We look at this amazing green community, its green building code, GeoExchange district energy, the magic of heat pumps and we meet residents who’ve made this their home of the futures.

Inside Blatchford, The Largest Planned Carbon Neutral Community In North America

Community Leagues are taking climate action to neighbourhoods all over Edmonton, Alberta.  About 50 of these local volunteer groups are taking action on climate change. This week on Green Energy Futures we talk to Laura Cunningham-Shelpeley of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues about so-called Green Leagues. 
Green Energy Futures CKUA Radio Video Podcast
www.greenenergyfutures.ca

325. Green Leagues Bringing Climate Action to the Hoods

The Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative in Canmore, Alberta has just wrapped up its fourth solar project in just a few years. This is blazing fast progress for green energy cooperatives in Canada that must navigate a network of challenging provincial electrical systems.
We talk to Jeff Roberts about the coops success getting started in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta.

362. Bow Valley Green Energy Coop Takes Flight

When Blatchford was announced as the largest planned carbon neutral community in North America it was seen as "wildly ambitious."
"It's right in the heart of the city, connected to transit, and boasts short travel distances. There's a grocery store already, there's an LRT stop, it's all the things that new neighbourhoods often wait years and years for, uh, but they're already here in Blatchford," says Anne Stevenson City Councillor for Edmonton, Alberta. 
Today Blatchford people-centred urban design is attracting residents and near net-zero building standards are just what's needed to build the affordable, resilient and sustainable neighbourhoods of the future.
In short this is where things are going and "We've got a great head start in Blatchford," says Stevenson.
We talk to the city councillor, the developer and some residents who are now living in this super sustainable neighbourhood located right in the heart of the City.
This is part 1 in a series we are doing talking to builders, home owners, heat pump companies about this amazing project in North America's most northerly big city.

GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

BLOG: https://greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/397-blatchford-the-largest-planned-carbon-neutral-community-in-north-america-is-wildly-ambitious
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/3xsdx7V7rwc?si=01GryhWWp4kBDqf1



397. Blatchford The Largest Planned Carbon Neutral Community in North America

“What we love about Blatchford is that all of the homes here are heated with renewable energy,” says Heather MacKenzie," of their home in the largest carbon neutral community in North America.
In Part 2 of our series on Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community we meet Heather and Justin, two of the early residents of this visionary community. 
Blatchford has a green building code, geo-exchange (geothermal) district heating and its located right in the heart of the city. 
Heather and Justin love the renewable energy heating, the downtown location of their home and the amazing amenities you would not expect in a downtown neighbourhood: a lake with wildlife, walking paths, green spaces, a pedestrian only street in front of their home, a playground, community garden and they really love that there is a light rail transit station right on site.
GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast
Listen on CKUA.com
Subscribe to our Podcast
Check out our full length video in our blog at GreenEnergyFutures.ca


398. Solar and Community Energizes Urban Living for Heather and Justin

Josh Culling was looking for a green home powered and heated by green energy in the heart of the city with plenty of green spaces. Sounds impossible? He found his new home in Blatchford, the largest planned carbon neutral community in North America. 
GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast
Episode 399 - also see blog and video
https://greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/399-green-spaces-green-energy-green-homes-josh-blatchford


399. Green Spaces, Green Energy & Green Homes landed Josh in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

Landmark Homes pioneered the most affordable net-zero homes in Canada and now the company has found the perfect home for their homes in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community in Edmonton, Alberta. Their unique combination of solar and air-source heat pumps mean homeowners can wind up paying little or nothing for their utilities, a boon in an energy uncertain future. We talk to the company founder Reza Nasseri, Micah Dueck of Landmark and Kassandra Starkell and Martin Martinyiak a young couple who made their first home purchase a net-zero home. Oh, these net-zero homes also come with a battery storage system that's part of a pilot program to create a virtual power plant out of a network of similar homes.
GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast
BLOG - GreenEnergyFutures.ca
FULL VIDEO STORY - https://youtu.be/UZUyme2nXIc
SUBSCRIBE TODAY for more than 400 stories on people building a sustainable future.


