Michel de Spot. P.Eng. Ret.

Michel de Spot is a retired professional Engineer with more than 50 years of experience in management, engineering, environmental and industrial projects. After a couple of years in academic teaching, Michel worked on numerous large industrial projects such as cement plants, coal-fired power plants, oil refineries, zinc smelters, and municipal waste incinerators, as well as international projects for CIDA and the World Bank.
Multilingual, he has lived and carried out his professional activities in many parts of the world, such as Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, and China. In the 90s, as a Senior Engineer at Metro Vancouver, he was responsible for air pollution programs, environmental regulations and early green building initiatives.
Over the last 20 years, Michel has been personally engaged in activities that address sustainability, climate change and clean energy. He is a past president of the Sustainability CommiSee of the Association of Professional Engineers of BC (EGBC), a LEED-accredited professional and has chaired the solar committee of Clean Energy BC. He is the co-founder, president and CEO of the EcoSmart Foundation –
Michel was the driving force behind SunMine, the first grid-connected large-scale solar power plant in BC that received the National Award from Engineers Canada for an engineering project of achievement.
After SunMine, he designed and managed the Tŝilhqot’in Solar Farm, the only second large-scale solar plant in BC and the first of its kind to be fully owned, built and operated by a First Nation in Canada.
Michel has created a seminar on solar energy for EGBC’s continuing education program. To date, more than 600 engineers have taken this course.