Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering

Professor Olivier Trescases of electrical and computer engineering and the U of T team of Chris Lea, director of facilities at Hart House, and David Berliner, Hart House's sustainability co-ordinator, are the winners of one of the three 2010 Green Innovation Awards, announced April 23 at the Green Toronto Awards ceremony at Exhibition Place. The project, Green Gym: Harvesting Energy From Exercise Equipment, submitted by Trescases for Hart House, will receive $10,000 in seed money to help pay for the development of a new type of exercise bicycle that will capture the energy expended and feed it into the electrical power system. The Green Innovation Awards program is Toronto's newest environmental grant program, a partnership between the city and Toronto Community Foundation.