Cathy Rust, BECgreen.ca
November 14, 2011

Zerofootprint has developed sophisticated software to help clients figure out where they are starting from (benchmark) and what they need to do to reduce their energy consumption. Take, for example, the Halton Catholic District School Board.

Cathy Rust, BECgreen.ca
November 14, 2011

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Ron Dembo, CEO of Zerofootprint. We talked about the three different areas his company is working on right now and all are about achieving the same goal: reducing energy consumption, whether it’s through plug load, adding insulation or by altering human behaviour.

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.

On Friday, August 12th, Zerofootprint and TerraCycle teamed up to demonstrate the value of life cycle assessments (LCAs) for companies and consumers in Media Planet’s “Packaging the Future” report. This supplement, distributed in the National Post, delved into the issue of sustainable packaging and what consumers can do to make better buying choices.

The Importance of Life Cycle Assessments

TerraCycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of non-recyclable or hard-to-recycle waste, was looking to conduct a study on the environmental impact of their products.  They wanted to show their current suppliers and clients that their repurposed products are an environmentally-preferable solution to incinerating waste, sending it to landfill, or buying products made from new materials.

TerraCycle turned to Zerofootprint, an award-winning cleantech software and services company that helps businesses measure, visualize, and manage their environmental footprint.  Zerofootprint helped TerraCycle prove its products were green by providing a clear and comprehensive analysis of the processes used by TerraCycle to repurpose waste.

In March, Ron Dembo visited the Skoll World Forum in Oxford where he was selected from a pool of more than 800 delegates and speakers to participate in an exclusive interview with TakePart:

Canadian Design and Construction Report
March 29, 2011

If asked to name major climate change contributors, most people could easily name a few things - cars, for example, or deforestation. These certainly play a role in global warming. Most people, however, would overlook a large contributor of greenhouse gases in many countries: buildings. The operational inefficiency of buildings, especially commercial ones, is often overlooked as a major part of out climate change problem. While SUVs, the poster-child of wastefulness in recent years, account for about three per cent of North America’s CO2 emissions, the ongoing operation of buildings accounts for about 40 per cent on average. In New York this number is as high as 79 per cent.

While buildings are a significant part of the problem, this also means they are a key part of the solution. The creativity and expertise of the professionals that make up the building community is an important asset in mitigating global warming, particularly their ability to design and advance new technologies. Rebuilding entire cities is not the most practical, nor the greenest solution - besides being disruptive, it also creates a lot of building waste - but technological innovations can reinvent cities without having to rebuild them. 

Watch the announcement of the Zerofootprint Challenge at the Environment & Energy keynote lunch during the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

On September 21st, 2010 the Zerofootprint Challenge was highlighted as an exemplary member commitment to Environment & Energy at the Sixth Annual Clinton Global Initiative Meeting in New York.

At the Environment & Energy keynote lunch, Former President of the Republic of Costa Rica Jos� Maria Figueres announced our commitment to engage schools in the fight against climate change, alongside Zerofootprint Founder and CEO Ron Dembo and Richard Branson.

Watch a clip of the presentation below, or by clicking here.

TORONTO
October 2010

The ZEROmeter, our signature green, yellow and red gauge, has been selected for a 2010 Design Exchange Award in the category “Visual Communications: Content Development & Editorial.” Prizes will be awarded at a gala dinner on November 23.

The DX Awards celebrate excellence in Canadian design, successful partnerships between designers and clients, and the importance of design in all organizations. It is the only Canadian design award to judge entries based on results, balancing function, aesthetics, and economic success.

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.