Markham District Energy President Receives Clean50 Award
Markham, ON – October 10, 2024 – Delta Management Group announced Markham District Energy (MDE) President & CEO, Bruce Ander, as one of its 2025 Canada’s Clean50 honourees in the Traditional Energy category during its “Clean50 Summit 14.0” in recognition of his leadership and contributions to sustainability in Canada.
Ander has held the position of President & CEO of MDE since 2002 growing the company from its modest start in 2000 to Canada’s leading district energy utility serving over 15 million square feet of connected buildings via four high-efficiency energy production plants, while introducing energy reduction initiatives and advising municipalities and organizations across Canada wanting to launch district energy systems modelled after the Markham story.
“MDE’s position as a leader in the Canadian district energy sector is a testament to the company’s focus on innovation and we are pleased Delta Management Group is recognizing MDE’s leadership through its Clean50 Awards,” said MDE Chair, Keith Irish. “Bruce’s drive for sustainability and reducing the company’s carbon footprint has been a key factor especially considering our recent groundbreaking on the world’s largest wastewater energy transfer system which will reduce carbon emissions by over 30,000 tonnes annually and sets the framework for MDE’s plan to be net-zero by 2050.”
Canada’s Clean50 Awards are announced annually by Delta Management Group and the Clean50 organization to recognize 50 individuals or small teams, from 16 different categories, who have done the most to contribute to the clean economy in Canada over the past two years. In determining its honourees, Delta carefully considers actual measurable accomplishments, demonstrated innovation, collaboration with other organizations, and the power of the honouree’s contribution to inspire other Canadians to take similar action.
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About Markham District Energy
MDE, an energy company owned by the City of Markham, is committed to continuing as a leading developer of municipally-owned district energy systems providing strategic foundations for Markham’s sustainability and economic development objectives. MDE owns and operates award-winning, community energy systems serving buildings in the developing urban centers of Markham Centre and Cornell Centre.
Media Contact: Emily Etcher / 647-594-3662 / eetcher@mdei.ca
About Delta Management Group / Canada’s Clean50
Leading ESG, sustainability and clean tech search firm Delta Management Group founded, and remains the steward of the Canada’s Clean50 awards, created in 2011 to annually identify, recognize and connect 50 sustainability leaders from every sector of Canadian endeavor, in order to facilitate understanding, collaboration and innovation in the fight to keep climate change impacts below 1.5 degrees C. Ancillary awards also recognize 20 Emerging Leaders and the 25 Top Sustainability Projects of the year, as well as bestow 5 Lifetime Achievement designations.
Media Contact: Gavin Pitchford / 416-925-2005 / gpitchford@deltamanagement.com