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Winners 2015
Krumpers Solar Solutions Inc. - Diana Livshits, Ottawa
$50,000
Created by Krumpers Solar Solutions, Krumpers Solar Blinds are made in Canada for the Canadian
climate. Produced locally in Ottawa, the climate control blinds regulate the temperature of homes
year round to save on heating and cooling. Double-sided, the blinds have a winter side that
generates heat and has insulation, and a summer side that reflects heat and offers UV protection.
The blinds also allow in light.
Krumpers says the blinds can help Canadians save up to 40% on their yearly heating and cooling.
Says Diana Livshits, “At Krumpers, we believe that in order for people to reduce their energy
consumption, the products they use must do so in a way that doesn’t impede their lifestyle. It’s the
opposite, it must enhance their experience.”
Krumpers Solar Solutions - EcoLiving Business Leadership Award Winner
FireFlyPower - Janet and Peter Janiuk, Toronto
$15,000
FireflyPower offers homeowners efficient, lightweight and affordable carbon fiber wind turbines,
which reduce their electricity costs. The homeowners can become clean electricity producers with
projected savings of more than 15% of their annual home electricity costs. The easy-to-assemble
turbines operate well in both low- and high-wind speeds. Janet and Peter were inspired to create the
company after looking for a wind turbine to co-generate electricity and being unable to find the type
of product they were looking for.
“We’d really like to see the impact of installing these turbines globally, and whether we could bring
reliable, renewable power to areas of the world that don’t have access to electricity,” says Janet
Janiuk.
FireFly Power - EcoLiving Innovation Award Winner
Dynnergy - Wesley Romak, Melissa Love, Thomas Marshall
and Cody Carey, University of Guelph
$10,000
Created by Dynnergy, a group of mechanical engineering students from the University of Guelph,
Flywheel Energy Storage System is an energy storage system for residential homeowners that can
be directly integrated with the grid. The system stores energy during low peak hours and converts it
back to electricity during high peak hours.
“We are really excited about the Flywheel Energy Store System because it has the capability of
potentially eliminating the large scale chemical batteries which are harmful to the environment,”
says Melissa Love of Dynnergy.
Flywheel Energy Storage System - EcoLiving Student Leadership Award Winner
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