Manager, Environment, City of Prince George | princegeorge.ca

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Dan Adamson works with the City of Prince George as its Manager of Environment. The Environment Division leads programs and initiatives related to air quality, the Community Forest and wildfire hazard reduction, carbon neutrality, environmental stewardship and community energy efficiency and reduction strategies.

Dan began his career with BC Parks as a planner and moved into regional land use planning with the Province of BC until he left the government in 2004 to become the General Manager for a forestry association. He has a BSc. in Biogeography and a Masters degree in Resource Management from Simon Fraser University.

City Planner, City of North Vancouver | cnv.org

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Emilie Adin, MCIP, LEED AP, is the City Planner for the City of North Vancouver and in that role she manages the development planning, long-range planning and community planning staff for the award-winning municipality.

Author of the PlanGirl Travels column in Planning West magazine, Emilie has also presented widely on green buildings, affordable housing and urban design. Emilie has instructed at Northern Lights College, Capilano University and Royal Roads University and acted as the Professional Advisor on the 2010 National Urban Design Awards, which was jointly administered by the Canadian Institute of Planners, the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

Building Energy and Resources Management Instructor, Douglas College | douglas.bc.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Steven Bishop has 35 years experience in the building industry, in roles ranging from residential builder to commercial and institution construction project management.

Concurrent interests and occupations include starting and operating a native and adapted plants nursery, applied silviculture and managing a small but diverse facility. An interest in energy and environmental education has led Steven to obtain certification as a Sustainable Building Advisor, LEED AP and he is in process of completing the Provincial Instructors Diploma program.

Dean, Faculty of Science & Technology, Douglas College | douglas.ca.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Thor Borgford, PhD. is the Dean of Science & Technology at Douglas College and an adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University. Previously, he was the Founder, President & CEO of Twinstrand Therapeutics Inc., a venture capital-backed research and development company (1995-2009) as well as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Chemistry at Simon Fraser University (1994 – 2002) and Assistant Professor (1988 – 1994).

Dr. Borgford obtained his PhD. and BSc. degrees from the University of Manitoba and undertook post-doctoral studies in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College of Science and Technology (London, UK) and Department of Biochemistry at the University of Alberta (Edmonton).

Senior Planner, Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development | cscd.gov.bc.ca

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Narissa Chadwick is a Senior Planner in the Local Government Department of the BC Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. Prior to joining the Ministry in 2005, Narissa worked with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities and the Fraser Basin Council.

Narissa works with local governments to support integrated sustainability planning. More recently, her responsibilities have included designing and providing guidance to local governments on the establishment of greenhouse gas reduction targets, policy and action in their Official Community Plans and Regional Growth Strategies. Collecting and sharing examples of how greenhouse gas mitigations activities are being implemented across the province is now a key focus.

Narissa holds a BA from Trent University and an MA in Planning from UBC.

Program Head, British Columbia Institute of Technology | bcit.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Since 1990, Steve Finn has been an Assistant Instructor, Instructor and Program Head within the School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE) at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).

One of his responsibilities is overseeing the Center of Energy Systems Applications (CESA). CESA houses the highly successful Sustainable Energy Management program (SEMAC) created in partnership with BC Hydro, together with funding support from Natural Resources Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency. He works closely with BCIT’s Energy Manager, Alexandre Hebert and Energy Specialist, Andrea Linsky in the ever-evolving field of energy education.

Energy Leader, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership | canforpulp.com

SEMP: Revisiting the Fundamentals
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Stuart Gairns is the BC Hydro co-funded Industrial Energy Manager at Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership’s (CPLP), PG Pulp and Intercon Mill sites in Prince George, BC. As Energy Leader he works with teams from both mills to implement the site SEMP by improving efficiency, generation, maintenance and employee behaviours.

From 2005 to 2009 Stuart was an Area Engineer for CPLP Northwood in the pulping group and steam plants. Previously, he worked in Austria in the design, development and implementation of pharmaceutical plant expansions, while the first 10 years of his career were in the design and development of chemical plants and related process equipment, as well as in project management and plant commissioning.

Stuart has a M.Eng. (Chemical) from McGill and a B.A.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the University of British Columbia.

President, Prism Engineering | prismengineering.com

ENERGY CONSERVATION DEMYSTIFIED: UNCOVERING A STARTING POINT
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.

