
PROJECT LEAP – A big step towards becoming Climate Positive
The following is a brief case study on a significant infrastructure project that will reduce the University of Toronto’s St. George campus greenhouse gas emissions by over 50% by the end of 2027. The University of Toronto’s (U of T) downtown St. George campus, founded in 1827, is one of

Dr. Gerry Rosenquist and Lois Rosenquist
Morrisburg Doctor Says Geothermal is Healthier He was the first obstetrician in the Morrisburg area, sometimes delivering babies by gaslight and getting paid with five-dollar bills with a picture of King George VI on them. Dr. Gerry Rosenquist and Lois Rosenquist moved from western Canada to Williamsburg in 1960. “King

Vanessa and Michel in Hamilton
“Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time,” say schoolteachers with geothermal Vanessa and Michel R. are schoolteachers who live with one daughter near Hamilton, Ontario. Michel teaches high school science and physics and says “I’ve been telling the class that climate change is a big problem and

Gerald Seyler
In-Laws Impressed by Economics of Geothermal Heating & Cooling Listowel, Bostech, Gerald & Connie Seyler, John Bosman When their house was being built by his wife’s parents in 1993, Gerald Seyler suggested a cooling and heating system that would do a lot of work without costing much (His in-laws could

Murray Schlotzhauer and Rose Anderson
Significant Cost Savings After Oil Replaced With Geothermal on Farm Property Stratford, Buchanan & Hall, Murray Schlotzhauer, Rose Anderson. In the winter of 2006 Murray Schlotzhauer received a home heating bill of more than $800 one month and began pondering the possibility that his oil furnace was not his friend.

Evergreen Brickworks
Future City leaders show how geothermal works for institutional property The Don Valley Brick Works dates back to 1882 when homesteader William Taylor discovered red clay and shale while putting up a fence on a formerly glacial floodplain at the intersection of the Don River and Mud Creek in Toronto.

Westwood Gardens Toronto – Tim Weber
Geothermal Finance Model for Toronto Condominiums Helps First-Time Buyers & Developers “We’ve all read media stories suggesting home ownership for first time buyers is out of reach in Toronto,” says Maurice Wager, President of Collecdev development company. “We wanted to change that. With stricter mortgage rules, we knew it wasn’t

Environmentally Responsible Without Costing a Fortune
He was a fearsome hockey foe in his day, but Mike Ault has spent most of his time as a gentle partner to Mother Nature; an egg, dairy and cattle farmer in the Hanesville, Ontario area. “I believe in being as environmentally responsible as possible, with out spending a fortune,”

Geothermal Heating & Cooling Better for Allergies
“I’m allergic to conventional air conditioning,” says Silvia Gheju. “With this system I don’t have those problems any more.” She is talking about the geothermal heating and cooling system that she and her husband Peter Gheju installed in their dream home on Washington Road near Plattsville, Ontario, east of Stratford.

Geothermal Helps Make Liberty Village Condo Green
In the 1980s the western part of downtown Toronto became a run down industrial dirt patch. Factory operations moved to the suburbs, leaving a collection of empty warehouses near King and Dufferin Streets. Storeowners along Queen Street around Ossington lost their customers, and some closed down. Those who remained couldn’t

Avoiding Fossil fuels with Geothermal
“Not burning fossil fuels is a big step towards trying to curb climate change,” says John Gordon, a fine home builder in Mulmer township, near Wasaga Beach, Ontario. “I like that the AC is quiet and very gentle. Its not a blast of cold air,” says his wife Mary (MK)








