Canadian clean technology companies have the potential to increase their market share from today's $9 billion to $60 billion. What can be done to ensure that Canada grows in concert with this rapidly expanding industry?
This week we learn how Vancouver became a biking mecca and what lessons they have to offer other communities interested in reducing traffic by adding cyclists.
We head down into the sewer to explore a unique district heating scheme that heats over 2.7 million square feet in Vancouver. It's called sewage heat recovery and it's the only one of its kind in North America.
Run-of-river hydro electric projects have been popping up all over British Columbia in the past five years. In fact they're up 45 projects with many more on the way. We explore the Fitzsimmons Creek run-of-river project. It's a 7.5 megawatt powerplant that puts out enough juice to meet the annual demand of the Whistler Blackcomb resort. Learn how this technology works, its advantages over traditional hydro development and its downsides this week.
Cow poop isn't typically thought of as a valuable resource. But with a process called anaerobic digestion that cow poop can be turned into electricity, heat, a near odourless fertilizer and and animal bedding.
Reimagine or reskinning office buildings makes a lot of sense. You keep an existing building standing and you can save a lot of money on operating expenses.
The Cowichan Bio-Diesel Cooperative is the plucky little coop that could. In 2013 they're planning to produce 150,000 to 200,000 litres with a mix of corporate and retail clients.
Landmark Homes in Edmonton isn't making manufactured homes, they're manufacturing homes in a state-of-the-art robot-filled factory. They build the components and then ship these energy efficient homes to the site.
The T'Souke First Nation on Vancouver Island slashed 75 per cent of their energy use and also installed solar photo-voltaic panels. It turns out it's a lot easier to go net-zero when you drastically cut your energy use.
Even mid-size cities like Nanaimo now feature thriving businesses, partnerships and projects that are turning various streams of waste into compost, electricity and carbon credits.
We head to Camrose, Albert to Lawrence Grassi middle school, there they built a school which is 70 per cent efficient than a comparable building and was built exactly on budget.
We explore the evolution from 45-person team, multi-million projects to cheaper and simpler net-zero homes. We talk to two net-zero pioneers to learn these amazing homes have improved over the years.
Car2Go is car-sharing service in several Canadian cities that makes it easy to get around. With services like these you might only need one car or maybe none at all.
We check out the latest EVs, hybrids and even some super efficient gas vehicles. We talk to auto industry execs and check out their lineups and find out where they're headed.
With the Edmonton Auto Show under our belt we went to check out the Future of Transpotation Symposium There we met the people who are driving and using the next generation of vehicles today.
Ever looked at the breakdown of your electricity bill with all of its transmission and distribution charges and wondered if there was a better way? There is and it's called distributed generation.
In Sherwood Park, Alberta just minutes from refinery row city hall, the famous Festival Place Theatre, condos, a high school and more buildings are all heated by biomass, wood to be exact.
The rocket stove takes our fascination with fire and bends it 90 degrees. It's a hyper efficient wood stove that uses far less wood to get a far more effective result.
We talk to two Canadian startups working in the energy storage space, Temporal Power, a a company making flywheels and eCAMION doing community battery storage.
Tom Rand is one of the managing partners of the MaRS Cleantech Fund. It's $30 million dollars of private money that's being invested in early stage Canadian cleantech startups. MaRS, which is based in Toronto.
We profile Kent Rathwell, the co-founder of Sun Country Highway a company installs electric charging stations and then drove a Tesla Roadster across Canada in the dead of winter just to prove it could be done.
The price of solar has dropped one hundred times in the past 35 years and the more solar panels we make the cheaper they get. Learn how we got here and where that solar market is headed.
Earth tubes are a simple, passive geothermal system. By drawing fresh air through an earth tube you pre-heat or pre-cool your air depending on your needs.
Get the green energy geek in your life the perfect gift this holiday season with our Green Energy Futures gift guide. From the best LED bulbs to super-fun electric bikes we've got five green gift ideas that really rock.
