Eureka! Prizes reward pioneers of the energy transition

Green technologies are all the rage in Quebec, and that's nothing new. According to Écotech Québec, hundreds of organizations and businesses in Quebec adopt clean technologies every year. Mainly to meet their needs, but also with an environmental vision in mind. These are municipalities, ministries, government agencies and businesses in the commercial, agricultural, manufacturing, construction, transportation and natural resources sectors that have all made the bet on green innovation.

2019 edition of Eureka! ─ Ecohabitation's favorites

At the awards ceremony, more than 250 clean technology users and developers. We present to you the winners and finalists who caught our attention the most!

An ecological retirement home: a brilliant finalist thanks to Marmott Énergies

The project is only a finalist, but this eight-story building, the Domaine des Cascades, caught our attention. Thanks to the innovation of Marmott Énergie, in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal and LEM Expert Conseil, IMMO 1ere heats and air-conditions its 80-unit building using geothermal energy only! This is a first in Quebec.

The technology, adapted to the consumption of large buildings (a 100-ton project) built on small plots of land: a permanent column well. Not only does it allow savings of more than $20000/year in energy costs, or $700 in 000 years, but it also avoids the use of natural gas, thus reducing GHG emissions by 35 tons per year.