In the midst of controversy over B.C.’s Peace River Site C dam project, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association released a study showing the province could get the same amount of energy more affordably from geothermal sources, for about half the construction costs. Unlike Site C, geothermal wouldn’t require massive transmission upgrades, would be less environmentally […]
Geothermal
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Net Zero
Builders may differ on what constitutes environmental house-building, but at least there’s a market for more sustainable shelter. What do you think?” Duncan Cann asks me the question after a tour of the EcoPlusHome, off Main Street in Dartmouth. Cann is the general manager on the building and upcoming sale of the 1,500-square-foot two-level house, […]
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Wasted Energy
A year ago this month the province created Efficiency Nova Scotia (ENSC), “an independent administrator to help Nova Scotians cut electricity use.” Responsibility for our energy efficiency will no longer be in the hands of a government department, but an independent body. Great idea. So far, ENSC is just ramping up: recruiting board members, hiring […]
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Q & A with Dr. Claire Campbell in Copenhagen
Q. Is this your first experience at an international conference of this nature? Like many academics I go to international conferences occasionally, though I’ve never been to a COP. I was just in Copenhagen in August, actually, for the first World Congress in Environmental History. Denmark is my favourite country in the world after Canada, […]
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Halifax Green Builders Collective does it naturally
It hasn’t got a name, a phone number, a website or its grant money, but a Halifax Green Builders Collective is happening. “Clients want it,” says Anne Sinclair, an architect with a lot of green knowledge and 25 years design experience, who sees how hard it can be for people to realize their ambitions for […]
