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The Drake Landing Solar Community is the first solar powered community of North America. Located in the town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada, the project sets a wonderful example of how every household can lead a sustainable lifestyle. There are 800 solar panels located throughout the community on garage roofs, and they produce 1.5 mega-watts of thermal power during a summer day and supply heat to the district heating system. The whole system meets 90% of the annual heating and hot water needs of the homes.

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Will13131 month ago

Seems America is the only country that just doesn't get it when it comes to energy...
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cptnkrk1 month ago

Very interesting stuff. The communal use of heating is similar to what we see in larger city areas and the use of solar on a larger than a single home probably makes it more eficient. I look to see more of this as technology improves.
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