Movers & Shakers
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DESIGNER GUYS From left, Professional Engineers David Vonesch, Dennis Cuku, Cameron Franchuk, and Sunil Nakai all made Avenue’ s Top 40 Under 40 lists.
Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce. Located in south Edmonton, the centre opened just over a year ago. Solar panels on the building’s roof produce 213 kilowatts of power, making it the first net-zero office building in Alberta and the most northerly building of its kind anywhere on Earth. The centre is Mosaic’s company headquarters and it’s also home to several other like-minded businesses, like a restaurant that serves up locally grown fare, gets its honey from bee hives on the roof, and has planter boxes in the dining room. Mosaic Centre was built to follow Mr. Cuku’s conviction that "capitalism need not come at the expense of human values, environmental sustainability, or personal happiness."
energy is a bit of a paradox — and he’s OK with that. Let us explain. Mr. Cuku, who started his career working as a design engineer in the oilfield, is president of the Mosaic Family of Companies. Mosaic operates Oil Country Engineering , one of North America’s largest land- based drilling rig design companies, and also owns Eco Ammo Sustainable Consulting, which works with the energy sector on green building certifications. Mr. Cuku — who calls himself an Agent for Change on his LinkedIn profile — tells Avenue Edmonton that his business model is a "strategic Trojan horse." Profits from Mosaic’s oilfield work are invested into sustainable projects, like the company’s flagship
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