It’s widely recognized that addressing new buildings alone will not be enough to get us to our emissions reduction targets. Deep building retrofits are a crucial component of the decarbonization transition. 

Join our March Decarb Lunch to learn about two ongoing deep retrofit projects from the perspective of a designer and owner. Hear from speakers from Pembina, LHRA, Pacifica Housing, and Metro Vancouver Housing about takeaways relating to process, procurement, retrofit bundling, and more. The core intentions and high-level learnings from the Reframed Initiative will also be discussed with an emphasis on those relevant to the industry at large.

This webinar will also be offered as part of the Passive House Accelerator’s Reimagine Buildings ‘24 online conference for of which ZEBx is a community partner. Please check out the conference agenda here. 

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

Speakers:

• Christopher Rowe, Principal at Low Hammond Rowe Architects Inc.

Chris is a partner at Low Hammond Rowe Architects in Victoria and a Certified Passive House Designer, with a career designing significant buildings for residential, hospitality, retail, office, K-12 and post-secondary education, sports and recreation, laboratories, and health sciences. He has a special interest and expertise in the facilitation of integrated design teams for high-performance buildings - working in this capacity on a range of large and complex projects. His sustainable design work runs from Canada’s first LEED 1.0 Gold project, the Vancouver Island Technology Park, through roles as sustainability coordinator and facilitator for the Richmond Olympic Oval, and lead designer for the award-winning Centre for Athletics, Recreation, and Special Abilities at the University of Victoria, to numerous current BC Energy Code Step 4 and net zero projects in Victoria and Vancouver for public and private sector clients.

• Ian Scott, Director of Community Real Estate and Asset Strategies at Pacifica Housing

Ian is a professional planner with a background working in the non-profit sector, local government, and private and non-profit housing development. He has a degree in geography and environmental studies from UVIC and Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ian is the Director of Community Real Estate and Asset Strategies and leads Pacifica Housing’s work to grow its supportive housing and rental housing portfolio and manage the physical condition of its 1450 units and 42 properties.  Prior to joining Pacifica, Ian ran his own consultancy, working to support and lead sustainable, affordable development with clients such as the Tofino Housing Corporation, Gabriola Housing Society, Cortes Community Housing Society and Dockside Green. He lives with his partner and active family in Victoria BC, getting outside as much as he can to bike, ski, hike, garden and explore.

• Ross Arbo, Housing Technician at Metro Vancouver Housing

I’ve been working as a Housing Technician at Metro Vancouver Housing since early 2019; as the owner representative my role is to project manage major rehabilitation and deep energy retrofit projects. I came to MVH from the building envelope consulting field, where I project managed both new construction and rehabilitation projects, including residential and commercial buildings, for 12 years.

Co-Hosts:

• Betsy Agar, Director of the Buildings Program at Pembina Institute
• Natalie Douglas, Program Manager, ZEBx

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Do you have an exciting zero emissions or high performance project, product or concept you’d like to share? Interested in participating in our Program Series as subject matter experts? E-mail events@zebx.org for more information on how to get involved. Together, we can make the 2020s the decade of zero emission buildings!