CGC announces the winners of the 4th GeoExchange Excellence awards

Jun. 23, 2010 – The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition congratulates the 2010 winners of the 4th GeoExchange Excellence awards. The prizes will be awarded at a series of independent events in the coming months. The winner of the Leadership award will be announced in Montréal on November 15, 2010 at the 4th National GeoExchange Technical & Policy Forum.

In total, 12 applications were submitted and pre-selected though a number of technical criteria including:

• innovation, originality and complexity of the work in relation to the building use;

• technical difficulties encountered / solved in the project; demonstrated energy savings;

• to what extent the project influences building design in Canada and a more extensive use of geothermal energy;

• whether the project forms part of a global energy efficiency plan; and

• comfort for occupants and users.

Prizes of Excellence were awarded to:

• GeoSource for The Southwind Development

• CleanEnergyTM for The Banff Upper Hot Springs

• Dessau inc. for Palais de justice de Cowansville

An honourable mention from the Jury was awarded to:

• Teknika-HBA for Centre intégré de formation et d’innovation technologique de Victoriaville

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Source:The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition