Canadian energy issues can be hard to navigate in the political world without being equipped with a technical background in how energy is generated and used. Here is the third article of the Energy Literacy series, focusing on a particularly relevant topic in the energy industry. With the Ontario election having just passed, and the…
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Canadian energy issues can be hard to navigate in the political world without being equipped with a technical background in how energy is generated and used. Hence, this is the first article of a new blog series on Energy Literacy, to bring some engineering knowledge, as well as perspective, to these Canadian energy issues. From…
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Originally posted on EcoStudio’s blog. When most people hear the term “Net-Zero,” they associate the term with energy, which is one of ZeroHouse’s design goals. In the off-grid electricity market, an emerging section holds a lot of potential (pun intended) for growth, especially in urban communities. While mounting solar photovoltaic panels on top of a roof…
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Originally posted on EcoStudio’s blog. An exciting update on ZeroHouse: rather than being merely net-zero carbon, ZeroHouse actually removes carbon dioxide from the environment, giving it a negative carbon footprint! So, what does it mean for the ZeroHouse to have a carbon footprint that is less than zero? It all comes down to the building materials…
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Originally posted on EcoStudio’s blog. Computer simulations and 3D models of a house that uses net-zero energy and has a net-zero carbon footprint is one thing, but to see the physical house is a whole other story. On Wednesday July 19th, several members of our team ventured out to Peterborough to visit our Construction…
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With the fairly recent news of Trump pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the question of whether or not the private sector will step up when it comes to sustainable development has been popping up everywhere. Regardless of what you think of Trump’s decision, this is an interesting question to consider. Can…
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After reading about the Exchange Behaviour Framework, as explained in my previous post, I decided to investigate the application of the Exchange Behavior framework to the selling of sustainability. For this analysis, the concepts of a sustainable ‘product’ has been used. For a sustainable ‘product’ to be sustainable, it must be able to make a…
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