CBC Toronto
Update Jan. 28th, 2010

Toronto and its Towers

Mary Wiens asks Julia Deans, CEO of the Toronto City Summit Alliance and Ron Dembo, founder of Zerofootprint, to review the progress of commercial, industrial and institutional Toronto.

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The GTA has one of the biggest concentrations of high-rise towers in North America. Built during the construction hey-day of the 50s, 60s and 70s, at a time when energy costs were negligible, they are also energy hogs.

Ron Dembo featured as part of the ‘Meet the Media Guru’ lectures - www.meetthemediaguru.org

Find Your Great Work, September 4, 2009, Michael Bungay Stanier

In my own small way I’m trying to be a responsible citizen in the world and lessen my impact. I recycle and compost, I rarely drive a car, I think about things like my carbon footprint.
My favorite part of the interview is when Ron starts talking about the deadening effect of routine – just listen to the moment he knew

Watch as Business News Network (BNN) Howard Green speaks to Dr. Ron Dembo, founder, Zero Footprint; Margaret Atwood, author; and David Miller, Mayor of Toronto at the Building Re-Skinning Competition Launch at the OCE Discovery 09 Conference on May 12, 2009.