Toronto Home Energy Network Team

We are led by a volunteer Board of Directors and have a small staff complement to deliver our programming across Toronto. We enjoy the support of incredible partners and engaged communities.

Eve Wyatt

Chair

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.

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.

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

Paul Dowsett

Vice-Chair

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.

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!

Mike Griffin

Treasurer

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.

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.

Nicholas Dumoulin

Secretary

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.

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.

Lori Zucchiatti O'Neill

Member-at-Large

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.

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.

Staff

Jake Miller

Executive Director

Jake has spent nearly a decade helping people understand climate change and make pragmatic efforts in their lives to reverse it. His work has involved data-driven models and projections paired with nuanced and empathetic conversations. For a number of years, he has championed the adoption of electric heat pumps as the least disruptive, most impactful climate action available to thousands across Toronto.

Before joining Toronto Home Energy Network, he was the Director of Project Neutral, where he oversaw the redeployment of their carbon footprint calculator and the development of a diversity of climate education programs, most notably Talk Climate to Me, a climate course for women and allies. Jake has led committed teams of staff, students and volunteers to make a difference in their community.

John Weston

Community Partnership and Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

John heads up THE Network's focus on community partnership and volunteer coordination. Pulling on 5 years' experience in direct grassroots organizing on climate and housing issues at all three levels of government, John believes strongly in the power of boosting and building decentralized organizing confidence and skills.

John believes strongly that Torontonians know their own communities best! Whether it's backend organizing, backyard socials, or public events, he aims to connect practical knowledge, organizing best practices, and tips across the Network's neighbourhood partners while promoting good old-fashioned community engagement, resilience and fun!

John has worked with non-profits and advocacy campaigns on direct public contact, making climate action easy and actionable, and recording the impact of grassroots work. Having spent time outside of Toronto in Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo and Fredericton, he's excited to help put the electrify in electrification for Toronto homes.

Nathan Postma

Homeowner Journey Coordinator

Nathan backs up THE Network’s grassroots organizing with professional communications and marketing experience — he LOVES organizing and promoting community events. As an Outreach Coordinator with Cycle Toronto, he saw how the connections built at these events snowball into movements that physically and culturally transform cities.

His goal is to demystify heat pumps with accessible information delivered at the right moment. Writing blogs, articles, and Guidebooks is a big part of this, but fitting these resources into a larger “journey” away from fossil fuel use in homes is the larger purpose of his role.

Nathan has worked with small nonprofits on numerous environmental issues, including decarbonizing transportation, local food systems, and nature conservation. His most fun professional period was leading bike tours through downtown Toronto while also managing a rooftop garden. He joked that although he'd just graduated, he was already retired....all he did was garden and cycle all day!

Our Funders

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) and Toronto Hydro for their invaluable support of our mission. As leaders in fostering sustainability and energy efficiency, TAF and Toronto Hydro are natural partners for our work.

TAF’s commitment to innovative climate solutions and community engagement aligns perfectly with our vision of empowering neighbourhoods to retrofit their homes for a greener future. Similarly, Toronto Hydro’s expertise in energy management and dedication to promoting clean energy make them an essential ally as we guide residents through the retrofitting process.

Together, we are working to create healthier, more sustainable communities across Toronto, and we couldn’t be more thankful for their collaboration.