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30. Fitzsimmons Creek Run of river–enough power for Whistler Blackcomb Feb 18, 2013

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Unbeknownst to the thousands of skiers who visit Whistler-Blackcomb every year is exactly what powers its 38 lifts, 17 restauraunts, snowmaking equipment and numerous buildings on-site. It turns out there is a 7.5 megawatt run-of-river power plant on Fitzsimmons Creek that generates the annual demand of the Whistler Blackcomb resort. Take a tour with us on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. See blog, video and photos. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/30-how-it-works-run-river-hydro-electric-power

29. The CIRS building at UBC might be the greenest building in Canada Feb 12, 2013

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Alive is not a word you use to describe buildings very often but this four-story 60,000 square foot CIRS building on the UBC campus in Vancouver is practically a living, breathing creature. It treats its own waste, it interacts symbiotically with its neighbors and it even gathers and cleans all of its own drinking water. Learn about what might be the greenest building in Canada this week on Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio podcast. See blog, video and photos http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/29-canadas-greenest-building

28. Sewer waste heat, literally at Vancouver's False Creek Feb 04, 2013

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The False Creek Energy Centre currently heats 250,000 square metres of space with heat from the sewer system! It saves 70 per cent on greenhouse gas emissions compared to heating with natural gas and they're taking a previously unused waste product and transmogrifying it into something useful. Calvin and Hobbes would be proud. See blog, video and photos. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/28-sewer-heat-how-vancouver-harvesting-energy-what-goes-down-your-drain

27. Bike city – How one kilometer of bike lanes sparked a revolution Jan 29, 2013

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When you talk about the tipping point in Vancouver's efforts to get people cycling it was a decision to close a lane of the Burrard Street bridge to cars and make it a bike lane. That was a game changer. It opened without a hitch and Vanouver has embraced the bike. See blog, video and photos. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/26-bike-city-what-rest-canada-can-learn-vancouver

26. How Canada can get a piece of the $1 trillion dollar cleantech pie Jan 21, 2013

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Canada's leading cleantech entrepreneurs, academics and executives say what's needed for Canada to become a clean energy superpower is a level the playing field, a price on carbon and make it easier for entrepreneurs to access capital. Get the details from the 22 experts that were interviewed for this story on this week's podcast at Green Energy Futures in CKUA Radio. See blog, photos and video: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/what-canada-needs-become-clean-energy-superpower

25. Waste to willows - Heat your office with biomass Jan 15, 2013

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This Camrose County willow biomass project is a real example of a win-win-win project. They took a potential problem - lagoons used to treat human waste - and turned it into a resource - to grow willow biomass that is used to heat their main county office. See blog, video and photos. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/25-waste-willows

24. Green Energy Futures – Our favourite renewable energy stories of 2012 Dec 17, 2012

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In our last Green Energy Futures CKUA podcast of 2012 we take a tour through our favourite stories, interviews and sounds. We go to Nova Scotia, Ontario, Calgary and our homebase of Edmonton and we talk to regular folks, writers and even a premier. Join us as we recount the top stories and sounds of this year. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/24-our-favourite-stories-2012

23. Tidal Energy 101 - Could the Bay of Fundy power all of Nova Scotia? Dec 10, 2012

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On an average day about 160 billion tonnes of seawater flows into the Bay of Fundy. That’s more than four times the combined flow of all of the freshwater rivers in the world. Nova Scotia could produce more electricity here than all of Nova Scotia requires-if they get it right. On this weeks Green Energy Futures CKUA podcast we visit the Minas Passage where Nova Scotia is testing the next generation of tidal technologies. See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/tidal-tech-101

22. How a small, rural Nova Scotia Francophone campus became a green energy success story Dec 04, 2012

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Université St. Anne is a small, Francophone university in Nova Scotia. It's located on the southeastern tip of Nova Scotia at St. Mary's Bay. This campus of 300 students decided to switch from fuel oil to biomass, wind and solar thermal energy and the campus is now saving $200,000/year. We tour the campus in this episode of Green Energy Futures in our CKUA Radio podcast. See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/22-greenest-little-campus-canada

21. Walmart goes green with fuel cell fork lifts and energy efficiency to save money Nov 27, 2012

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Walmart might not be the most popular company among the green set, but they have taken some amazing steps in the past few years to use renewable energy, become more energy efficient and create less waste. We visit their Fresh Food Distribution Centre in Balzac, Alberta, a marvel of energy efficiency right in our backyard. That's this week in Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio podcast. See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/unlikely-walmart-sustainability-story

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