Understand your energy. Reduce your energy. Produce your energy.
Solaré Canada Inc. is indigenous-owned and operated and a proud member of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB). Since 1982, CCAB has fostered sustainable business relations between First Nations, Inuit and Métis people and Canadian business.
As a Certified Aboriginal Business, Solaré believes in bringing indigenous ventures to the forefront of Canada’s economy. We understand the indigenous business context and work to drive opportunities that offer mutual benefit for our partners and the communities we serve.
THE SOLARE STORY
Established in 2013, Solaré Canada Inc. is an award-winning energy solutions company empowering clients to understand their energy needs, reduce energy consumption, and experience the benefits of producing their own energy.
The Solaré team has developed and managed various innovative projects across Western Canada, advancing the fields of renewable energies, waste management, municipal development and engineering. Solaré was instrumental in delivering the Alberta Government’s Indigenous energy programs, including the Community Energy, Energy Retrofit, Solar and Green Employment programs, which saw the successful implementation of millions of dollars of investment into the province’s Indigenous communities. We’ve leveraged those achievements to expand into other markets and help clients meet sustainability targets and recover significant savings on energy costs.
We work very closely with our clients and partners and value the relationships that have created our exceptional network of like-minded individuals and businesses. Through these partnerships we can offer our clients the most comprehensive and beneficial service possible.
Established in 2013, Solaré Canada Inc. is an award-winning energy solutions company empowering clients to understand their energy needs, reduce energy consumption, and experience the benefits of producing their own energy.
The Solaré team has developed and managed various innovative projects across Western Canada, advancing the fields of renewable energies, waste management, municipal development and engineering. Solaré was instrumental in delivering the Alberta Government’s Indigenous energy programs, including the Community Energy, Energy Retrofit, Solar and Green Employment programs, which saw the successful implementation of millions of dollars of investment into the province’s Indigenous communities. We’ve leveraged those achievements to expand into other markets and help clients meet sustainability targets and recover significant savings on energy costs.
We work very closely with our clients and partners and value the relationships that have created our exceptional network of like-minded individuals and businesses. Through these partnerships we can offer our clients the most comprehensive and beneficial service possible.
With leading edge awareness for technical innovation and an emphasis on customer service, we will continue to evolve by challenging ourselves and the status quo, and maintain the highest standards of excellence and safety. We are ready to meet the rapid expansion of the energy conservation, solar and waste-to-energy fields and will play a significant role in sustainable growth and the energy transition in Alberta and across Canada.
VISION
To support and advance the transition to a renewable energies future.
MISSION
As a trusted sustainability partner, Solaré Canada Inc. provides clients with the tools, processes and technologies required for energy savings and production. We bring our clients and partners together toward a common goal of sustainable growth.
VALUES
- Social Responsibility: We are committed to energy innovation that benefits all of society. Our way of being as an organization is enriched by giving back.
- Partnerships: We find meaningful ways to engage and build genuine relationships with our clients, partners and community.
- Innovation: Continuously evolving with new ideas and technical innovation will keep us at the leading edge of progress.
- Integrity: We are accountable to our clients through a high standard of service. Excellence, due diligence and reliability will continue to enhance our reputation.
MEET THE CEO
Expertise Project and business management, community engagement, partnerships, corporate strategy, procurement
Bio Founder of Solaré Canada, Rik Kaminsky leads the corporation as President. His gift of cultivating powerful professional networks underlies the company’s success in meeting customer’s needs. He’s fostered and leveraged a lifetime of meaningful relationships to bring necessary expertise to the table and provide broader access to information, robust problem-solving capacity and a group of trusted people aligned in a shared vision.
Four years in the Canadian Navy as a sonar operator shaped a strong foundation for Rik’s personal discipline and values. The drive he gleaned from that experience would carry forward into an innovative career in various fields and start-ups. After years as an oil field operator gaining international experience in India and the US, Rik co-founded Drill-Tek, a technology firm manufacturing down-hole electronics for the directional drilling industry, a company that still thrives today.
In 2013, Rik co-founded Solaré Canada and transitioned to the renewable energy sector. He saw an opportunity to help change the way we use energy, knowing there was a better and more affordable way to power our world. Working to implement the Alberta Government’s Indigenous Climate Leadership Initiative immersed him in his indigenous culture and nurtured the traditional knowledge that supports a sustainable future.
Over the years, Rik’s positions as Chair and Director of the Spruce Grove and District Chamber of Commerce has allowed him to engage in and influence business at the municipal level and support policy creation for the Alberta Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Chamber of Commerce. This involvement has reinforced his belief in the strength of community and collaboration.
WE ARE TRUSTED ACROSS CANADA
inspired by
OUR VISION
for
SUSTAINABILITY
AWARDS
WINNER
PROUD MEMBER OF
PROUD RECIPIENTS OF
- 2017 Eco-Preneur of the Year Award
- 2017 Environmental Stewardship Award
- 2018 Indigenous Award of Distinction
