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Assunta Krehl

Energy pricing key to sustainability of Canada's big cities - Design Product News - May... - 0 views

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    The Sustainable Cities Challenge took place on May 18th, 2010 at the Royal York Hotel which featured a panel discussion from industry experts as well as a keynote speech by Peter Robinson, CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Practice Lead was amongst the panelists.
Miguel Amante

Law firms ride growing cleantech tide - National Post - June 23, 2010 - 0 views

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    In Toronto, Ogilvy Renault and Miller Thomson, both associated with the city's MaRS innovation centre, offer legal services aimed at allowing clean technology companies to compete in the global marketplace.
Miguel Amante

Alternative Energy Smackdown - Business News Network - July 2, 2010 - 0 views

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    Will alternative energy ever take the place of traditional fossil fuels, or is our thirst for oil unquenchable? BNN asks Michael Economides, professor, University of Houston, and Tom Rand, practice lead in the Cleantech and Physical Sciences department in Toronto's MaRS Discovery District.
Assunta Krehl

North America's Greenest Hotel - Business News Network: The Close - 0 views

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    A Toronto green entrepreneur is project managing the retrofit of an old building in Toronto into North America's greenest hotel, called Planet Traveller. BNN interviews Tom Rand, investor and project manager, Planet Traveller and Practice Lead for Cleantech at the MaRS Discovery District. Sept 11, 2009
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    A Toronto green entrepreneur is project managing the retrofit of an old building in Toronto into North America's greenest hotel, called Planet Traveller. BNN interviews Tom Rand, investor and project manager, Planet Traveller. Sept 11, 2009
Assunta Krehl

HL:The Canadian Press News Agenda for Monday, May 25@ | Product Design and Development - 0 views

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    Mention of Deloitte and Ogilvy Renault seminar on the future of the car as part of its Cleantech in Canada series at the MaRS Centre, May 25.
Assunta Krehl

Samsung and the Economy - The Agenda - February 2, 2010 - 0 views

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    Watch MaRS cleantech advisor and practice lead, Tom Rand, as he appears on a panel on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin. The issue: the Samsung deal - good for Ontarians or not? Other panelists on the Feb 2, 2010, show include: Randall Denley from the Ottawa Citizen; Kristopher Stevens from the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association; and Norm Rubin from Energy Probe.
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    With Steve Pakin host of The Agenda, Norm Rubin, Director of Nuclear Research, Randall Denley, Columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at the MaRS Discovery District, and Kristopher Stevens, Executive Director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association discuss the harnessing nature to boost Ontario's economy--what the Samsung deal means for Ontario.
Assunta Krehl

Bay St. snubs green revolution - The Star - January 26, 2010 - 1 views

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    The Green Energy Act Finance Forum is taking place at the MaRS Centre on January 29, 2010. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor, states, "The one-day event, held at the MaRS Centre, was put together to "unlock" local capital and help accelerate the flow of investment into Ontario's booming renewable power sector."
Assunta Krehl

Patenting Clean Technologies: Trends, Issues and Strategies - Ogilvy Renault - January ... - 0 views

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    Patenting Clean Technologies: Trends, Issues and Strategies - a report by Canadian law firm Ogilvy Renault.
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    According to The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, patenting of clean technologies has increased from 2002 to 2008. There is a global push for clean technologies . Cleantech companies that adequately protect their intellectual property are well positioned to prosper as this sector continues to grow in importance.
Assunta Krehl

How To Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit - The Huffington Post - April 17, 2010 - 2 views

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    Julia Moulden, reporter for The Huffington Post attended and interviewed Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor at Rand's book launch event. Rand has written a book about clean technologies that he feels can change to 100% renewables called "Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World."
Assunta Krehl

Changing Fuel Habits - CBC Metro Morning - April 22, 2010 - 0 views

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    Matt Galloway spoke with Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor about his book, Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit.
Assunta Krehl

Enhanced Geothermal Systems Could Answer Energy Question - eMedia World - April 26, 2010 - 0 views

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    Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech advisor and author of "KICK the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World" (www.ecotenpublishing.com), thinks that Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) is one solution that we should not overlook.
Assunta Krehl

Opinion: Would you pay a trillion bucks to save the Earth? - Canadian Business Magazine... - 0 views

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    Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS, and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "it will take a massive investment to kick our fossil fuel addiction. Clean energy can be the basis of sustained economic prosperity over the next few decades. But only if we decide to do it."
Assunta Krehl

Ontario's requirement for domestic content could create new risks for wind power develo... - 0 views

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    The CleanTech What's New with Wind? Seminar was held on May 12, and sponsored by Ogilvy Renault, Deloitte and the Toronto centre for innovation MaRS Discovery District. Panelists at this event believe that developers of wind power technologies will be more reliant on third parties to provide the domestic content they have been contracted to provide.
Assunta Krehl

Kicking the Fossil Fuel Habit - The Mark - May 17, 2010 - 1 views

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    Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "we can make the largest investment in infrastructure in human history by building a low-carbon economy... We can start to build that infrastructure on our own timetable, or we can wait for nature to dictate the terms."
Assunta Krehl

Green elites meet the people - National Post - May 29, 2010 - 0 views

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    E(3) Canadian Roundtables took place May 26, 2010. The event featured a panel of thought leaders sharing their vision for a sustainable energy future for Canada. Tom Rand, Cleantech Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District spoke at the event.
Cathy Bogaart

Innovations in energy storage could play important role - Toronto Star, Jan 20, 2011 - 0 views

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    MaRS cleantech client, Hydrostar, is featured in the Toronto Star Business section. Energy and Technology columnist Tyler Hamilton talks about Hydrostar's novel way to store large quantities of energy that can be dispatched later as needed, such as during periods of high electricity demand.
Cathy Bogaart

Advice from the TSX: 7 Hot Tips for Start-ups - 0 views

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    Canadian Youth Business Foundation writes about MaRS' video for start-ups on how investors valuate companies in cleantech and biotech. It features experts from the TSX.
Cathy Bogaart

Toronto's Skymeter takes the complexity out of charging drivers - TechVibes, Feb 21, 2011 - 0 views

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    Last month Techvibes attended Venture NORTH 2011 in New York along with an impressive list of Canadian companies in life sciences, ICT and cleantech. One of those companies was MaRS client, Skymeter, a company that can track and measure vehicle movement remotely. TechVibes reports on Skymeter.
Cathy Bogaart

NIMTech Awarded Round-17 Funding - Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Mar 1, 2011 - 0 views

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    MaRS cleantech client, NIMTech, is granted SDTC funding for their current project with GreenField Ethanol. This project looks at plant optimization to increase ethanol yields using their SonicGauge™ non-invasive measurement sensors in collaboration with ProSensus' multivariate statistical platform for batch manufacturing control.
Cathy Bogaart

Q&A with Tom Rand: Creating jobs through clean-energy investment | SmartBlog on Leadership - 0 views

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    Bryan McBournie interviews MaRS cleantech practice lead, Tom Rand, about why investing in clean energy is so important. It ties directly into the overall mission of MaRS: creating jobs through innovation and entrepreneurship.
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