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These are the 20 finalists in the competition. Click on Read More to learn more about each proposal and then give them a star rating and add your comments (You must be logged in to rate and comment). Remember, you can earn points for each star rating, comment, and improvement suggestion you make and the more points, the more chances to win one of our great weekly prizes.

View all proposals from Round 1 of the competition

10/10 Commuter Challenge (Finalist.)

Submitted by coreydiamond on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 08:45

UPDATE: 2011/11/14

Thank you to everyone who spent the time commenting and voting for our project, 10/10 Commuter Challenge. Like our other idea (GardenShare), many of the questions you are asking, we asked ourselves when we set out to design this project. Please read through the comments and my answers.

Rating: 
7.79167

Carbon Savings - Promoting tangible methods of conservation (Finalist.)

Submitted by Carbon Savings on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 14:19

Updates based on feedback:

Many have felt this proposal is based on measuring a person's carbon footprint, instead we are helping people estimate the economic and environmental benefits they can expect to achieve by switching to a new light bulb, showerhead or even by adding a rain barrel. 

Rating: 
7.79259

GardenShare (Finalist)

Submitted by coreydiamond on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 08:42

UPDATE: 2011/11/14

Rating: 
7.90385

Green Skills Network Career College (Finalist)

Submitted by Green Skills Network on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 15:43

The Green Skills Network seeks to become the first cooperatively owned career college in Ontario, operating across the province and serving more than 1,000 students per year.

The Green Skills Network trains people for careers in the ever-expanding green economy. As the green economy grows, it rapidly creates varied labour openings that require training. We close the employment gap in these sectors by providing responsive, mobile, hands-on training.

Rating: 
7.51282

Green4Good: Stopping Climate Change One Computer at a Time (Finalist)

Submitted by Green4Good on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:42

What it Does

Green4Good achieves environmental and social benefits by secure refurbishment and re-use of IT assets (desktops and notebooks) that would traditionally have gone to long-term storage or been recycled while raising money for charities through the proceeds of the asset resale.

Environmental Benefits

Rating: 
5.62069

GreenHeroes (Finalist.)

Submitted by jprowse on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 15:30

The GreenHeroes Take Action Campaign is designed to help transform audiences from mere viewers to involved do-ers by connecting them to people who heroically ventured forth and acted on an idea to help protect the planet. These out-of-the-box thinkers have created movements inside the mainstream that have led to emission reductions and more.

Rating: 
8.33333

Inter-School Collaboration for Conservation Quantification (Finalist.)

Submitted by epetersiel on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 22:57

The purpose of the Inter-School Conservation Quantification Collaboration effort is to empower Grade 8 students and teachers to understand the direct impact that their actions to reduce energy consumption will have. This would inspire further exploration in high school and post-secondary school.

Innovative Aspect

Rating: 
7.98113

Lightweight Rooftop Vegetable Gardens (Finalist.)

Submitted by Heather on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 21:29

Objective

The objective of Rooftop Gardens Inc. is to design and build year-round rooftop vegetable gardens that are lightweight so they don’t exceed the structural capacity of standard flat rooftops.  These gardens will serve private citizens, restaurants, community groups and schools by providing local, organic produce on site for kitchens and nutrition programs.

Background

Rating: 
7.72881

Low Carbon Condominium (Finalist.)

Submitted by marcvanb on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 18:40

Options for Homes is already well known in the GTA as a developer of cost effective ownership housing.  We developed the first three condominiums in the Distillery.  Our most recent development is the 643 suite Heintzman Place in the Junction.

We are now planning to develop a new condominium with the lowest carbon footprint in North America.

Rating: 
8.11921

Multi-Residential Lighting Conservation Engagement (Finalist)

Submitted by hnguye79 on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 12:27

The Multi-Residential Conservation Engagement, takes lessons learned in the condominium market, and will validate whether rental communities can be similarly engaged in an in-suite lighting audit and retrofit project

BACKGROUND & DETAILS

Rating: 
7.78947

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