SDTC Announces Latest Funding Round for Clean Technology

On August 12, 2010, SDTC issued a call to industry professionals requesting submissions of plans for their latest round of funding. The Application Deadline for this round is October 20, 2010. SDTC invests in a range of innovative solutions across all industries that address Climate Change, Clean Air, Water and Soil.

Further information is available at:
www.sdtc.ca/applications

Zoltan Tompa
Director [...]

Looking East-West Rather Than North-South

Tom Sweeney describing "Open Venture Innovation".

The SDTC Investment Committee (IC) meetings are always fascinating because of the many wonderful and interesting projects and technologies that are discussed and reviewed. Also very interesting are the sidebar conversations with fellow IC members during breaks, before and after the closed-door sessions.

Tom Sweeney, an IC member now based in [...]

CleanTech North Appoints Henry Vehovec as Executive Director

CleanTech North (CTN) announced Henry Vehovec’s appointment as Executive Director per the press release below. This appointment allows Vehovec to maintain his current role with Mindfirst Inc. and is complementary to his interests in clean technology companies, [...]

2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth and Go-To-Market Report Launched at Globe2010

The 2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-To-Market Report

Canada’s first comprehensive national report on the cleantech sector was released on March 25th at Globe2010 in Vancouver. Based on input from over 160 cleantech companies, the 2010 SDTC Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report projects that the cleantech sector is on the cusp of [...]

Masdar City’s Sustainable, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste Vision Impresses at Globe2010

Masdar City Main Street Conceptual Rendering

Certainly among the most adventurous, ambitious and thought provoking ideas at Vancouver’s recent Globe2010 was the video depicting Masland City being built near Dubai in United Arab Emirates. Initiated in 2006, the completely sustainable, carbon-zero project is projected to cost USD$22 billion and take some eight years to build. [...]

Henry Vehovec Kicks Off Engineering Science Education Conference

Henry Vehovec with University of Toronto Engineering Science students, 2010.

On January 15, 2010, Mindfirst President Henry Vehovec spoke to 250 students and faculty on the topic Energy Systems Design kicking off the 2010 University of Toronto Engineering Science Education Conference. Hilary Inyang, originally scheduled to speak was unable to travel to Toronto. Prof Hilary [...]