[ November 4, 2010; 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. ]

Join Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance November 4, 2010 for a 1-day conference that will present the state of energy efficiency in the province.  A combination of presentations and discussion panels will be used to stimulate discussion on a variety of topics.
Speakers to include representatives from:

Government of Alberta
Alberta Municipalities
Oil and Gas Industry
Utilities
Building Industry
Freight Transportation
Product and Service [...]

A new gas station complex in Valleyview is celebrating the 2010 Best Green Store Design, awarded by the Convenience Store News.  The Valleyview Super Station – which includes a convenience and a liquor store as well as office space – features geothermal heating, LED lighting and a heat recovery system.  It all adds up to [...]

It’s not nearly as cheap as an incandescent bulb or even a compact fluorescent light.  But LED (light-emitting diode) lights are now available from Home Depot for $20 (US) for a 40-watt equivalent bulb, about half what other major retailers have been charging. It’s a good long-term deal, considering they last some 20 years and [...]

Some 12,000 students are starting to attend classes in 18 new, energy-efficient schools in Edmonton and Calgary.  Constructed as part of an Alberta government-private partnership, the new schools meet a minimum silver certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) – resulting in greater energy efficiency, improved air quality and more natural light. Under [...]

Lightening Up Solar Street Lights
A Sherwood Park entrepreneur is gearing up to export compact solar light units to a global marketplace.  Darcy Braun’s Enertia Engineering has successfully tested its one-piece solar light panel and battery systems in African and Asian countries where light is often unreliable or unavailable. The units – which sit atop light [...]

[ September 27, 2010 8:00 am to September 28, 2010 5:00 pm. ]
Calgary’s Sustainable Energy Technologies is working with Mitsubishi Electric to bring a Solar PV workshop to town on Sept. 27-28, 2010.

The Workshop will cover everything from solar electric history, to site surveys, to managing installations.  Experts from Mitsubishi, Sustainable Energy Technologies, Voltaire Power, and others will be onsite to lead the various sessions.

For more information visit [...]

The City of Edmonton has broken ground on the world’s first large-scale facility for turning residential trash into biofuels.  When the $80-million plant opens in 2011, it will convert some 100,000 tonnes of garbage a year into 36 million litres of methanol and ethanol, helping the city divert some 90 per cent of waste from [...]

Yesterday,  Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) announced its 18th round of funding for Canadian clean technology demonstration projects. Canadian entrepreneurs and technology developers with new technologies and a compelling business case are encouraged to submit Statements of Interests to the SD Tech Fund™ from September 1 to October 20th, 2010.
“SDTC is helping companies commercialize their [...]

NRC IRAP and WADE Canada invite you to participate in a clean energy technology
mission to the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, January 17 to 20, 2011.
Since its inception in 2008, World Future Energy Summit has evolved as the world’s
foremost and must-attend annual meeting for the renewable energy and environment
industry.
Climate change is a complex [...]

WADE Canada is now accepting business, government and industry association advertisements for our event publication. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to market your products and services at this premier event.
The official launch of the 2010 Guide will be at the World Energy Congress in Montreal in September. Thereafter, this guide will be circulated [...]