Chris Caners

General Manager at SolarShare
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, CA

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Credentials

  • Certified Energy Manager
    Association of Energy Engineers
    Oct, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • Professional Engineer
    Professional Engineers Ontario
    Apr, 2008
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • SolarShare Co-op
    • Canada
    • Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • General Manager
      • May 2016 - Present

      SolarShare is Canada’s leading renewable energy co-op, with more than 14 MW of installed solar capacity in operation. SolarShare offers an innovative impact investment opportunity via Solar Bonds to residents of Ontario. Bondholders earn an impressive rate of return while supporting the development of renewable energy. Chris is the General Manager for SolarShare, and is responsible to the Board of Directors for financing strategy, management, operations, and business development. SolarShare is Canada’s leading renewable energy co-op, with more than 14 MW of installed solar capacity in operation. SolarShare offers an innovative impact investment opportunity via Solar Bonds to residents of Ontario. Bondholders earn an impressive rate of return while supporting the development of renewable energy. Chris is the General Manager for SolarShare, and is responsible to the Board of Directors for financing strategy, management, operations, and business development.

  • ICF
    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Manager
      • Jul 2007 - Apr 2016

      Chris successfully managed a wide range of energy and environmental engagements over close to 9 years with ICF. In particular, he led conservation potential studies, energy efficiency program assessment and designed, and evaluations of emissions related regulations and policies across North America on behalf of government and commercial clients. He also has experience with facility energy efficiency assessments and greenhouse gas verification for emissions reporting (conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction, processing and transmission, cogeneration, power generation and mining) and emission reductions projects across Canada, including energy efficiency, anaerobic wastewater treatment, acid gas injection, enhanced oil recovery, wind energy, aerobic composting, and landfill gas.

  • M-KOPA
    • Kenya
    • Financial Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Product Designer
      • May 2013 - Oct 2014

      A fast-growing for-profit social enterprise, M-KOPA Solar is an innovative finance company based in Nairobi. Leveraging Kenya’s mobile banking system and cellular technology, M-KOPA offers high-quality products via uncomplicated financing arrangements that improve the lives of East Africans. At M-KOPA, Chris led the design and market research of a solar powered irrigation system suitable for sale to smallholder farmers in East Africa, including technical research, partnership development, field-testing and market analysis.

  • University of Toronto
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sustainability Manager
      • Jun 2005 - Jun 2007

      The Sustainability Office was established as one of the first of its kind in North America, harnessing the energy of students, staff and faculty to drive environmental innovation. Chris managed the growth of the Sustainability Office from 6 to more than 30 full and part-time employees and was responsible for employee and stakeholder management, strategic planning, and budget administration. He successfully established the university’s first greenhouse gas and resource inventory and a cross-campus Sustainability Board, supervised the roll-out of a comprehensive community based social marketing campaign for energy efficiency, and was key to the implementation of energy efficiency projects.

  • Queen's University
    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2002 - May 2005

      As a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Chris successfully supported professors and students by leading scheduled and supplementary tutorials, administering and evaluating student exams and tests, and completing research for courses including Engineering Graphics, Heat Transfer, Advanced Energy Systems, and Fuel Cell Technology. As a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Chris successfully supported professors and students by leading scheduled and supplementary tutorials, administering and evaluating student exams and tests, and completing research for courses including Engineering Graphics, Heat Transfer, Advanced Energy Systems, and Fuel Cell Technology.

Education

  • Queen's University
    Master of Engineering, M.Sc. (Eng.), Mechanical Engineering
    2002 - 2005
  • University of Toronto
    Bachelor of Applied Science, B.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics)
    1997 - 2002

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