This is why blindly using generative AI is a very, very bad idea. It doesn’t *know* anything… “A Reuters analysis found the image of the map … contained an artificial intelligence watermark that signals it was made with OpenAI tools.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Nice little piece on this all electric net zero build: vancouversun.com/homes/net-ze...

Property Watch: The most intriguing (but less interesting) feature of a Dunbar duplex

“We’re finding not a lot of people care about the net zero aspect itself... But what they do notice is there’s more space in the unit."

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Solar PV inverters about to drop in price in Canada and the EU? www.pv-magazine.com/2026/07/29/f...

US bans foreign-produced solar inverters - pv magazine Global

In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has added foreign-produced power inverters to its Covered List, executing an immediate ban on equ...

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REGULATIONS ARE GOOD ACTUALLY

Jon of The North@krauza.bsky.social · last wk.

Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.

Our household has been trying out the new BC Hydro (electric utility) optional time of day rate. Saving money so far. We have been able to shift most load out of the peak time. Shifting a good chunk (EV Charging, Dishwasher, and clothes drying) to the night time discount period. No gas use.

Another day, another plug in balcony solar inverter comes to market: pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/17/a...

APsystems introduces plug-in microinverter for U.S. balcony and DIY solar markets - pv magazine USA

The new EZ1-LV dual microinverter delivers 900 VA of continuous AC output, features integrated safety relays, and offers direct-to-socket plug-and-play installation for non-rooftop residential solar p...

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A Redditor put together some instructions on on how to make an optimized 1-filter air cleaner using a box fan from my experimentation several years ago. It's in a Google drive folder here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Nice to see the BC to Yukon and Alberta Intertoes named cleantechnica.com/2026/07/13/c...

Canada Has Named Five Interties. It Still Has To Build A National Grid - CleanTechnica

Canada has named five priority electricity interties, but transfer capacity, financing, permits and value will test whether they become a national grid.

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Nice to see this clean mobility pilot that provides transit passes, electric car-sharing and EV education to low-income Indigenous urban-area tenants! electricautonomy.ca/policy-regul...?

Removing barriers to clean transit for Indigenous Vancouver residents

The Clean Mobility Pilot provides transit passes, electric car-sharing and EV education to low-income Indigenous urban-area tenants

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Nice design for a lot where a pole support wire would impact parking. This design for a 4 home Multiplex lowers the impact and makes best use of the area for car parking.

Love it.

Dr. Jonathan Foley@globalecoguy.bsky.social · last mo.

I especially love this diagram.

How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you? Latest from @billmckibben.bsky.social on how, beginning next week, Australians will begin getting 3 free hours of electricity every afternoon. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?

The latest on energy, climate and affordability

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New blog post on the CfB website from yours truly, discussing our four story single-stair proposal that will be in the 2027 IBC. Encourage anyone interested in single-stair to take a look, even if your city/state has already passed it!

2027 IBC single-exit height limit to be raised to four stories — Center for Building in North America

Park Modern, a four-story single-stair condo building in Seattle. Photo courtesy of BUILD LLC, who designed the building On May 29, 2026, the International C...

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Shift drink: Reflecting Pool 1oz rum 1oz mezcal .75oz lime .75oz honey barspoon matcha muddled mint

Free fuel! We are getting a 40A electric vehicle charging circuit installed using RVE DCC-9 which allows us to charge off our townhomes 100A service (our own bill), without a service upgrade & enables free charging leveraging the peak payments from the utility & the clean fuel standard payments.

BC Hydro entering a big build period. Along side the wind farms approved it looks like the Site E hydro electric dam is to be studied along with a larger dam near Powell River: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. 'seriously' considering new hydro dam on the Peace River near Alberta: minister | CBC News

The B.C. government is looking to dust off plans for another multibillion-dollar dam on the Peace River, after the Site C project generated opposition and cost overruns. A second dam is being consider...

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Whole home Mitsubishi going in a townhome, 100A service. Two semi ducted units with one low low wall / floor unit. Silent operation of the outdoor unit. Going from Electric resistance heating. Just in time for this spring heat wave!

Great turnout at British Columbia Institute of Technology this morning for the Homebuilders of Vancouver on air to water heat pumps. Thanks to Daikin for the learning set up!

British Columbia Premier @davidebybc.bsky.social has invited Somali referee Omar Artan to referee in Vancouver, after he was denied entry to the US

Streetsblog Chicago@chi.streetsblog.org · 2mo ago

The bike ride and “die-in” in memory of fallen Complete Streets Planner Riley O’Neil was a life-affirming event. "No more people should die in the streets because their lives are not valued as much as driver convenience," said one organizer. @bikegridnow.org @chicritmass.bsky.social

Chaos this morning. These cars are all driving the wrong way down a 1 way street that is a major E-W artery. Has the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social given up? Looks like it. We need physical infrastructure to stop this. @visionzerovancouver.ca @bikeyvr.bsky.social @hubvancouverubc.bsky.social

Rare “White Auroras” spotted over Norway.🤩

Solar power gets cheaper still: pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/05/14/c...

California residential solar power headed toward $1/W and 2.5¢/kWh - pv magazine USA

ASU energy security researcher Dr. Wesley Herche and pv magazine author John Weaver describe the new math involved with requiring solar power to be installed at the time of construction for newly buil...

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@hydroquebec.com still hiding information from @govnl.bsky.social after all these years. Will be interesting to see what happens with the renegotiation talk.

BC very fortunate to have good snowpack in large Hydro generating regions this year.

Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦@blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BC in a very different position relative to their WECC neighbours when it comes to snowpack this year.

Batteries are coming for your baseload business case and it is going to be great!

Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦@blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This truly is mind-bogglingly cheap. Pays off arbitraging simple TOU rates. And also opens up a myriad of possibilities to self-power and go off-grid in most of the world. Brave new world…

Two weeks! Amazing. Would love to understand how Texas does the permit? What process do you have @bryangodbe.bsky.social ? Give it to me. I'll push Vancouver to copy it.

Bryan Godbe@bryangodbe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

n Texas, we routinely connect a residential solar-plus-storage system in under two weeks. In North Carolina, an identical job can take 70 days. In Nevada, it took me 5 months! pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/05/29/d...

I helped this place of worship get an affordable electrical connection and they were able to get off gas and go renewable. Was nice to see the gas stove at the curb for their grand reopening tonight!

A #CriticalAlert #ShelterInPlace has been issued for #Langford, due to an evolving incident involving a gas leak. #yyjtraffic