E2metrix was crowned the winner of the Eastern Townships Environmental Excellence Award in the Sustainable Development Innovation category.

Guy Hardy, Pierre Breton, Ihsen Ben Salah, Tom Whitton, Alain Webster

The Sherbrooke company has developed a technological platform that uses an electrical current to treat wastewater without the use of any chemicals. The systems that the company designs, develops and commercializes, is destined to a variety of markets – industrial, agricultural, health, commercial, etc.

Six other awards were given among the 19 finalists:

• Youth: La Frontalière Secondary School
• Succession : Sustainable Campus, University of Sherbrooke
• Small or Medium-sized Company and Institution: Estrie Aide
• Large Company and Institution: Domtar – Windsor Plant
• Municipality, MRC or Municipal Organization: Municipality of Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton
• Environmental or Non-profit Organization: Action Saint François