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UBC Is Heating Up and Getting Green

David Dodge | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada
Read More: District Heating, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Vancouver, Ubc, Green, District Energy, University of British Columbia, Green Energy, Slidepollajax, Canada News
David Dodge

The creaking, turn of the century steam pipes at the University of British Columbia are transforming into a modern, modular low-carbon Lego style hot water system. The new hot water style heating system at UBC can now integrate renewable energy systems like biomass, geoexchange, solar thermal and waste heat into this natural gas system all because the barrier for entry is lower.

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Is This the Greenest Campus in Canada?

David Dodge | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Wind Power, University, Biomass Energy, Biomass, Green Jobs, Green, Green News, Wind Energy, Green Living, Nova Scotia, Green Energy, Solar Thermal, Slidepollajax, Canada Business News
David Dodge

Church Point, a little-known dot on the map in rural southern Nova Scotia, isn't exactly a tourist hotspot. But for sustainability nerds it's an unexpected haven. It's home to St. Anne University, or Université Sante Anne as it's called in French and it may be the greenest little university in Canada.

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