Canada’s largest solar rooftop became operational in early 2010. Located in Mississauga, just outside Toronto, it is the first system that feeds electricity into the Ontario power grid under the high profile provincial Feed-In Tariff program. This multi-part case study looks at the pioneering system’s design and installation, hardware components, Feed-In Tariff program application, financial analysis, its effect on the corporate culture, and some of the surprises.
The May 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review has an interesting feature article called ‘The Sustainability Imperative’. The authors argue that sustainability is the next transformational business megatrend comparable to past megatrends like IT revolution and globalization. Some businesses will come out as winners and others as losers. Firms seeking to gain advantage should get the vision right and get the execution right. Read more on what to do and how to do it in this post.