As we stand at a critical juncture in the energy transition, our work as a non-profit committed to collaborative, future-oriented systems...

Early October is a good time to catch a shooting star. As the Draconid meteor showers streaked across the night sky, another group of...

Dear Lab Community, Over the past nine years the Energy Futures Lab (EFL) has been hosting innovation processes and supporting...

By Guest Contributor Matthew Rygus   Gathered together at the beautiful Ampersand building in downtown Calgary, attendees at the Energy...

How can Alberta’s economy continue to attract investment in a net-zero future? Over the last year, great minds in finance, policy,...

Image source: Student Energy Hi there, I’m Steve Williams and I am an Information Designer for the Energy Futures Lab. I’m working on how...

Co-creation, experimentation, and social innovation have been the Energy Futures Lab’s (EFL) core foundational elements since its...

Oil and gas versus renewables? That’s a false dichotomy, according to the Energy Futures Lab (EFL), an initiative that acknowledges the...

Well, 2016 was quite a year for Alberta. A lingering recession due to low oil prices. Provincial climate policies announced and enacted....

Building systems that are fit for the future means beginning with the end in mind and working together with unlikely allies. Our greatest...

You need to critically test for whether the pace and scale at which work is getting done is appropriate to the challenges that you’re...

Accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy system is a pretty big goal. Let’s face it, if we could meet this challenge with a...

The May workshop of the Energy Futures Lab (EFL) Fellowship marked an important milestone, as the EFL pivots into a second phase of...

Is oil a dirty word? Spoiler, no. Energy Futures Lab Director Chad Park speaks to GLOBE 2016 attendees at the Walrus Talks Energy event....

The January EFL workshop was the first chance for the EFL Fellows to dip their toes into backcasting waters. Backcasting is central to...

The Energy Futures Lab (EFL) is proud to announce the Government of Alberta as a convening partner. Recognizing the need for innovative...

Sustainability expert, Pong Leung introduces backcasting, a key tool for the Energy Futures Lab Backcasting gives you a chance to look...

Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows Distorted market prices have occurred due to past governments picking winners overs...

Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows “The Albertan Oil Sands, and the province’s economic dependence on them needs to be an...