Toronto Home Energy Network Team

Eve is a civil engineer with extensive experience in leadership, project management, policy development, and application of technology, driven by a commitment to addressing climate change. During her career in senior management at GO Transit/Metrolinx, she focused on enhancing GO’s appeal as an alternative to driving through a plan for ambitious service expansions, improved customer information, and region-wide fare integration.

 

After retirement, she spearheaded the Ontario Clean Air Alliance campaign, obtaining 35 municipal resolutions to phase out gas-powered electricity generation in Ontario.

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With her leadership, the Pocket Change retrofit team demonstrated the potential of a community-based approach to accelerate home carbon emissions reductions.

Currently, she chairs the Board of Toronto Home Energy Network to replicate this success in communities across Toronto. 

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In 2019, Eve became an early adopter of a heat pump, immediately reducing the carbon emissions from her home by 65%.

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Principal architect at Sustainable, Paul has been central to the mainstreaming of sustainable architecture in Canada. His work consistently demonstrates the value of building-science-led design solutions for new construction and retrofits. He has advised government and stakeholders on climate retrofits in Canada and is a co-founder of the Ontario Net Zero Architect's Network, helping other architects to understand the role that they can play in helping homeowners to eliminate their home’s carbon emissions. 

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Paul's own home was one of the first retrofits in The Pocket, reducing its energy use to 48% less than that required for a typical Canadian home, achieving net-positive-cost-of-energy. His firm later retrofitted a similar home, achieving the first LEED For Homes Platinum certification for a residential renovation in Canada with an 83% reduction in energy use. Paul has recently completely electrified his home by upgrading to a cold climate air source heat pump and induction cooktop - he is proud to be "natural" gas free!

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Mike Griffin brings more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in the power generation and regulated utility sectors. He has driven operational excellence, strategic transformation, and stakeholder engagement in highly regulated environments.

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Throughout his career, Mike has held leadership roles where he delivered on complex infrastructure initiatives, optimized asset performance, and advanced clean energy objectives. He spent 20 years at Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp, working his way up to Vice President, Strategic Planning. 

 

His strong background in utility operations and corporate governance makes him a valuable voice for steering THE Network at a strategic level.

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Nicholas is a Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineer who is passionate about accelerating the transition to a zero-carbon economy both in his professional and personal life. Nick is both a Professional Engineer and Certified Energy Manager with extensive experience in project management and the technology used to operate commercial buildings.

 

As Senior Manager, Smart Building Technology at Dream, Nicholas spearheads the strategy and deployment of smart building technology used to reduce energy consumption and GHG emissions, along with leading deep retrofit projects focused on drastically reducing GHG emissions across a portfolio of over 30 Commercial properties.

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Nicholas spends much of his personal time both supporting other homeowners through their home electrification journeys through his work with the Toronto Home Energy Network, while retrofitting his own century home to be fully electric.

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Retirement from a rewarding full-time position in the mental health sector has allowed Lori to devote more time to another one of her passions – our environment. She combines a personal commitment to continually reducing her own environmental footprint with a desire to motivate others to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and take other steps to protect our planet.  

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Lori has extensive experience in volunteer management. As a lifelong volunteer, she has donated her time and skills to many charities and not-for-profit organizations, often by serving on boards and committees in roles that have included chair, secretary and treasurer. In 2021, she completed two years as Chair of the Pocket Community Association, followed by two years serving on the PCA Executive as Past Chair. Her home has been fully electric since the summer of 2022.

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