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What if Kingston…
Last summer I wrote about the 1,000 Solar Rooftops Challenge, a project which endeavoured to make the Limestone City the first community of its size to reach 1,000 solar installations by the end of 2011. Five months into 2011, Switch reported that there were a total of 127 brave, sun worshipping participants, and while that [...]
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The Solar Roof Revolution
In just over a month, on July 1st to be exact, we (my wife, the bank and I) will be celebrating three challenging yet glorious years of home ownership. Since moving in, we’ve painted every single room in the house, save for the bathroom, which we’re planning to renovate this summer. We’ve also had electrical [...]
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Are We Getting Any Greener?
It has been quite some time since I last took the stage atop my environmental soapbox, but with news of Kingston’s green-ness spreading far and wide, the time has come for a brief, yet honest discussion about our stature as a sustainable community. In a star studded, green carpet affair, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities [...]
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Solar Power to the Rescue!
In case you skipped my post last week regarding how the new US President’s policies might impact Kingston, you may have missed a little gem that was hidden in the paragraph concerning the environment. Utilities Kingston is now offering customers the option of going solar. Well, not entirely. Essentially, they are offering solar hot water [...]
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