promo ad for Green Energy Futures Best of 2013 episode on CKUA Radio in Alberta. We pick our favorite episodes from 2013. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/56-best-stories-2013

54. Earth Tubes are cool & they can heat too! Nov 21, 2013

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The earth tube is a humble, simple invention. It pre-heats or pre-cools the air coming into a building by running it through an underground pipe. If you go a meter or two underground the earth is a constant 4-6 degrees. By taking advantage of that free heat you can can save a ton of money. We explore a couple earth tube projects in this episode of CKUA's Green Energy Futures.

53a. Solar Energy: The revolution starts now! Nov 13, 2013

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The Eastgate office building in Edmonton is colorful, bright, energy efficient and oh yeah, has a 153 kilowatt solar system on the roof. The building, which will soon become an outpost for Environment Canada, was a developer led project that was seeking LEED Gold status. In order to get the necessary energy efficiency points they went with the simplest, cheapest, most cost effective technology - solar power. This is just the start as solar continues to get cheaper and cheaper.

53c. Solar now 100 times cheaper - Nov 02, 2013

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The worldwide price war around solar photovoltaic modules is bad for manufacturers but great for consumers. Thirty years ago it cost $75 per watt for solar pv, now it costs $0.75 cents a watt. That downward pressure on prices means even more solar gets bought and installed. It's a virtuous cycle and one that means you might be getting a solar system sooner than you think.

52. Meet Kent Rathwell, the man who built the world's longest green highway Sep 10, 2013

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Kent Rathwell is a study in contrasts. He's an ambitious entrepeneur who's spending money bringing electric vehicle infrastructure to a country with around 3500 EVs. Rathwell made his money in bird seed, he is the president of Sun Country Farms, and how he's branched out into electric vehicle chargers. The connection isn't obvious at first but listen to this week's story and the connection between bird seed and the world's longest green highway will be clear.

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