Mission
To be Canada’s premier biomass heat solutions provider.
Goals
To contribute to a sustainable world through implementation of carbon neutral, biomass heating solutions using modern, best available and economical technology to the residential and commercial sectors throughout Canada, wherever that may be. To be part of the solution, not the problem.
Richard Hopp | CEO
Richard is a strategic business development specialist with over 30 years experience in the conventional, renewable energy, biomass and technology development sectors. Richard has a solid back- ground in advancing companies from concepts to commercial realities. He is well versed in project development, financing, government policy initiatives and funding, permit- ting, administration and operations management. He has built lasting relationships with many First Nations communities in BC and continues to be active in the renewable and biomass sectors in British Columbia and North America. Richard is a graduate from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc in Agricultural Economics and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Victoria.
Rick Connors | President
Rick has over 30 years experience in the forest products industry around the world and has extensive experience at all levels of operations and senior management. He has held management and executive management positions in a broad range of industries including oil and gas and appreciates the significant contribution that the utilization of woody biomass as an energy fuel source can make in reducing the carbon footprint of typical heat and electrical energy producing installations. His extensive experience includes acting as principal in and/or consultant to numerous venture capital companies, bringing them from conception through to public listing. Rick is a graduate from the University of Waterloo with an Honours BASc. in Chemical Engineering and has executive management certification from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Madison Connors | Energy Engineer
Madison has experience in a wide range of industrial facility design, spanning petrochemicals to oil and gas processing plants. He has experience designing district heating systems to be used in remote and rural Canadian communities utilizing biomass boilers. Through his experience in petrochemicals and biomass Madison has undertaken numerous greenhouse gas savings projects to reduce the carbon intensity of processes and therefore limit the environmental impact a project has on its surroundings. Madison is a graduate from the University of Waterloo with an Honours BASc. in Chemical Engineering.