Leon Kehl

Had been thinking about writing an article but have been busy. That was until this morning when what I thought was the start of a cold turned out to be something else. So after three years a tiny virus finally found me. I always was suspecting we weren’t going to win a war against it. […]

2022 has been a year of highs and lows for everyone and we hope you and those you love have been safe through this rollercoaster we call life. I write this as a major storm sweeps across the US and Canada and my sister and her husband attempt a journey from Ohio to join us

I don’t know about you, but I’m frustrated with the state of the world these days. We seem paralyzed and helpless when confronted with challenges like the war in Ukraine or climate change. We are too comfortable substituting talk for action or assuming someone else is solving these problems. The right side of the image

Ignored problems don’t go away; instead they grow over time. Surely climate change has taught us that. Yet we risk repeating our mistakes believing technology alone can save us in our rush to deploy zero-carbon solar power systems. Decarbonizing our electrical grid is key, yet electricity is invisible. Solar panels can perform their service silently

Municipalities have spent tens of millions of taxpayer money on solar power projects in the last decade as investments and to reduce carbon emissions. However, analysis indicates potentially millions are being lost and tons of additional carbon emitted due to maintenance issues. Shouldn’t municipal  candidates in Ontario’s election commit to sharing how taxpayer investments toward

8 reasons Niloofar Abbasvandi and I were delighted to have been chosen to participate in the Accelerator Centre‘s Studio Program.1) People like Stephanie Jenner! Even when she was having a really stressful day she still has a 100 watt smile to greet people!2) Great mentors like Kevin Hood, Kevin Elop, Ellyn Winters-Robinson APR, Melissa Durrell,

Happy 4th Canada Day Niloofar Abbasvandi. Hope it is as memorable as four years ago today that your plane touched down. Congratulations on receiving your PR this year and officially joining the Canadian family.Greetings to my fellow Canadians and fellow sojourners on this Blue Marble we call Earth.My birthday was this week and some of

Thought I might reflect on attending Collision 2022 this week with my coworker Niloofar. I had to include the standard shot most people used, with a nod to Rodin’s – The Thinker. Felt strange attending an event with 35,000 people, 99+% of whom weren’t masked (myself included). A part of me felt like I might

Congratulations Joseph Olmez on becoming a Canadian citizenship this morning! We wanted to celebrate this special day so arranged cake and desserts and met at the Accelerator Centre for the celebration!When Boxbrite started over 3 years ago, I wanted to prioritize providing opportunities for dedicated newcomers like Joseph because I know the value they bring

Last week I put out a post based on a CBC article about a school in Saskatchewan which generated a lot of interesting discussion about the economics/merits of a solar flower vs rooftop solar. I had noticed the reporter used the term microgrid in describing this project but thought that was perhaps creative license because