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Tricia Helfer and Jonathan Marshall

Sarah Marshall

Gordon Howell

Gordon Howell established Howell-Mayhew Engineering in Edmonton in 1985 to provide solar electricity, solar heating, and home builder energy efficiency consulting services, based on the challenge of finding ways to use energy wisely without damaging our environment at the same time.

Gordon's focus in the last 10 years has been on identifying and resolving barriers to connecting solar power systems to the utility grid, and working with people to get their own solar systems. He is a member of two international committees that write standards for solar power systems and so has exposure to the issues and solutions in other countries.

Gordon lives in an energy efficient house that uses 60% less natural gas than an average house, and has had a solar power system on his roof for the last 11 years -- it provides 100% of his annual electricity consumption. This means that he has a net zero electricity home -- likely the 1st one in Canada! He is also on the leadership team of the Riverdale NetZero project -- one of Canada's first 12 net zero energy homes (www.riverdalenetzero.ca).

Andy Smith