Welcome to the Awards page!
- To submit your award for our page, please email us with details. Awards will be displayed here for a period of one year.
The SWITCH Sustainable Energy Awards honour the innovators and leaders in sustainable energy who are working to position the region as a leading centre for sustainable energy. Recipients of the 2011 awards will be revealed at the SWITCH Sustainable Energy Awards Harvest Luncheon on October 21, 2011 at St. Lawrence College in Kingston.
Sustainable Energy Innovation Award
Urban Initiative Award
Rural Initiative Award
Community Leadership Award
Kingston Hydro conservation Award
2011 Nominees
Canada LafargeHearthmakers Energy Co-op
Ted Hsu
City of Kingston
Ledgecroft Farms
Limestone District School Board
Royal Canadian Legion Villa Seniors' Residence
Queen's University - Kingston General Hospital Combined Heat and Power Generator - Demand Response 3
Queen's University Solar Design Team
St. Lawrence College
SWITCH Founders, Peter Tobias, Tom Harris, Chris Whitaker and Sandra Watts
SWITCH celebrates its members' successes!
- Award: Home Sweet Home organized by Ontario Green Spec.
- Awarded for the design of a theoretical green home for an imaginary
'client' who lives in Kapaskasing, ON, Canada.
The three goals of the challenge are for the house to be:
1) Healthy and Comfortable,
2) Efficient, Effective and Economical, and
3) Ethical: Ecologically and Socially Responsible.
Read more here.
- Award: Canadian Eco-Leader Award.
- Awarded to celebrate grassroots environmental efforts.
Haddon Wilson, ESET Program at St. Lawrence College
- Award: Kingston Hydro Award for Sustainable Energy Leadership.
- Awarded to a returning student enrolled full-time in the Energy Systems Engineering program who has demonstrated above average academic achievement and leadership through supporting sustainable energy education and deployment within the student population and Kingston community.
Building Construction Internship Program at the Limestone District School Board
- 2010 Recipient: Don Voteary.
- Award: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Excellence in Education Award for Innovative Teaching/Projects in Sustainability. Read more here.
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese
- Award: Guelph Food Technology Centre's 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Award.
- Part of their sustainability leadership recognition. Congratulations to Fifth Town on winning this prestigious category! Read more here.
