For years, countries in Europe have been at the forefront of sustainable energy and building development; despite that, 75% of European households have a poor energy performance rating. According to the European Academies Science Advisory Council, “climate neutrality by 2050 requires renovating more than 90,000 homes - per week” There are a large number of buildings in Europe that have been around for many years, in some cases, centuries. These buildings would have been conve

With all the political knuckle-dragging around sustainable environmental policies that’s been going on over the last century, it’s no wonder the greater public has no idea what to do with the resources we have. Scientists first sounded the alarm to avoid climate disaster in the early 1900’s; data was starting to show back then that the excessive use of burning fossil fuels like coal and kerosene was poisoning the air, land, and water, and they knew back then that what our soc

Over the years the City of Penticton and the RDOS alongside municipalities across the country have created Climate Action Plans to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Even with advanced modelling and planning from professional scientists, analysts, and consultants over the years I don’t think anyone thought we’d need to react this quickly to our changing climate. Unfortunately, when we thought we had 12 years to make dramatic changes we now see that we only had 2-3 y

Geothermal is an ancient, green, renewable energy solution that pipes extremely hot water up from the Earth’s core to be used for heating and cooling or converted into electricity. In other locations across the world it has been used for radiant heating in homes, businesses, and greenhouses, and even under roads and sidewalks to melt snow. As a result of climate change the Canadian Government has signed on to the “Paris Agreement” and committed to the “Glasgow Climate Pact” a