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John Anzin Mr. John Anzin is known for winning the grand prize for creating the Best Overall App called Velo. The award ceremony was held at the Vancouver Aquarium on September 16, 2010 as part of the People’s Choice award in the Apps for Climate Action contest. John Yap, B.C.’s minister of state for climate action, was on hand to present some of the prizes. The app contest challenged Canadian developers to create applications that raise awareness of climate change and use data sets from the B.C. government’s Climate Change Data Catalogue. The $5,500 grand prize, for Best Overall App, went to VELO. The app—developed by John Anzin, who wasn’t on hand to receive his award—aims to encourage businesses to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions through measurement and bench-marking. VELO also placed first in the Best Web category.

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1) http://www.straight.com/blogra/top-prizes-bc-apps-climate-action-contest-go-velo-vantrash 2) https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2009-2013/2010env0057-001089.htm