Robert Greenwald, P.Eng. is the President of Prism Engineering, a BC consulting firm that specializes in energy efficiency. Focusing his career in the energy management field, Robert has more than 20 years of engineering experience, having completed hundreds of energy audits of commercial and institutional facilities.

Robert has a passion for training and has facilitated more than 200 energy management workshops. He has developed and delivered training programs on behalf of Natural Resources Canada, BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro and the Building Owners and Managers Association of BC.

He has an honors degree from the University of Waterloo in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of British Columbia.

Principal, Strategic Energy Group | strategicenergygroup.com

SEMP: Revisiting the Fundamentals
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

SEMP: How to Sustain a Successful Program
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Mark Hamilton has more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing energy efficiency strategies and programs in commercial and industrial markets. Mark holds a B.Sc in Physics and is a Certified Energy Manager.

Mark specializes in strategic planning, program design, training and implementation; he also has significant experience working directly with industrial facilities to improve their energy management practices. He has been involved in the startup of five energy service companies serving commercial and industrial markets.

Most recently Mark has been leading a team to deliver strategic energy management services for the pulp and paper and food processing sectors in the Pacific Northwest; he has also been leading a peer group of 12 industrial companies through a one-year process to apply continuous improvement to energy management in their organizations.

Buildings Energy Programs Manager, City of Vancouver | vancouver.ca/sustainability

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Mark Hartman works in the Sustainability Group at the City of Vancouver as the Green Building Programs Manager. He is responsible for meeting city council’s targets to lower the energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions in new and existing buildings.

In addition to working on the Green Homes Program, Vancouver’s upcoming commercial and residential renovation by-law, Mark has established a number of community incentive and financing programs. These encourage conservation in existing residential and commercial buildings to help Vancouver work towards its goal of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020.

Mark has worked for 25 years in the energy industry including his former role at a gas utility as the DSM manager responsible for energy conservation programs. Mark holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and is a LEED AP.

Consultant, CE Holmes Consulting Inc. | ceholmesconsulting.com

Join the Network – BC’s Conservation Community of Practice
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.

Charles Holmes is a facilitator, educator and dialogue convener who has honed a passion for creating meaningful dialogue among groups whose diverse opinions would otherwise work against building common understanding.

Charles has facilitated projects with clients from health care to forestry and mining, software and pharmaceutical companies, educational institutions and utility firms, government and not-for-profit sectors. He has worked with heads of state, Boards and Executive and Management teams of hundreds of organizations.

Charles is the founder of the Connecting for Change program at the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, co-founder of Legacy North Shore and the Cool North Shore project.

Manager, GREEN UP Program, Canada Green Building Council | cagbc.org

CANADA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL PROGRAMS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m

Kirk Johnson brings 22 years of experience in the energy management sector to the Canada Green Building Council’s GREEN UP program. He has designed and delivered sustainability programs valued at more than $200 million for municipal, provincial and national public agencies.

Prior to joining the CaGBC, Kirk designed three provincial conservation programs to reduce 200+ Megawatts at the Ontario Power Authority (OPA). Also, while at the City of Toronto he was responsible for Community Energy Planning and Portfolio Development of energy efficiency incentive programs. Kirk is the former Co-chair of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) national sub-committee on Building and Housing Energy Labelling and the former Chair of the Mayor’s District Energy Working Group at City of Toronto.

Environmental Manager, BOMA BC | boma.bc.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

As the Environmental Manager for the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Lorina Keery manages and administers the BOMA BESt program locally in BC. She also provides assistance to BOMA members with energy management by helping them plan and implement energy conservation projects and initiatives in their buildings. Both these initiatives work towards the common objective of greening commercial buildings and standardizing industry best practices.

Prior to working for BOMA, Lorina developed and delivered environmental education programs for various organizations. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Environmental Science, specializing in Biology and Resource and Environmental Management. She has also completed the Sustainable Energy Management program at BCIT.

Power Smart Instructor, UBC Clean Energy Research Centre | cerc.ubc.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Eric Mazzi is the Power Smart Instructor for UBC’s Clean Energy Engineering master’s program. He is responsible for the demand-side energy efficiency course and supervision of master’s degree projects.

Eric has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in mechanical engineering and a doctorate in quantitative policy analysis. He has also published articles on topics like air pollution control, district energy and passenger car greenhouse gases. Eric has more than 20 years experience in applied engineering, operation and maintenance and research.

