Inside job: How AI can help reduce emissions in buildings

Canadian tools that optimize electricity consumption are helping building operators drive down energy costs and shrink their carbon footprint.
Matthew Sachs Of Peak Power On How They Are Breaking the Cycle of Non-Renewable Consumption

Keep it simple. The energy industry is extremely complicated, and we can get so “into our own story” that we miss the forest for the trees.
Making yogurt with batteries — a vision of Ontario’s net zero future

Batteries at Etobicoke dairy and beyond let companies cut bills and gas-plant emissions while protecting power supply.
How will AI shape the future of clean energy?

I posed the question to experts at the foremost utility trade conference — DistribuTECH.
Tech Update: Testing psychedelics for anxiety; OpenText acquires rival; and Canadian firms land megadeals

Despite the wider slowdown in tech sector funding, some Canadian ventures are bucking the trend. Toronto-based Peak Power, which creates software for optimizing energy use, has inked a deal with cleantech investor Madison Energy Investments worth $200 million in project financing
Pillars of the Green Transition

“In this report, leaders from North America, Europe and Singapore discuss how they are spearheading the green transition through technology, innovation and the will to be a part of the circular economy.”
Electric Future: What It Will Take to Wean Ourselves off Fossil Fuels

It’s estimated that we’ll need to double or triple the size of our electricity system between now and 2050. This growing demand is powering growth in the innovation space.
Opinion: Canada needs to turn its cleantech innovation into action

Our Earth has been around for 4.6 billion years. Humans have been here for only a scant fraction of that time. And yet in the past 250 years we’ve destroyed more than 50 per cent of the Earth’s forests and tipped the scale beyond sustainability.
Here are some of the ways the fight against climate change could make our daily lives better

It needn’t be all about sacrifice: cleantech entrepreneurs are building a future that’s more sustainable, more convenient and maybe even more lucrative for the average person.
How One Canadian Climate Tech Company Is Making Power Plants Obsolete

Peak Power was founded by self-described energy nerds in 2015 and is the only company operating battery storage, grid interactive buildings, and bi-directional electric vehicles with a single platform for partners to achieve net-zero goals, cut operating expenses, and unlock new revenue opportunities.