Articles Posted in the Informative Articles Category
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Solar Colwood Receives Award for Innovative Partnerships
City of Colwood wins a Climate & Energy Action Award from the Community Energy Association The City of Colwood, Royal Roads University and BC Hydro have won the 2011 Climate & Energy Action Award for Public Service Organization and Local Government Collaboration at UBCM for their innovative Solar Colwood partnerships. Read more [+]
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MacLean’s 99 stupid things the government spent your money on
Once again, a Canadian publication was released without understanding all the facts. A snippet from MacLean’s recent article on wasted government spending pointed to BC’s investment into EV charging infrastructure. Their claims were misleading and the actual facts for this funding should have been explored further before releasing the article. Having only 210 electric vehicles [...]
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Mt. Kilimanjaro Challenge – Help HES Build a New School in Tanzania
The Tumaini Children’s Foundation is a Canadian non-profit association who operate an orphanage in Usa River, close to Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (see www.tuchifo.com). They feed, clothe and educate 52 children from the ages of 4 through 14. They also do a significant outreach in their local community, helping families in need. Home Energy Solutions [...]
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Setting the solar story straight
The cost of solar energy is falling fast. Since 1980, there’s been an average reduction of seven percent per year in the cost per watt of solar cells. Click below to view infographic from pv-magazine.com
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