Godo Stoyke

Dr. Godo Stoyke, B.Sc., M.Sc., LEED® A.P., CEM

Godo Stoyke is an internationally acclaimed author and award-winning environmental researcher and presenter with two science degrees from the University of Alberta, and a Ph.D. focusing on optimizing cold climate zero carbon building design for life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and economic cost at the Faculty of Environmental Design and the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary, including stochastic controls for a renewable energy and storage-integrated air-source heat pump. Godo is a lead designer for zero carbon buildings and community infrastructure, integrated eco-industrial design, zero carbon retrofit recommendations, and entity-based greenhouse gas management strategies. He is president of Carbon Busters (www.carbonbusters.org), a sustainability consultancy focusing on deep green sustainable integrated community planning, energy efficiency, zero carbon design, sustainability strategy, and environmental education. His company has been assisting municipalities, school boards and commercial enterprises in Canada, the US and Europe to reduce their carbon and ecological footprints since 1993, specializing in cost-effective solutions. Under Godo's leadership, Carbon Busters has received Gold Champion level reporting status for all its Greenhouse Gas Action Plans submitted to the Canadian Standards Association.

Through its self-funding energy program alone, Carbon Busters has saved its clients over 78 million kilograms of CO2e and over $26.4 million in utility bills. Godo has been living in an off-grid solar powered home near Edmonton, Alberta for over 20 years and is currently designing a zero carbon community, and building net zero energy homes in Edmonton's Blatchford sustainable community. He has been a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional registered with the US Green Building Council since 2004, and is a Certified Energy Manager. Godo has appeared on over 700 radio and television shows, sharing his expertise in the sustainability field. Godo’s second book The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook was selected as a ”Book that makes a difference” by New Zealand's Sustainable Future. His third book, The Carbon Charter describes the world's most innovative municipal and state initiatives towards a zero carbon society (New Society Publishers). Godo was selected as one of 50 Canadians making a difference by Green Living Magazine. Carbon Busters was part of an international design team (Bjarke Ingels Group big.dk and the Rocky Mountain Institute, rmi.org) that was selected by the governments of Bavaria and Munich for a competition to create a zero-carbon/energy-plus Olympic Village for the proposed 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Munich. Godo is president and founding director of the 2011 non-profit corporation C Returns ({see-re-turns} "Cash, Carbon and Community"; www.creturns.com), whose mission is to green every home and community building in Alberta. Godo is the recipient of the 2022 Clean50 Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in climate mitigation and nature conservation (https://clean50.com/honourees/godo-stoyke-ph-d/).