Future Proof - The Road to Zero

Listen to our conversation with Felix Böck founder of Chop Value of Vancouver BC.

As a carpenter, Felix was always fascinated by bamboo as a material. After continuing his interest in bamboo as a PhD student at UBC, he started his journey on building a sustainable community-based business.

Building a team, conducting some research, developing a micro factory concept and sourcing bamboo from the local sushi restaurants of Vancouver; so was Chop Value born...

Listen to our conversation with Professor Gideon Grader of Technion and Co-Founder of H2Pro.  Borne out of Technion’s decade old energy research program, H2Pro is the commercial upstart bringing this technology to market.  

Using a newly developed two stage process that doesen’t require a membrane for separation of oxygen and hydrogen, H2Pro has developed a lower cost and highly efficient (up to 95% efficient) electrolyser system...

Listen to our conversation with Christina Seidel, the owner of Sonnevera International Corp and Executive Director of the Recycling Council of Alberta as we explore what is the circular economy and what are some of the ways to get there...

Join us for a conversation with Flavio Ortigao Owner and Chief Technical Officer at Recupera, as we explore his solution for turning plastic waste into hydrogen and new plastics.

Originally from Brazil and now located in Sweden, Flavio has been highly involved in chemistry and biotech before putting his knowledge to work on solving the plastic waste crisis...

Listen to our conversation with professor David Layzell, an Energy Systems Architect at the Transition Accelerator as well as Director of the Canadian Energy Systems Analysis Reach (CEASAR) initiative, University of Calgary.

Starting his career as a professor of biology, David has followed his interest in energy systems from the botanical world to that of human systems and has become a leader in the planning of transition pathways  to Net Zero energy systems...

Listen to our interview with Shannon Halliday of HTEC Hydrogen Technology and Energy Corporation (HTEC) of Vancouver BC.  As Vice President of Sales and Marketing at HTEC and having worked many years in the sustainable energy field and has experience in European and Quebec markets, Shannon has a rich background to share...

Listen to our conversation with Matt Fairlie, Vice Chair at Next Hydrogen Corp.

A pioneer of Canadian innovation in Hydrogen, from his days as a graduate student involved in building hydrogen cars to working as a senior official in several hydrogen technology start-ups in Ontario.

Next Hydrogen specializes in building modular drop-in electrolyser units that are capable of processing large intermittent sources of electricity and converting it into Hydrogen efficiently...

Join us for our conversation with Kathleen O'Neil, a founder and CEO of two innovative clean tech companies.  One company focuses on Carbon Capture and the second one, incorporated in Canada, is developing a new and innovative Methane heating and cracking (pyrolysis) technology to separate the Hydrogen and Carbon components from Natural Gas in a way where no CO2 is produced...

Join us for our conversation with Badr Abduljawad, Co-Founder and Director of Operations with Hydra Energy.  As someone who has completely embraced the west coast life, Badr was drawn to Vancouver to play a part in the Hydrogen economy.

Along with co-founder Simon Pickup, they have pioneered Hydrogen as a Service (HAAS) and created the easy button for the transportation industry...

Maggie Hanna is our local explorer and energy futurist.  Principal of Common Ground Energy Corporation and a fellow with the Energy Future Labs, she is based out of Calgary Alberta...