400. Landmark net-zero finds home in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

Kassandra and Martin were looking for a new home in the core of the City and they hoped to include some green features in their home. But then they discovered Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community and as Martin said "Boom Done." They found Landmark Homes in Blatchford and their home is solar powered, heated by a super energy efficient air-source heat pump and it's super energy efficient. The big BONUS! This net-zero home has only one utility bill (electricity) and there's a good chance the cost will net out to zero cost over the course of the year. And they're protected from heat domes thanks to their heat pump, future energy costs and more.
GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast
BLOG: GreenEnergyFutures.ca
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/Oxm6nTABUtM
This is part 5 in our Blatchford, Carbon Neutral Community Series
SUBSCRIBE AND HEAT MORE THAN 400 inspiring stories about our green energy future.

401. Solar Included, Net-Zero, Boom Done! For Kassandra and Martin in Blatchford

Heat pumps are taking the world by storm and Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community has both ground-source and air-source heat pumps, heating and cooling the homes of this super-sustainable neighbourhood.
Blatchford has a green building code and an amazing geoexchange district energy sharing system.

It all starts with 570 bore holes beneath a lake that feed into Energy Centre One where a massive heat pump further upgrades the temperature of the fluids before sending it off the the homes of Blatchford where heat pumps effortlessly heat or cool the homes.

Residents were skeptical at first, but nearly every person we talked to loves their heat pump and especially the fact that these units provide up to 700% energy-efficient air conditioning, which is a big help during those increasing summer heat domes.

One builder in Blatchford is using air-source heat pumps along with solar, which produces a near-zero utility bill.

GreenEnergyFutures.ca CKUA.com Podcast

 - https://greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/401-magic-of-heat-pumps-in-blatchford-carbon-neutral-community

 - https://youtu.be/cuXuPJxla0U



Connect with Us:

▶️  - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dodge-01325128/

▶️  - https://www.facebook.com/greenenergyfutures

▶️  - https://www.youtube.com/greenenergyfuture/

402. The Magic of Heat Pumps in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures episode EnergieSprong means "Energy Leap." The idea is to retrofit every single building in the Netherlands to a net-zero standard by 2050. Sound crazy? It's early days, but they have already begun the work and it's a real game changer.  Learn more in our blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/the-sprong-has-sprung

164. EnergieSprong - Making the leap to all net-zero super energy efficiency homes

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures podcast, we look at the ongoing push to add EnerGuide ratings to homes so buyers know what they are getting. See story and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/165-energuide

165. EnerGuide – The missing ingredient label for an energy efficiency home

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Energy Futures we visit Landmark Home's new affordable net-zero home just as they put the "0" gigajoule EnerGuide label on the home. As net-zero becomes affordable will solar-powered net-zero homes become the norm? We think they might! See video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/affordable_net-zero

168(b) Will affordable net-zero homes become the new norm?

PACE financing has generated $3.4 billion worth of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on buildings in the U.S. Brian Scott and Leigh Bond believe it could be the key to unleashing a wave of projects in Alberta. This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we talk to Scott and Bond about financing clean energy in Alberta. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/pace-financing-produced-3-4-billion-energy-efficiency-projects-u-s

169. PACE financing key to stimulating energy efficiency and renewable energy projects

Featuring Tracks by 
Vanity Red
Fair Blue
The Betty Alice Effect
Kyler Schogen
The Boogie Patrol
Marshall Lawrence
Slant Six
Savage Playground
Joel Nickel
Monarch Sky
Echoes of Apathy
Karl Andriuk
Something Mechanical
N Garry N Gary Thomas
Grounded Star

The RCR Records Show - Episode 41 @rivercityrocks

A feature length radio documentary about urban sustainability. 

Cities - lvc - 2012-04-02

Three Nations Energy, a community-owned company in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta built a 2.2-megawatt solar project to replace 25% of the diesel-generated electricity in their remote off-grid community. The company is equally owned by Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations and the Fort Chipewyan Metis Association. See blog: www.greenenergyfutures.ca

265. Indigenous-owned Solar for Diesel in Fort Chipewyan

The CKUA Radio podcast of the GreenEnergyFutures.ca series. The multi-media series is hosted by David Dodge and tells the inspiring stories of Canadians involved in the green energy revolution.

402. The Magic of Heat Pumps in Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

Green Energy Futures

Related tracks