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Welcome to my Environment Page. This is an area of study that I am passionate about.
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Architecture 2030 Breaking News |
| The 2030 Challenge target of carbon neutral buildings by 2030. | |
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Comparison of Obama and McCain’s Energy and Environmental Plans; Fall 2008 |
| Which Candidate will decide to lead on energy | |
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Drake Landing Solar Community |
| Drake Landing, Okotoks, Canada’s first, and North America’s largest, solar community, officially launched September 13th with partners from across the country in attendance. |
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Eco Building codes for Vail Colorado |
| ECO-build regulations adopted to promote energy and material efficient building design and construction practices in Vail, Colorado | |
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Enviro cleaning plumbing fixtures |
| Making natural cleaning products to use on your fine, luxury plumbing products is easy and can be done in no time | |
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Government of Canada: ecoACTION |
| Government of Canada web site on environmental news. "Save money and help to protect the environment by making your home more energy efficient. You could qualify for a grant of up to $5000 for your home energy retrofit". |
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Green homes are the future: News article |
| Green friendly home improvements will likely yield a solid return on investment come selling time as almost three quarters of Canadians (72%) say they will look for a green-improved property in their
next home purchase |
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It’s easy being green! The single simplest way to reduce your enviromental footprint. |
| Greenmax™ is ENMAX Energy's environmental program that provides you with an easy way to help our environment. By supporting the development of wind power through the Greenmax program you can ensure that harmful emissions aren’t put into our air. Changing to green power has the equivalent CO2 reduction of driving approx. 33,000 km per year. |
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Retrofit Your Home and Qualify for a Grant! |
| Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is offering a new residential energy efficiency assessment service to owners of single family homes including detached, semi-detached and low-rise multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) that are no more than three storeys high. Under the ecoENERGY Retrofit program, property owners can quality for federal grants by improving the energy efficiency of their homes, and reducing their home's impact on the environment. |
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The 2030 °Challenge. As Architecture 2030 has shown, buildings are responsible for almost half (48%) of all energy consumption and GHG emissions annually; globally the percentage is even greater. |
| Immediate action in the Building Sector, and a concerted global effort, are essential if we are to avoid hazardous climate change. |
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The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change. By Tim Flannery |
| In this groundbreaking and essential new book, Tim Flannery argues passionately for the urgent need to address - NOW - the implications of a global climate change that is damaging all life on earth and endangering our very survival. |
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Top 10 Big Energy Myths |
| There has never been a more important time to invest in green technologies, yet many of us believe these efforts are doomed to failure. | |
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Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future |
| Whether one believes that human activity is capable of producing the observed increases in greenhouse gases or that human activity is incapable of such dramatic changes is inconsequential to his arguement. The changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and in climate are occurring and Ward paints a very solid picture of where these changes can lead. |
News
A new economic reality: A difficult road back to healthGlobe and Mail, Tue Aug. 31
If it wasn’t clear before, it is now: There is no easy way back to the heady economic growth the world got used to in the years preceding the financial crisis. ...
Canadian stocks rise as U.S. markets fall
The Gazette, Tue Aug. 31
Investors continued to bet on the Canadian stock market on Monday despite various economic data points indicative of a sluggish economy. ...
Homebuyers shouldn't expect hot deals as housing market cools: experts
CB Online, Mon Aug. 16
Sellers are facing more empty open houses and fewer bids on their homes, but experts say buyers shouldn't expect to see a retreat from record-high home prices when July housing data is released Monday ...
Calgary MLS sales took 41% hit in July
Calgary Herald, Mon Aug. 16
In Calgary, the average sale price was up 5.5 per cent to $402,809 and new listings added decreased by 7.2 per cent to 3,596. ...
The Bankof Canada and interest rates: Higher is not always bad
The Vancouver Sun, Mon July 26
If the bank rate is kept too low for much longer, Canada risks the potential of becoming an economy that is too dependent on maintaining real estate price trends, inhibiting our ability to grow beyond the currently hot economic industries of construction and resources. ...
Just where do American consumers think energy comes from?
Vancouver Sun, Thu July 15
Without oil from deepwater drilling, the Mideast or Alberta's oilsands, the U.S. will have trouble satisfying its deep thirst for the resource ...
OECD paints glowing picture of Canadian economy
National Post, Wed June 16
The Canadian economy is particularly strong this year, aided by a healthy banking sector and low government deficits relative to its competitors, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. ...
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