Canadian Association for the Club of Rome
Become active - It's your duty!
- This event has passed.
Brian Kelly | The Kelly Household’s Journey Towards Zero Carbon. | 2023-09-27 | CACOR Zoom
September 27, 2023 @ 13:30 - 16:00 EDT
Speaker: Brian Kelly
Topic: “The Kelly Household’s Journey Towards Zero Carbon”
Time: Sep 27, 2023 13:30 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Summary:
This presentation traces the 15-year journey of the Kelly household towards zero carbon emissions, starting with the purchase of a “code-built” house in 2008, its energy retrofit over the years, the purchase of an electric vehicle in 2018 and the recent addition in 2022 of a photovoltaic system and a heat pump system. Data on costs and savings are provided. Next and final steps toward zero carbon and lessons learned along the journey are discussed.
Biography:
Brian Kelly has been a lifelong environmentalist. He graduated from University of Toronto with a BSc. in Ecology in 1969 and was immediately involved in the founding of Pollution Probe at the University of Toronto. Subsequently he worked for the Federal Government in energy conservation and renewable energy, as President of Marbek Resource Consultants, as Director of Environment and Sustainable Development at Ontario Hydro, and as an adjunct professor of Business and Sustainability at York University. He concluded his career in 2019 as Manager of Sustainability at the Region of Durham. Today he continues to advocate for climate action and aspires to be a “carbon influencer”.