Unlocking behind-the-meter solar in Atlantic Canada
Reflections from Smart Energy Halifax on homeowner financing, customer-sited batteries and the role of strategic electrification.
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Atlantic Canada’s Energy Transition
News, analysis and perspectives on the projects, technologies and policies shaping our region.
Coverage of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador by David Brushett, P.Eng. Explore solar, battery storage, electrification, district energy and energy management. Archive articles retain their original publication dates.
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Make water heaters grid-ready when they are replaced
Equipment replacement offers a practical opportunity to build flexible demand into homes at lower incremental cost.
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Small businesses need more than efficiency incentives
Rising program costs point to a need for technical expertise, project coordination and support that helps businesses act.
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What Nova Scotia’s community solar pipeline tells us
The interconnection queue offers a view of potential development, with important distinctions between proposed and approved projects.
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The next chapter of Nova Scotia’s demand-side management plan
The proposed 2027–2031 plan opens a new planning cycle for efficiency, demand response and innovation.
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A record year for commercial solar
Nova Scotia added 7.6 MW of commercial net-metering capacity in 2025, lifting cumulative capacity to 16.9 MW.
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Air sealing: small improvements at a national scale
A memorable David Suzuki advertisement offers a way to explain the cumulative impact of air sealing.
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Energy-efficiency improvements in Mi’kmaw communities
The Mi’kmaw Home Energy Efficiency Project is improving housing comfort and reducing energy costs across Nova Scotia’s First Nations communities.
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Inside the Scotiabank Centre energy retrofit
Heat recovery, ice storage, controls and lighting upgrades come together in a Halifax project I had the opportunity to work on.
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Why engineers need to understand clean-energy tax incentives
Funding and tax incentives are increasingly important to how energy projects are designed, evaluated and delivered.
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Halifax as a meeting place for energy and building innovation
A spring and summer 2026 event calendar illustrates the breadth of the region’s energy conversations.
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What higher building energy standards mean for Nova Scotia
Higher performance tiers are changing the requirements for building design, mechanical systems and energy modelling.
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Falling battery costs change the planning picture
Lower storage cost assumptions and higher gas costs are reshaping the relative economics of Nova Scotia’s resource options.
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