As I push forward with an agenda of bringing green affordable energy to the masses, I sometimes forget that what we know within the industry isn’t always understood by customers.

As I push forward with an agenda of bringing green affordable energy to the masses, I sometimes forget that what we know within the industry isn’t always understood by customers.
I talk and write about transformational shift in energy to the low-carbon economy, new energy paradigm.
Builders generally build a low-cost model to select the suppliers and vendors to build their projects. But what needs to happen to take advantage of lower cost energy systems?
As many of you know, the Greater Toronto Area has been going through a development renaissance over the past decade.
Every day I see articles or studies on how microgrid will take off, and while I agree that there will be numerous disparate energy systems operating across North America, I just don’t see any useful involvement by current regulated electric utilities.
I am not keeping or gaining any new utility friends, but regulated utilities are holding urban society back from achieving greater success in low-carbon economy.
Stretches of Canada have been going through a real estate development renaissance in new mixed-used communities.
In almost everything I’ve done in my life, having a unique “approach” has always been my calling card on how to be different, differentiate among competitors.
In my opinion, municipalities are the greatest underachievers of energy independence in the world.
Originally posted in Ontario Home Builder Magazine