Harvest Systems cooks up waste heat retrieval for restaurant ovens
Adapted from original post Author: Tyler Choi – Business Editor – Sustainable Biz Canada TORONTO, ON | November 29, 2024 — The oven in your favourite pizza joint could soon be providing the heating for the business and cutting natural gas consumption, courtesy of Hamilton-based Harvest Systems Inc. Spun out of research from McMaster University in […]
Innovation Showcase celebrates McMaster’s entrepreneurship community
Adapted from original post HAMILTON, ON | November 21, 2024 — How do McMaster researchers turn their discoveries into impactful — and successful — business ventures? At Innovation Showcase 2024, members of McMaster’s dynamic innovation ecosystem gathered to exchange insights, ideas and advice with established and aspiring entrepreneurs at various points in their commercialization journeys. […]
Meet the 2024 Foresight 50:Canada’s Most Investible Cleantech Companies
Adapted from original post VANCOUVER, BC | November 7, 2024 — Foresight Canada, the nation’s largest cleantech accelerator, has revealed this year’s Foresight 50 list, recognizing Canada’s 50 most investible cleantech ventures. The 2024 list features trailblazing companies across diverse sectors delivering solutions to urgent challenges including waste reduction, sustainable housing, emissions reduction, and food security. According to […]
Three Foodtech Startups Receive $294K from The Canadian Food Innovation Network
Adapted from original post The Innovation Booster funding will help the Canadian companies accelerate food safety, processing, and emissions-reduction projects. GUELPH, ON — The Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) is awarding $294,497 to three foodtech projects through the organization’s Innovation Booster Program. Industry will match these funds, resulting in a total of $588,992 in funding across the three projects. The Innovation Booster funding recipients are: Project Lead: Bliq Photonics (Quebec) Project Title: Coagulation Measurement Probe for the Cheese Industry Funding: $99,992 Bliq Photonics is proposing a significant advancement for […]
Harvest Systems and Pizza Pizza Establish Commercial Relationship
HAMILTON, ON – Harvest Systems Inc. is proud to announce that they have secured an initial order commitment from Pizza Pizza Limited for its POWER (Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery) system following a successful demonstration of the product within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Harvest’s clean technology system, installed and commissioned at three Pizza […]
Restaurants are having their biggest year ever
By Jennifer A. Kingson, author of Axios What’s Next (Adapted from original post) 2024 will be the U.S. restaurant industry’s biggest year ever in sales — $1.1 trillion by the end of December, per National Restaurant Association estimates. Why it matters: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the restaurant industry, but sales are now far higher than before […]
NGIF ACCELERATOR’S GLOBAL CLEANTECH CHALLENGE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED AT IGRC2024 IN BANFF, CANADA
Adapted from original post BANFF, AB: The finalists of the NGIF Accelerator (NGIF) Global Cleantech Challenge (Challenge) have officially been announced at the International Gas Research Conference (IGRC) 2024 in Banff. The Challenge, operated by the NGIF Accelerator and supported by its Industry Grants member companies, was a funding call to small and medium enterprises […]
A Second Life for Leftover Heat
By Jeff Cowan, President and CEOHamilton Community Enterprises Everyone, everywhere likes to reduce waste. It’s how we conserve resources, save money and prepare for a rainy day. Affordability concerns, uncertainty in energy markets and the growing threat of climate change are all driving us to reduce the amount of energy we consume. This is especially […]
WARMINGTON: New carbon fee on restaurant bill may be ‘legal’ but it’s tough to swallow
The 2% fee is invested in carbon capture to help offset the eatery’s carbon footprint – so I guess we’re just expected shut up and pay it Joe Warmington These friends didn’t realize that not only were they enjoying a great meal in the city’s west end, they were also helping grow back a forest […]
Thermal networks: The missing infrastructure we need to help enable carbon-free heating
James (Jim) S. Cotton Most of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere have a fundamental problem: we want to reduce our carbon emissions, but we also need to heat our homes. The good news is there is a way to do both by creating thermal networks. A thermal network is a system of insulated, […]