Pitch. Question. Vote.
The industry’s favourite pitch session for new products and services is back! EnerQuality is excited to deliver the Innovation Gauntlet, an engaging Dragon’s Den style competition where manufacturers present their new solutions to optimize the high-performance new construction and renovation industry — and you get to vote on the most innovative new solution!
Over lunch, sponsored by EnerQuality, you will hear from industry partners about a variety of products to advance your builds and renovations; they’ll address questions from our panel, and then YOU vote and decide on the winner! This highly rated event will introduce you to new concepts, ideas and people that will help drive the industry, and your business, forward.
Introducing our finalists who will be presenting at the Innovation Gauntlet:
We’re thrilled to announce the finalists who will be pitching their new and innovative renovation and construction products to our panel of experts and the audience in this “Dragons’ Den”-style event.
Each of these presenters will highlight their solutions to make residential home construction more efficient and comfortable for homeowners through heating and cooling, insulation, and more. We can’t wait to learn more!
📣 Daikin Comfort (presented by Edwin Reek)
⭐ Product: Daikin Altherma
📣 Mitsubishi Electric Heating and Cooling (presented by Gary Chang)
⭐ Product: Hybrid VRF System
📣 Owens Corning Canada (presented by Joe Innocente)
⭐ Product: Foamular NGX CodeBord® Air Barrier System
📣 Panasonic Canada (presented by Sonny Pirrotta)
⭐ Product: INTERIOS Central Heat Pump System
Introducing our panel of “Dragons” for this year’s Innovation Gauntlet
Our panel of “dragons” will ask our presenters the right questions to help the audience cast their vote for the most innovative product or service in the residential construction and renovation industry, and we will award a winner!
Mike Memme Operations Manager- Mountainview Building Group, Niagara Region
⭐️ Past president of the Niagara Home Builders’ Association, and is currently acting as 2nd Vice President of the Ontario Home Builders’ Association
⭐️ Previous Chair of the Tarion Liaison committee and has contributed to the development of the Tarion Construction Performance Guideline
Pat Daniels General Manager, Construction Operations, Glenview Homes
⭐️ Current GOHBA President and former Chair of the Builder Trade Council for GOHBA
⭐️ OHBA Board of Directors, CHBA Board of Directors, and member of the BDC subcommittee on Building Code at the OHBA
Jack Zhou Owner, A & J Energy Consultants Inc.
⭐️ Teaches energy-efficient housing techniques through both private and public sector organizations, colleges and universities
⭐️ Works as a Technical Committee member for the Ontario Home Builder’s Association (OHBA), Canadian Home Builder’s Association (CHBA), EnerQuality, NRCan ENERGY STAR®® for New Homes Standard, and Canadian Associations of Consulting Energy Advisors (CACEA)
Doug Tarry President of Doug Tarry Homes
⭐ First builder to build and label 400+ Net Zero/Net Zero Ready homes in Canada
⭐ Currently developing a book called “From BLEEDing Edge to Leading Edge: A Builders Guide to Net Zero Homes”