* staff
Dr. Dana Silk, General Manager
Dana established one of the first community-based energy-efficiency programs in Canada. That was back in 1976, when he was very young and worked for the Community Planning Association of Canada in Saint John, New Brunswick. He then became the first Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, where he established Fredericton's Conserver House, which is still demonstrating energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies as the home of the Conservation Council. His career has so far taken him to Paris and back, strengthening his knowledge of the crucial role that energy efficiency in North America must play for sustainable development around the world.
Cliff Antonakos
A graduate of the Sustainable Shelter Technology program at Assiniboine College in Brandon, Manitoba, Cliff has been working in the Green Building field for over 10 years. As a certified EnerGuide for Houses and ecoEnergy advisor he has completed more than 1,300 home energy evaluations to date. Cliff is also a ZeroDraft authorised installer, providing draft sealing and insulation upgrades to private homeowners, commercial, industrial and community facilities.
Andrew Cole, Manager of Energy Services
Andrew comes to the Envirocentre with over 20 years of environmental and energy management experience with organizations ranging from Hydro Ottawa, BC Hydro - Power Smart, the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Toronto Region Conservation Authority, Resource Futures International to environmental NGO’s such as The Sage Foundation, Destination Conservation, Rawson Academy and Pollution Probe. He has been able to build on his Bachelor of Science through a variety of positions advocating and demonstrating energy conservation and renewable energy technologies and administering and implementing Demand Side Management programs.
Hana Haines, Energy Programs Coordinator
Hana has been with envirocentre since 2006 helping to develop and implement the Energy Efficiency Assistance Program for Houses, a pilot program, the first of it's kind in Canada that helps lower-income families reduce their eletricity consumption in the Ottawa and surrounding regions. She also runs the ecoEnergy Retrofit Program for Houses, a Federal program developed by Natural Resources Canada, throughout Ottawa and surrounding regions.
Elyse McCann, Community Programs Manager
Elyse is an avid cyclist and strong promoter of sustainable transportation. Through her community involvement and professional experience Elyse has been an advocate for both sustainable transportation, and cyclist and pedestrian safety. She has been a certified CAN-BIKE instructor since 2004, which has allowed her to teach many children across Ottawa safe cycling skills. Since 2003, Elyse has worked at the Ottawa Children’s Safety Village, local schools, and community centres across the province. At EnviroCentre, Elyse continues to promote the use of active and sustainable transportation through strong community programs, partnerships and promotion.
Layne Turner, ecoMOBILITY Service Coordinator
Layne Turner joined the EnviroCentre team in the summer of 2008 and brings with her an educational background in sociology and professional experience with non-profit organizations. She helped develop and now manages the ecoMobility Service, which encourages active and sustainable commuting options in the workplace to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve employee health and productivity. She is an active commuter in all seasons.
Celia Ladurantaye
Celia helps to coordinate both the ecoEnergy Retrofit Program for Houses that we retail to private homeowners and the Enbridge and Union Gas Home Weatherization Retrofit Program for Houses that we deliver to help lower-income families reduce their gas consumption in Ottawa and surrounding regions. Celia also does the graphic design for EnviroCentre's marketing and communications material and looks after EnviroBoutique.
Cathy Antonakos
Cathy Antonakos joined EnviroCentre in 2008 and handles data entry for the ecoEnergy home retrofit grant program.