Laneway housing – Small is beautiful
Stunningly beautiful laneway homes. Some are net-zero and most include super-insulation…
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Geothermal 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 moreRetired hydro researcher installs geothermal
Stewart Brown spent 29 years as a researcher at Ontario Hydro, so he knew…
Read moreMore than $100 Billion in green bonds
Ethical opportunities for progressive investors to earn competitive returns, while providing funding for clean energy projects…
Read moreGreen building retrofits in Ontario
For homeowners, there has never been a better time to save money while fighting climate change…
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 moreOntario, Quebec and California
Many people are unaware of the fact that cap-and-trade programs mean that the biggest polluters pay the most for pollution, rather than all taxpayers paying more than our fair share…
Read moreFully electric Ford F-150 & Chevy Silverado pickup trucks
“The F-150 is America,” says Mitchell Yow, who has done something a lot of people will be very interested in. He has developed a true bolt-on fully electric package for the Ford F-150…
Read moreGM is now clean energy player
The Chevy Bolt had a terrific first year, selling 23,242 vehicles in the US and increasing sales in virtually every month of the year. It was the best selling fully electric car…
Read moreEnergy-positive homes in Massachusetts
A few homes came with enough panels to power the house and an electric car for 30,000 miles. He’s working on more than 100 net-zero or better homes that cost just…
Read moreWalmart solar, geothermal & more
Solar panels on the roofs of more than 300 stores, LED lighting and geothermal under parking lots, electric vehicle charging stations, and state-of-the-art…
Read moreNew York City has 389 fully electric vehicles
“We’re saving more than 80% on fuel compared to gas vehicles and 50% on maintenance. New York has also reduced fatalities and liability costs with modern…
Read moreNew green project certification accelerates investment
Using the IREE designation to certify clean energy projects as investor-ready, this well-structured new program is popular with investment firms and banks, and is contributing to unprecedented…
Read moreEnergy Service Agreements (ESAs) for green retrofit financing
ESAs allow big green renovations to happen without up front capital. At the 212 bedKuakini Medical Centre, the new equipment is technically owned by an investment company that hired an engineering firm to create the design with energy savings that are guaranteed…
Read moreDramatic advances in electricity storage
Battery costs have dropped by three-quarters since 2010. The first Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada, at full ramp up, was projected to, on its own, double the world’s total production of lithium ion batteries…
Read moreWind power makes clean energy non-partisan
There are about 50,000 wind turbines in 40 states in the USA today, each costing $2-3 million, representing a total investment of about $128 billion and 88,000 jobs. One state has more than one-quarter of all USA wind turbines…
Read moreCalifornia leads solar revolution
Led by California, solar PV is exploding in the USA, growing by 20% – 40% per year. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, there are more than 2,754 solar companies in California, employing 75,598 people….
Read moreElectric car incentives
In 12 states and three Canadian provinces very generous incentives now make the purchase price of an electric car more or less the same as buying a new gas powered car. This means you can help the environment and save a couple thousand dollars each year on fuel…
Read moreMillions saved on sales fleet vehicles
Hanko Keissner at Packsize Packaging has a fleet of 50 electric company vehicles, mostly used by salespeople. He has 53 charging stations in front of his packaging plant in Salt Lake City, and a 200,000-watt solar PV system on the roof…
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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