In this episode Matt Lensink talks to Stephan Gallant from Certarus about the "Natural Gas Virtual Pipeline", Compressed Natural Gas, Renewable Natural Gas, and how CNG can reduce your GHG Emissions, lower your carbon footprint, and reduce your energy costs. CEM Engineering Certarus...
In this episode Matt Lensink talks to Glen Prisciak of Granite Fuel Engineering to talk about Biogas and it's effect on emission control systems and the necessary abatement steps such as desulfurization, dewatering, and siloxane Removal. CEM Engineering Granite Fuel Engineering...
Matt Lensink sits down with Ben Weir of Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) to chat about the expansion of Distributed Energy Resources in Ontario's wholesale electricity markets. CEM Engineering IESO
Matt Lensink chats with Carla Carmichael , VP Nuclear Decommissioning Strategy at Ontario Power Generation. The Pickering power generation station is on it's way to being shut down, and the land restored to it's original state. Carla talks about the strategy to make this a successful decommissioning, the future of nuclear power and so much more. CEM Engineering Ontario Power Generation...
Matt Lensink chats with Kurt West , the Business Development Director at Utility Cloud about software technology for distributed energy projects, and how these tools can be applied to asset performance and O&M compliance. Learn more about their unique software that integrates all your tools, machines and monitors seamlessly by visiting their website below. CEM Engineering Utility Cloud...
In this episode Matt Lensink chats with Emily Thorn Corthay Founder & CEO of Thorn Associates about the benefits of Energy Management, Energy Management trends, innovative projects and why Energy Management is so important for our future. CEM Engineering Thorn Associates...
In this episode Matt Lensink sits down with Jennifer Green from the Canadian Biogas Association to chat about biogas, anaerobic digestion and renewable natural gas. The CBA is also running a new awareness campaign called BetterGas.ca , an initiative to help inform you on the benefits and uses of biogas. CEM Engineering Canadian Biogas Association...
In this episode Matt Lensink sits down Jeremy Goertz of SunGrid Solutions to talk about the SunGrid, renewable energy, energy storage, the cost of solar technologies and more. CEM Engineering SunGrid Solutions...
In this episode Lisa Barber talks to Bill Hinsley of PSMJ Resources, Inc. which is a go-to source for engineering, architecture and construction firms that are looking for training, advice and a whole host of other services. Bill is here to with Lisa on a few topics including business development, marketing, sales and strategies on client retention.
In this episode of Energy Radio Matt Lensink , P. Eng., Chief Operating Officer at CEM Engineering sits down with David MacMillan , Program Manager City of Toronto, Environment & Energy Division to talk about the Cities plans on Renewable Thermal Energy Development and its tiered plan on reducing emissions. David MacMillan is the Program Manager with the City of Toronto’s Environment & Energy Division. Community Energy Planning practitioner well-versed in land-use planning, climate chang...
In this episode Matt Lensink chats with Tomas Van Stee , Founder and CEO of EnPowered about the impact COVID-19 is having on the energy sector, and the tools and strategies EnPowered is using to monitor changes in energy usage. EnPowered is an energy management company that helps our customers to control their energy usage and save up to 93% on their energy costs. We all know that electricity is cheap at night and expensive during the day, but it's actually not that simple. The true cost of powe...
Matt Lensink sits down to chat with Scott Peever, VP Business Development & James Larsen, CEO of EZ-n Energy Storage (e-zn.com). e-Zn's unique Zn Reactor Technology turns electricity into physically free zinc material. The metal can be flexibly and inexpensively contained for large scale storage of energy. Founded in 2012, e-Zn is a Toronto based corporation that has developed a breakthrough electrochemical technology, the Zn Reactor, for storing energy in zinc metal. This economical energy ...
In this episode Matt Lensink sits down with David Teichroeb to discuss diversifying your energy portfolio. From gas, to electricity and hydrogen technologies, Matt and Dave talk about a wide range of ways to consume energy and where we should focus our efforts going forward. Background: David is an advocate for expanding our economy’s access to affordable, resilient, renewable and non-emitting energy. His advocacy is based on real-life experience developing projects involving renewable natural g...
