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 Dubai, had many thought [...]
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 [...]
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 being the green engine driving Canada’s economic growth.
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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. The city is planned to cover [...]
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 Inyang is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering [...]
Part of me was wondering how I could be so incredibly flattered and lucky to be asked by the University of Toronto (U of T) to run a segment of the Olympic Torch Relay in a spot sponsored by Coca-Cola. Perhaps U of T was aware of Coca-Cola’s commitment to sustainability and the environment and [...]
