Deep energy retrofits are a critical piece of achieving our carbon pollution reduction targets and improving the comfort of homes and workplaces. Programs offered as part of the BC Retrofit Accelerator provide guidance to building owners to identify and plan for retrofit projects to significantly reduce building emissions, including commercial and multi-unit residential strata, rental, non-market, and off-reserve Indigenous housing.

Join us for the last ZEBx Decarb Lunch of 2024 where you’ll hear about the gap that the BC Retrofit Accelerator and its numerous partners – like BC Non-Profit Housing Association (BCNPHA) and Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA) – seek to fill, the benefit they provide to organizations like housing societies, and the crucial role they play in the ideation phase of project development before engaging professional consultants. We’ll have representatives from BCNPHA and AHMA presenting on how they can assist with early-stage project development and financial planning. They’ll talk through an example of a roadmap to achieving zero emissions, as well as the benefits and potential challenges.

If you’re a retrofit development consultant, a local government looking to support building retrofits, housing provider looking to embark on some retrofits, or just someone interested in how we can accelerate and scale building retrofits, this is a webinar for you.

Thanks to the financial support of BC Hydro, NRCan, and the City of Vancouver, this event is free of charge.

Speakers:

Edward Beckett, Building Energy Manager, BC Non-Profit Housing Association

Edward Beckett is an Energy Manager at the BC Non-Profit Housing Association, where he has worked for the past four years, supporting non-profit housing societies and co-ops. Previously he spent over a decade in the education sector, specializing in energy management and life safety projects. Alongside the Asset Management team at BCNPHA, Edward helps housing providers secure funding and implement energy retrofit projects that improve efficiency and support affordability.

Atoine Archie, Capital Projects Manager, Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Antoine is Secwepemc - Shuswap First Nation. His community is now called Tsq'escen First Nation, previously known as Canim Lake Band. It is located at Canim Lake, near 100 Mile House, BC. Antoine attended Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, BC for a diploma in Architectural Engineering Technology and a Bachelor of Technology (Management) through TRU—Open Learning. He now manages the Capital Projects team within the Asset Strategies department at the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), which supports and advocates for their societies with Capital Planning, Fund Applications, and different levels of Project Management services. He has previous work experience helping create several new First Nation Health Centers throughout BC.

Shahed Shafazand, Energy Project Advisor, Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Shahed is the Energy Projects Advisor at the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA), where she has worked with the Asset Strategies team for the past year. As an energy justice practitioner and systems thinker, she has worked with low-income, Indigenous, and frontline communities to bring equitable energy efficiency solutions to equity-deserving populations. Today, she builds meaningful partnerships with funders, different levels of government, and utilities to support Urban Indigenous housing providers across British Columbia in designing and implementing energy efficiency and resiliency solutions.