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Heritage award-winning Victoria development sells out

Remaining home sells for $3.1 million
Internationally acclaimed builder Mike Miller of Abstract Developments www.abstractdevelopments.com has sold the final home in Victoria’s award-winning Edgecliffe Estate. The Ellsworth, (http://bit.ly/8NS4KG) Miller’s Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house, was purchased by a local buyer for $3.1 million.
Celebrating his tenth year in business, Victoria-based Miller has been touted by Architectural Digest Magazine [...]

Smartmeters: The Next Boom

 
No matter where you are in the world, the smartmeter will one day become common place in all homes and business.  An insurrection has begun that will revolutionise the way we all use and consume energy.
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The Best of BC Innovation

The British Columbia Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) is pleased to announce the launch of PODIUM, our 2010 business outreach program.  The PODIUM program is designed to connect guests and media of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games with technology sector business partners and media stories while visiting BC.  
The centrepiece of the program is our PODIUM [...]

Environmentalists, businesses see eye to eye on climate change solutions

Government needs to set realistic policies and frameworks as well as support clean technology
By Mark Jaccard
 At the Copenhagen climate negotiations, environmentalists from Canada and abroad repeatedly vilify the Canadian government for refusing to adopt an aggressive target that would require an eye-popping 50 per cent reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions in just 10 years. [...]

Canadian solar company and First Nations community awarded for BC’s largest solar instalment

Sum-SHA-Thut, an installation by Canadian solar energy company Home Energy Solutions, has been named ‘Solar Project of the Year’ at the 2009 Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) conference. The winning project, built for Vancouver Island’s T’Sou-ke Nation, is BC’s largest solar power instalment to date and the recipient of several previous awards.
“The success of this [...]

Michael Liebreich of New Energy Finance predicts the outcome of Copenhagen negotiations

Cleantech Financier calls current carbon treaty system “aparthied” from Ann Danylkiw on Vimeo.

Solar industry lauds Ontario incentives

Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009
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BNN speaks to Ted Lattimore, CEO, Carmanah Technologies

BNN - The Close : December 8, 2009 : Solar Innovation [12-08-09 4:35 PM] 

Carmanah Technologies, which makes small solar-powered lights used by the marine shipping and aviation industries, has been trying to increase its international sales while restructuring. And it recently inked a deal to manufacture lights in the Middle East.

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