Have you viewed our new Resources page yet? We have now posted up Terratek's quarterly e-newsletter as well as printable PDFs of frequently requested renewable energy topics from homeowners, municipalities and commercial retailers. Browse our electronic resource material, read online or print off what you need for reference: from "What Solar Hot Water Can Do [...]
We are tracking the energy savings being accumulated every month by 18 of our featured customers. These customers have requested monitors on their solar hot water and PV systems and from those monitors we're able to collect the data to keep an eye the savings. Included in the profiled customers are Victoria General Hospital, Langley [...]
Wow, time flies! Terratek Energy Inc. is celebrating our five year anniversary this year - we've been working hard and we're busier than ever. We'd like to take a few minutes to share some insights about the changes we're seeing in the renewable energy sector. A lot has happened since we began. For instance, we've [...]
School is back in session at G.P. Vanier Secondary and this year one of the special projects underway within the school is the implementation of a unique kiosk. In it students will be able to interactively access the data from a monitoring system that has been installed on the schools solar PV array. "If people can't get [...]
There’s nothing better than a local business story. The founders of Terratek are a pair from Courtenay, BC named Scott and Landon. In 2004, Terratek was born out of the need for solar installers in the Comox Valley. Since then, Terratek has completed hundreds of residential jobs, over 30 schools and commercial projects like greening [...]
Vancouver Island is a long way from East Asia but for Hazelmere farm owner Lijen Hua it was a small world move. Back in 1999, Lijen was working as an Engineer in his home of Taiwan, dreaming up a different life as a farmer. During his free time, when he wasn't researching farming, he studied [...]
We've been tracking the energy savings that is accumulated on a monthly basis by 18 of our featured customers. These customers have requested monitors on their systems and from those we're able to collect the data to keep an eye the savings and share the information with you! Included in the profiled customers are the [...]
The Visitor Centre at the Vancouver Botanical Gardens is well on its way to becoming a Living Building, and while the term sounds a little like Science Fiction its definition is rooted in organics. The international challenge of the same name is a certification program that provides a framework for design and construction and is [...]
If you're driving down Highway 99 in Richmond you won't miss the MINI Richmond Dealership storefront with its eye-catching, spice-orange MINI breaking through the wall. Up above, on the roof, is another visual stunner: a 41.16 kilowatt solar array, designed and installed by Terratek Energy. This isn't the first foray into renewable energy for the Auto [...]
At Terratek we are passionate about renewable energy and its long term benefits and savings to you as a customer. We believe in the multitude of advantages that come with using the sun and earth energies to produce hot water, heat and electricity for your home or business. But when we're discussing Solar Hot Water, [...]
