Scotiabank EcoLiving Awards


L-R: Vancouver’s Lanefab Design/Build, Winnipeg student Benjamin Gillies and Toronto’s Quinzee named 2013 Scotiabank EcoLiving Award winners.
Photo courtesy Sam Santos/George Pimental Photography.

TORONTO — The Scotiabank EcoLiving Business Leadership Award, valued at $50,000, was awarded to Lanefab Design/Build in Vancouver, British Columbia, a company that integrated the design and construction of small scale, fully independent homes with energy efficiency, design quality and scalable-sustainability, while adding density to neighborhoods and preserving existing community homes.
The Scotiabank EcoLiving Innovators Award valued at $15,000 was awarded to Quinzee from Toronto, Ontario, a company that built a web and mobile application to enable Ontarians with smart meters to be smarter homeowners. Using consumer social benchmarking as a motivator for influencing efficient energy choices and behaviours, consumers can easily track and compare their energy use for free.
The Scotiabank EcoLiving Student Leadership Award, valued at $10,000 was awarded to Benjamin Gillies, a University of Manitoba graduate who created a prototype for the FAACE (Functional, Affordable, Attractive, Compact and Efficient) apartment complex. Featuring modern design and furnishing, the complex provides compact and efficient apartments that are functional and can reduce occupants’ carbon footprint.