InsideHalton.com
October 14, 2011

Halton Catholic District School Board students and staff can now track their school’s energy consumption with the hope it will spark discussion and, ultimately, conservation efforts.

TechCrunch.com
October 8, 2011

The word “green” is tossed around a lot as a catchall term to describe sustainable or environmentally friendly projects, businesses, energy, and more. Green construction and architecture, for one, are proliferating across the world, but when it comes to gauging how “green” a building is, for example, one finds that there are more than a few standards by which to determine its efficiency and sustainability.

Zerofootprint and the World Wildlife Fund are showing their support for responsible household energy usage. Both have come out to applaud Bank of Montreal’s new Eco Smart Mortgage, a new mortgage product designed to encourage and reward Canadian homeowners looking to reduce their energy usage, and save on home expenses.

“WWF congratulates BMO Bank of Montreal on its efforts to encourage customers to select homes with energy-efficient features,” said Hadley Archer, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, WWF Canada. “Energy conservation from individuals has the potential for a large-scale, meaningful impact on the environment, and we thank all those who are taking positive steps towards a more sustainable future.”

“We endorse the BMO Eco Smart Mortgage as an important first step in influencing Canadians to reduce their carbon footprint,” said Ron Dembo, CEO, Zerofootprint. “The more we can encourage Canadians to make smart choices about the products they purchase, and the more we measure and assess these choices to prove that they matter, the better off we’ll all be.”

To read the entire press release, click here.

On December 30, 2010, Zerofootprint CEO Ron Dembo was featured on the front page of Media Planet’s Report on Leaders in Corporate Social Responsibility.

Dr. Dembo also contributed his expertise as part of the Panel of Experts quizzed about the significance of CSR today for companies and communities.

The report, distributed through the National Post across the country, focused on the insights and innovations of Canadian corporate leaders in promoting socially and environmentally responsible practices.

Continue to read the Media Planet Report on CSR (PDF).

Yonge Street Media
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Sustainability innovators Zerofootprint see 400% quarterly growth—launching new initiatives, Writer: Edward Keenan

Earlier this year, Zerofootprint introduced a new innovation: the “Talking Plug.” It’s an outlet that can monitor a building’s energy use — down to the level of individual appliances — and show how much power is being drawn and how much it costs. It could also allow a person to shut off individual outlets remotely, and instantly see the savings in energy and dollars.

Canadian Green Tech
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 08:35

Zerofootprint eases Carbon Disclosure Project reporting, Regulation & Policy
Written by CGT Staff

From: http://www.canadiangreentech.ca (Subscription Required)

Large organizations reporting their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) now have a tool that make it easier for them to do so. Zerofootprint introduced its One-Click CDP Report this week, an application that is part of the company’s VELO Enterprise Carbon Management software.

The Napanee Guide
By Hollie Pratt-Campbell
April 26, 2010

Many companies today are jumping on the green bandwagon, and trying to make more environmentally-conscious choices. Strathcona Paper, located just west of Newburgh in Strathcona, was well ahead of this trend, as environmental stewardship has been at the core of its culture for nearly a century.

“We’re in the recycled paper

smartplanet
Feb 11, 2010

Promoting the idea that being zero (at least when it comes to carbon footprints) is a pretty cool thing
By Heather Clancy

Economic stimulus dollars focused on smart grids or green buildings and smart cities are great and all, but we can’t rely on government money to fund the smart planet revolution all by its lonesome. That’s where Zerofootprint Software is stepping in, not necessarily with financing but with software that could help both consumers and businesses figure out where that money could come from to do all the retrofitting we need for a smarter planet.

Treehugger, November 19, 2009
by Jacob Gordon

The CEO of Zerofootprint, Ron Dembo, is a man who has often written and been written about on TreeHugger. Now it looks like this outspoken man is ready to let the world’s power plugs start speaking for themselves. Zerofootprint, his energy and carbon management firm, has broken into the hardware world with TalkingPlugs, a system that includes devices that attach over existing electrical outlets, giving them special powers: namely the ability to wirelessly transmit their energy output and, inversely, to be remotely controlled and programmed. This opens to door to some very cool features.

RFID Journal, Nov 17, 2009
By Mary Catherine O’Connor

The system, developed by a company named Zerofootprint, places passive high-frequency RFID tags into the electric plugs of appliances and other devices.

Nov. 17, 2009—Zerofootprint, a Toronto-based company whose initial product is a software-as-a-service-based enterprise carbon management solution for corporations, has developed an RFID-enabled system for monitoring and managing home electricity usage, called the TalkingPlug. This system is based on an RFID-enabled electrical outlet and plug system that can track energy usage at the device or appliance level.

Ron Dembo, Zerofootprint’s CEO and founder, says his company will make the system available this coming spring.