In this episode Matt Lensink and Lisa Barber sit down with Aqeel Zaidi, M.Sc., P.Eng., CEM, CMVP. Aqeel is Supervisor, Commercial/Industrial Technologies, Enbridge Gas Inc., to chat about all things CHP. Aqeel has over 35 years of professional engineering experience in the energy industry, primarily dealing with energy efficiency, demand side management (DSM), combined heat and power (CHP), gas heat pump (GHP), energy auditing, boilers, steam plants, industrial process equipment, solar energy an...
Matt Lensink, P.Eng.,Chief Operating Officer at CEM Engineering sits down to talk with Richard Laszlo, President of Laszlo Energy Services and Tim Short about their experiences in the energy sector, electric vehicles, where we are headed with CHP and more. Richard Laszlo Richard has now been working on energy and climate policies and technology for nearly 20 years with a variety of public, private and non-profit organizations and has facilitated and spoken at dozens of workshops and events acros...
Matt Lensink, P.Eng.,Chief Operating Officer at CEM Engineering sits down to talk with Diego Mandelbaum, P.Eng., LEED AP BD+C and Vice President, Development at CREATIVENERGY about energy solutions in a post carbon world. Matt Lensink Matt has over 10 years of project engineering experience in power generation, Combined Heat and Power and biogas. Early in Matt’s career, he was with a leading biogas design-build firm, where he was responsible for the development of 12 biogas-based combined heat a...
In this episode Matt, P. Eng., Chief Operating Officer sits down with CEM team members Pascal Robichaud, (P. Eng., Director, Cogeneration) and Dave Roorda, ( P. Eng., Director, Western Canada) about their early beginnings with Westinghouse and their journey to CEM Engineering. You can also watch this podcast on Youtube. https://youtu.be/34ugdMci6wo
On this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Natalie Tardif sits down with Martin Lensink to discuss one of our top three core values - being customer focused. To us, this means understanding and caring about what our client's expectations and needs are. Not just for our external customers, but also for our internal customers (our colleagues). We feel our client's pain and want to help!
On this special "bonus feature" episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Martin Lensink and Lisa Barber discuss how the energy market is becoming much more dynamic and we get a sense of where things are heading. Climate change is a big thought on our minds and Martin and Lisa dive into some of the areas where we are seeing trends heading. Enjoy!
On this episode of Energy Radio, we talk about Flexible CHP or "Flex CHP". The US Department of Energy released a paper in 2018 about what the State of California is doing on this front. CEM's Martin Lensink walks us through what Flex CHP is and how this could have an impact in Canada.
On this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Martin Lensink talks about a subject which he has been very passionate about for his whole career - steam plants and Operating Engineers. Martin talks about the new TSSA Regulation which is upcoming, which is an amendment to the Operating Engineers Act.
On this episode, CEM's Martin Lensink and Lisa Barber discuss CEM's Core Value #2 - Professional In All We Do? What does this mean? How did Martin come up with this statement as one of CEM's main core values? Martin discusses this and how the oath of a Professional Engineer has impacted him throughout his career.
On this episode of Energy Radio, we talk with Jerry Gelata and Chuck Kolking of Arctic Combustion, as well as CEM's Pascal Robichaud. We talk about the project we did at York University, where we spent over $15 million of capital across their boiler plant and their powerhouse upgrading their infrastructure. On this project, we used a collaborative implementation approach which ultimately saved money and time off the project schedule. Enjoy!
In this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Matt Lensink gives a speech at an Energy Solutions Center conference on the barriers of a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) project and how we can overcome those barriers. This speech was given in Miami this past February - enjoy!
On this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Matt Lensink sits down with Len Stolk, President of Stolk Construction, to discuss the partnership between our two companies, and how together we have come up with a unique offering for our customers which will help them with their energy goals. Enjoy!
In this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Martin Lensink explains what CEM's first core value "We Value People" means. Why is this number one? Why is Martin so passionate about it? Listen to find out!
In this episode of Energy Radio, Matt Lensink talks to a good friend of CEM's, Mr. Tom Smith. Tom has been in the power generation business for over 30 years and has seen it all. Tom presently works for Sterling and Wilson Power Solutions, an EPC provider of distributive power solutions.
In this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's Founder, Martin Lensink, gives his insights on what the future of energy is going to look like in Canada. Martin covers a wide range of topics from cogeneration, biomass, and barriers to energy generation in Ontario
In this episode of Energy Radio, CEM's founder, Martin Lensink, walks us through the history of how his career developed and how CEM was created.
