David Coon - Green Party of New Brunswick
David Coon has been a devotee and champion of the Passive House movement since its early beginnings—in Canada—with the "Ark for Prince Edward Island," which opened 50 years ago this Fall, and Harold Orr's Saskatchewan Conservation House, built the year after that. David is a four-time elected member of the Legislative Assembly, representing Fredericton-Lincoln, and the current (as of October 2026) leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick.
In this episode, we talked about the particular geopolitical environment that led to those pioneering homes, the journey the movement has taken since, where and why we're falling short of what seemed a promising low-energy-demand future, and what David has observed in his decade-plus spent as a sitting member of the New Brunswick Legislature.
Connect with David and The Green Party of New Brunswick:
In this episode, we talked about the particular geopolitical environment that led to those pioneering homes, the journey the movement has taken since, where and why we're falling short of what seemed a promising low-energy-demand future, and what David has observed in his decade-plus spent as a sitting member of the New Brunswick Legislature.
Connect with David and The Green Party of New Brunswick:
- David on LinkedIn => https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-coon-49362471/
- David on Facebook => https://www.facebook.com/DavidCoonNB
- David on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/davidccoon
- David's Green Party Caucus page => https://greencaucusvert.ca/david-coon-fredericton-lincoln/
- The Green Party of New Brunswick on Facebook => https://www.facebook.com/GPNB.PVNB
- The Green Party of New Brunswick on Instagram => https://www.instagram.com/greennbvert/
- The Green Party of New Brunswick website => https://www.greenpartynb.ca/
- The Ark for Prince Edward Island => https://peiark.com/
- Saskatchewan Conservation House => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskatchewan_Conservation_House