Founder, Broad Arrow Consulting | broadarrow.ca

Understanding & Applying the Five Principles of Lean
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.

Christy Nikel is a Lean specialist who has held consulting roles in service, transactional and manufacturing environments. For more than eight years, she has passed on her process improvement expertise in a dynamic and lively manner.

Through her advanced understanding of Lean and her ability to draw upon real life examples, Christy brings clarity to Lean concepts and their application to the work floor. Her energy and passion have resulted in her earning a reputation for generating enthusiasm while obtaining results.

Christy is a Certified Lean Black Belt and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a specialization in Economics from the University of Manitoba.

Business Strategy Advisor, Policies, Codes and Standards, BC Hydro | bchydro.com

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Katherine Rossokha is BC Hydro’s Business Strategy Advisor on Policies, Codes and Standards. In this role she works in close collaboration with all levels of government to advance energy conservation through policy changes.

She has more than seven years of policy development experience, having designed innovative policy analysis frameworks, tools and resources to help communities achieve their energy and greenhouse gas reduction goals.

Katherine holds an M.A. in Environment and Management with a focus on Biomimetic Urban Design, a B.A. in Communications, a Diploma in Business Administration and a Certificate in Community Economic Development.

Blount Environmental Engineer, Blount International, Inc. | blount.com

SEMP: How to Sustain a Successful Program
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Jason Smith manages global environmental and energy initiatives for Blount International, a leading manufacturer of equipment for the forestry, garden, agriculture and construction industries.

Under Jason’s direction, Blount has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with an Outstanding Partner award and an EPA Energy Star Achievement award for successfully achieving energy reduction goals.

Jason has spoken extensively at conferences and workshops on strategic energy management in manufacturing environments and the use of regression analysis to evaluate energy consumption. He is a professionally-licensed chemical engineer with a B.S. from Oregon State University and a Professional Certification in Sustainability from Portland State University.

Partner, Kane Consulting | kane-consulting.ca

CANADA GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL PROGRAMS FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m

Joe Stano is a member of the team of sustainability consultants at Kane Consulting who specialize in helping build and operate better, smarter buildings to reduce their environmental footprint. Previously with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) he led the development of LEED Canada EB:O&M and provided technical support and certification quality assurance and coordination to numerous LEED Canada NC and CI projects.

In addition, Joe was the coordinator for the CaGBC Energy and Engineering Technical Advisory Committee and various technical subcommittees that focused on specific green building issues.

Community Energy Manager, Sunshine Coast Regional District | scrd.ca

Tools to Help you Reach your Bill 27 Targets
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

Johan Stroman works as a Community Energy Manager supporting community projects and initiatives on the Sunshine Coast to reduce energy and emissions in the region. His background as an educator and outreach coordinator with the Pembina Institute supports his work with varied stakeholder and interest groups.

Prior to his work with the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD), Johan supported research work with provincial agencies and institutions, worked in public education as a high school science educator and developed and delivered environmental education resources. He completed a Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication at Royal Roads University.

Energy Engineer, The Cadmus Group | cadmusgroup.com

SEMP: How to Sustain a Successful Program
Monday October 17, 2011: 12:30p.m. – 4:00p.m.

David Vanderbeek is an engineer with The Cadmus Group and has more than 32 years of industrial systems experience in the areas of service management, field engineering, technician training and technical communication.

Previously, David was the president of Sav-Air, LLC where he developed, researched and delivered national training programs for service and sales personnel. He was the lead on more than 200 industrial energy audits sponsored by Bonneville Power, Energy Trust of Oregon, Pacific Gas and Electric, BC Hydro and other Public Utility Districts. He has also obtained U.S. Patent # 6,816,795 for the management of large complex compressed gas systems.

Senior Officer, Buildings Division, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada | nrcan.gc.ca

ENERGY MANAGEMENT TRAINING & TOOLS: AN OVERVIEW
Monday October 17, 2011: 8:00a.m. – 11:30a.m.

Steve Walker is a Senior Officer with Strategic Outreach within the Buildings Division of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Office of Energy Efficiency. He works with commercial and institutional building stakeholders in Central and Western Canada and the Northern Territories.

Steve came to NRCan’s Buildings Division in 2004 after two years with the Environmental Services group at Public Works and Government Services Canada. He is now in his second stint with the Division, returning recently after four years with NRCan’s Real Property and Environmental Management Division. He has a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Sheffield, England.