PostedSep 18, 2017 | energy, lifestyle, sustainability, technology
A group of architects and engineers in Ottawa are building a tiny, totally self-sufficient house that people might actually want to live in. In a small alcove at the rear of the Architecture Building at Carleton University in Ottawa, the future of zero-energy housing...
PostedSep 7, 2017 | energy, international news, news, policy
The U.K. is set to provide as many as 800,000 low-income homes with free solar panels over the next five years in the biggest green program the country has ever implemented. Renewable energy provider Solarplicity will start with 100,000 homes over the next 18 months...
PostedSep 6, 2017 | climate change, energy, international news, sustainability, technology
The latest roadmap to a 100% renewable energy future from Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson and 26 colleagues is the most specific global vision yet, outlining infrastructure changes that 139 countries can make to be entirely powered by wind, water, and sunlight by...
PostedAug 29, 2017 | climate change, energy, international news, sustainability, technology
Last month, Clean Energy Canada’s Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz visited Beijing, China for the eighth annual Clean Energy Ministerial. Watch as they share a few success stories from the world’s clean energy giant. See what else we have in GTEC’s...
PostedAug 29, 2017 | climate change, e-vehicles, energy, international news, sustainability, technology
Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd., the Chinese solar equipment maker whose shares were suspended more than two years ago after they lost almost half their market value in a single day, said its U.S. unit, Alta Devices Inc., will work with Audi AG to outfit the...
PostedAug 29, 2017 | energy, policy, sustainability, technology
According to a new report from The Conference Board of Canada, energy efficiency measures such as incentive programs, retrofits, audits, land-use measures, building standards and renewable subsidies can substantially reduce Canada’s energy consumption OTTAWA—If...
