Build homes and other buildings with south facing windows.

Sunlight comes through the windows and heats the building.

Use a local, renewable energy - sunlight.

Heating bills can be reduced by 20%.

Click to learn more about Passive Solar Heat.

Click to learn more about Run of Rive Hydro.

Use falling water to make electricity without a dam.

Water flows down a pipe to a turbine, which turns a generator.

Use moving water - a local, renewable energy - not diesel generators.

Produce no green house gas emissions.

Funding is available for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.

Put up a Solar-Wall on the south side of a building.

Use a local, renewable energy - sunlight.

These systems are easy to operate and maintain.

Funding is available for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.

The Recreation Building in Fort Smith has a solar air heating system.  

Click to learn more about Solar Air Heating.

Click to learn more about Solar Electricity.

Use photovoltaic cells (PV) to transform sunlight into electricity.

Solar panels should face south where they will get lots of sunlight.

Solar panels work in any temperature.

Funding is available through the Alternative Energy Technologies Program and for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.

The Nunavut Arctic College has been harvesting sunlight to create energy - since 1995.

Put up south facing solar collectors where they will get lots of sunlight.

The sun heats the waters as it flows through the collectors. The heated waters goes to your hot water tank.

Funding is available through the Alternative Energy Technologies Program.

The image to the left is an example of the photovoltaic cells used in a hot water heater.  For a simple diagram of how the cells and your water heater interact, click on the poster to the right.

Click to learn more about Solar Water Heaters.

Click to learn more about Wind Turbines.

Wind turbines use wind to generate electricity.

The winds turns the blades and the blades turn a generator.

Funding is available through the Alternative Energy Technologies Program and for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.

The Aurora Research Institute has the following reports posted on the Resources page of its web site: Technical Aspects of a Wind Project for Tuktoyaktuk; Yellowknife Wind Energy Pre-Feasibility Study; Colville Lake Wind Energy Pre-feasibility Study; Norman Wells Wind Energy Pre-feasibility Study, and more.

The image to the right depicts the wind turbine in Rankin Inlet.  It provides vital supplementary energy to the community.

Click to learn more about Efficient Wood or Pellet Appliances.

Heat with a certified wood or pellet stove - it burns longer, cleaner and more completely.

Wood and pellet stoves, boilers and furnaces use a renewable fuel.

Funding is available through the Energy Efficiency Incentive Program and for community funded and non-profit organizations through the Energy Conservation Program.