Previous Winners

Here are the previous winners and just a few of the things they did to reduce their environmental impact!

• Businesses with 1 to 10 employees
• Businesses with 11 to 50 employees
• Businesses with 51 to 100 employees

Businesses with 1 to 10 employees

2013 Winner: EcoAmmo

Sustainable landscape designer

• Designs include trees for shade and to sequester carbon
• Creates edible landscapes which provide food for homeowners and resiliency to drought and pests
• Landscape designs do not include lawns which eliminates the need for mowers
• On construction projects, use existing soil and plant material as substrate and compost
• Never using any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides

2011 Winner: EcoAmmo 

EcoAmmo provides sustainable building design and construction consulting as well as sustainable operations consulting, carbon monitoring and event tracking for other business.

Some of their green initiatives include:

• Use of energy-efficient lighting
• Local food suppliers for catering
• Paper-free office – no printer, fax or copier
• Encourages clients to implement water saving strategies at events

Businesses with 11 to 50 employees

Architects, engineers and interior designers

• Manasc Isaac designed province’s first LEED® certified building as well as Edmonton’s first LEED® Silver building
• Installed solar panel sunshades on the south side of the building. They generate about 10% of building’s power saving about 12,500 pounds of CO2
• Office does not require any air conditioning thanks to solar sun shades and operable windows that allow air circulation throughout the building
• A roof deck garden grows vegetables and herbs

2011 Winner: Oil Country Engineering

Oil Country Engineering provides consulting, design and testing services to the oilfield manufacturing industry.

Some of their green initiatives include:

• Systems operated with purchased 100% renewable energy
• Vericomposting for lunch scraps
• Offices cleaned with natural, biodegradable cleaning products
• Creating a Goods Sharing website for employees to share belongings

Businesses with 51 to 100 employees

Specializes in interior demolition of commercial retail space as well as residential, commercial, and industrial sectors

• B&B has achieved as high as 89% recycle rates when demolishing buildings
• Installed scrubbers in all machines. Scrubbers reduce the amount of particulates that are released into the air in diesel fumes
• Uses 3 battery-operated floor stripping machines
• Regular Organic Box delivery of organic fruits and vegetables from local farms for office staff
• Later this year, B&B Demolition will become LEED certified

2011 Winner: Urban Systems

Urban Systems provides consulting services in transportation planning, stormwater management, landscape architecture and community planning.

Some of their green initiatives include:

• Renovated an existing downtown building for their offices
• Purchases bus passes for employees and bike share program for employees
• Meatless Monday potluck 
• Uses bicycle couriers for deliveries

For More Information

Telephone	311
Email	sbecochallenge@edmonton.ca