This net-zero passive house requires 80-90% less energy to heat, has no furnace, and will provide all of its own energy on a net annual basis. This cleverly designed home can withstand the northern climate of Calgary, Alberta, Canada where temperatures can get down to almost -40 Celsius in the winter. It uses a special heat pump water heater to provide hot water for both suites and to provide supplementary heat in the winter.

CKUA Radio Green Energy Futures Podcast - Learn more at https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/stunning-net-zero-passive-house-good-to-40-with-no-furnace

Dagmar Knutson was growing weary of the rhetoric and polarization that swirls around climate change and energy transition in oil-rich Alberta. So she formed Ten Peaks Innovation Alliance and has organized a conference to bring teachers and students together to transcend polarization and begin collaborating on building the low carbon energy future we all need.

The DCBEL R16 is a revolutionary fast electric vehicle charger and solar inverter all-in-one. Oh, and it uses artificial intelligence to optimize your solar energy and save money. Learn why this is the device of the future for the solar-powered home and why this is the device the grid needs.

This week on the Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio podcast we talk to Marc André Forget, CEO of DCBEL, a Montreal-based company getting set to revolutionize the grid in California.

There is much more to this story in our Green Energy Futures blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/ring-that-dcbel-a-revolutionary-fast-ev-charger-and-solar-inverter-for-the-home

We look at solar recycling - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Ok, that's pretty melodramatic because as we learned solar modules contain mostly very benign, and rather plain materials. We tear apart a solar module, find out what toxins are present, and learn how a company in Medford, Oregon is recycling 110,000 solar modules per year.

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Learn more in our blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/solar-recycling-101-the-good-the-bad-the-potential

Solar Recycling - Fabtech, A company is Phoenix, Arizona is breathing new life into end-of-life #solar modules. They're not only solving the solar #recycling challenge, they've already brought a 2nd Life to 600,000 solar modules. These very affordable solar modules are being sold to a whole new market of do-it-yourselfers, RV owners, farmers, homeowners and fans of van dwelling.

Mark Dowson is the author of ReCognition: Oxygen Debt. By day he develops solar projects in the United Kingdom, but when the sun goes down he works on his dystopian, SciFi, thriller stories. We talk to Mark Dowson this week on Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Podcast.

90-95% of Canada’s NEW electricity generation, between now and 2050, will come from wind and solar energy says a five-year North American Renewable Integration Study (NREL) undertaken by Canada and the US. The study says Canada can have a reliable grid, powered by up to 95% renewable energy and electricity prices actually decline over time. This will mean 10-fold increases in wind power and an 18-fold increase in solar generation with virtually all new development coming from solar and wind. We talk to Phil McKay of the Canadian Renewable Energy Association that co-chaired a Canadian stakeholder group in the study.

Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Podcast - See Blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/renewable-energy-could-provide-95-of-electricity-in-canada-by-2050

Schneider Electric was named the most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights a Canadian sustainability rating firm. The France-based global company already used 80 per cent renewable energy for its operations and wants to be carbon neutral by 2025.

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Edmonton has a bold plan to create 15-minute districts all in a bid to build a modern, climate-resilient, net-zero city of the future. This week in Part II of our 15-Minute Cities series we talk to engineer Howaida Hassan about building a sustainable city of the future on Green Energy Futures CKUA Podcast.

Learn more in our blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/15-minute-cities---edmontons-bold-plan-for-a-sustainable-net-zero-city

Architect Shafraaz Kaba says the concept of the 15-minute city can help tackle urban sprawl and help us build zero-emissions cities that are people-friendly, location efficient, and climate-resilient. Kaba is co-chair of Edmonton's Energy Transition and Climate Resilience Committee and an award-winning architect of super-efficient, net-zero buildings. This is part one in our Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio series on 15-minute cities and Edmonton's bold plan to live within a 1.5-degree carbon budget, get to zero emissions and build a sustainable city of the future.

Learn more in our blog: https://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/15-minute-cities---edmontons-bold-plan-for-a-sustainable-net-zero-city