I’m on vacation visiting family in Vancouver, British Columbia and had the rare treat to go to the top of a wind turbine on Grouse Mountain. The 1.5 megawatt turbine provides about 25% of the electricity the mountain needs to operate, and it makes a beautiful, powerful statement on the top of this urban ski [...]
Category Archives: Renewables
The Eye of the Wind
Also posted in Energy Tagged Grouse Mountain, Leitwind, Renewable Energy, tourism, Wind Power 1 Comment
Biomimicry in the Mainstream
On Sunday, the Boston Globe ran a piece titled “It’s Alive! How closely can a building emulate nature?” giving some solid, mainstream attention to the concepts of biomimicry and regenerative design as well as the Living Building Challenge.
The article references one of my favorite biomimetic examples, the termite mound:
In 1996, a landmark project was completed: the Eastgate Centre, [...]
Also posted in Construction, Design Tagged architecture, Biomimcry, Design, HOK, Living Building Challenge, Renewable Energy 1 Comment
Commonwealth Solar
Commonwealth Solar, a state run program launched in 2008 whose mission is to add 27 megawatts (MW) of photo voltaic (PV) solar panels by 2012, still has $33 million dollars to be awarded. Administered by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Commonwealth Solar originally received $68 million in funding, $40 million from the Renewable Energy Trust and [...]
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Solar-Hybrid Power
By Georges Dyer, Partner, Aedi Group
One of the commonly voiced concerns about the potential of solar power to play a significant role in our power mix is the fact that the sun isn’t always shining, so solar arrays – even very large ones – can’t provide reliable baseload power. Usually, people start talking about different [...]
Also posted in Aedi Team, Energy, Lighting, Transportation Tagged Concentrated Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar-Hybrid Comments closed
Geothermal: Renewable Energy
By: Norman Beaulieu, Partner, Aedi Group
We seem to be getting more questions about Geothermal systems as more home and building owners carefully evaluate alternatives to their current heating and cooling systems.
To begin with, the word Geothermal comes from the Greek words Geo (meaning Earth) and Therme (meaning Heat). Geothermal energy is a source of energy [...]
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