Montreal Olympic Stadium: From notorius white elephant to $30M in clean energy savings
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has a special place in history as the most over-budget white elephant project in the world of architecture…
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Liquid Cooling For Data Centres
With the rise of cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence and exascale super-computers for science, global data traffic could zoom to 15.3 zettabytes per year by 2020. A zettabyte equals 1000 gigabytes x 1000 x 1000 x 1000…
Read moreHomeowner priorities short video
Watch the one-minute video for inspiration, then with a bit of Googling you can save yourself some money on the purchase of or financing for these important initiatives, then keep saving money while reducing greenhouse gas…
Read moreWhy is this box smiling?
As with most green building technology, HRVs pay for themselves in a few years and there’s probably a grant available from your local government or utility…
Read moreWe need more split personalities
That new gas furnace will be outlawed in about 10 years. A lot of contractors will recommend gas anyway because that’s what they know how to install…
Read moreBuild affordable passive house walls in 1 day with prefab modules
A passive house is a very high standard super-insulated building that reduces the heating or cooling load by an incredible 80% – 90%…
Read moreGet off the crack
Experts say that many of our buildings are so leaky they might as well have a hole in the wall as big as a beach ball, or bigger…
Read moreGet the windows right
Rather than paying big energy bills every month, like a lifetime sentence, invest in high quality modern windows and good insulation…
Read moreDrain Heat Recovery
It reduces your carbon footprint and cuts water heating costs by about half, by re-using your water heat energy to preheat the incoming cold water…
Read moreLaneway housing – Small is beautiful
Stunningly beautiful laneway homes. Some are net-zero and most include super-insulation…
Read moreCompact geothermal in Detroit
Geothermal in the city? Scott Roberts of Niles, Michigan says everything is getting smaller, less expensive and smarter, including…
Read moreGeothermal replaces oil in upper state New York
Once we put the return on investment on paper, people get it immediately. With new construction of a big house, if you’re not installing geo, you haven’t done your homework…
Read moreThis home is net-zero energy
In North America it will soon be illegal to build a new home that uses more energy than it generates…
Read moreQuebec restaurants charge up customers
The St. Hubert restaurant chain installed electric chargers in 11 of its parking lots for use by customers and employees. The company saves money on fuel and creates goodwill with customers…
Read moreQuebec schools save $18M switching from fossil fuels to clean heating
Olivier Matte of Ecosystem and Michel Morin of Samares School Board in Quebec switched 52 schools from oil & gas heating to geothermal, solar, and a new kind of thermal storage…
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