In late 2024, we launched a project in partnership with the Gwich’in Tribal Council and the Tłı̨chǫ Government to create energy-related educational materials in the respective Indigenous languages. The aim is to bridge language barriers by helping people communicate about energy in their own language. We started by holding workshops with experts in each language … Read more
Want to know how your community (or the whole NWT) is doing at saving energy and greenhouse gas emissions? We’ve just launched a new web-based tool that tracks the results of energy-saving projects for every community in the territory. It also covers remote locations, like cabins and camps, and the totals for the entire NWT. … Read more
The Arctic Energy Alliance is seeking quotations for videography work in Inuvik and Yellowknife. We will be conducting a language-development workshop in each community in mid-to-late July, and would like videographers to record a portion of each workshop, including interviews. We would like two finished videos from each workshop: For more information, please see the … Read more
Here are a few of the organizations across the NWT that have completed major energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects recently. Nahanni Inn The Nahanni Inn is the latest business in Fort Simpson to adopt a wood pellet heating system. They added two pellet boilers, which are expected to provide virtually all of the heat the inn … Read more
In February, the AEA travelled to Deline to complete our first home energy evaluations in the community since 2013. We evaluated 11 homes while we were there. The results can help the homeowners make decisions on things like making upgrades to save on energy costs or even to make their homes more comfortable—such as by … Read more
This year’s community wood stove project is well underway. The stoves arrived in the partner communities before physical distancing measures were in place, ready to be installed when the weather warms up. There are 14 stoves in Whati, 10 in Gameti and another 10 in Deline. Another 15 should soon be arriving in Sambaa K’e … Read more