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News archive, 2005 to 2010
Drake Landing was announced in March 2005, and the archive that follows collects original digests of the stories that appeared between then and the project's first results. Each entry is a fresh summary written for this site.
March 2005
- The day a solar subdivision was announced in Okotoks (2005-03-31)
- Three funders behind the Okotoks solar homes (2005-03-31)
April 2005
- Why Okotoks planned to store the summer sun (2005-04-01)
- What a solar-heated Okotoks house cost in 2005 (2005-04-01)
- Heating, emissions and the Okotoks experiment (2005-04-01)
- Testing the 'first solar subdivision' label today (2005-04-02)
- Who built Drake Landing and what buyers were promised (2005-04-03)
- From garage roofs to the ground: Drake Landing's plumbing (2005-04-03)
- How summer heat was meant to last until winter (2005-04-04)
- Four small solar systems that prepared the town (2005-04-05)
- How the Okotoks solar homes were laid out in 2005 (2005-04-09)
May 2005
August 2005
October 2005
- Touring the Solstice, a 2005 solar-heated show home (2005-10-09)
November 2005
- Who bought the first solar homes, and what they paid (2005-11-26)
December 2005
November 2006
April 2007
- A 2007 television pick and its nod to Okotoks (2007-04-20)
July 2007
May 2010
- Drake Landing back on target: the 2010 milestone (2010-05-26)
June 2010
- Operating fixes that lifted the solar share (2010-06-02)
Quick answers
What does the news archive cover?
Announcements, features and early results from 2005 to 2010, each rewritten as a short digest on this site.
Where can I read the verified results?
The performance results page summarises monitored figures, including 97 percent solar heating in 2012 and 100 percent in 2015-16.
Is the project still operating?
No. Heating was wound down from about 2020 and decommissioning began in 2024. The partners page names the organisations to ask for current details.