Manager of the New Development & Renewable Energy team at the City of Toronto's Environment & Climate Division.

Focusing on areas where growth and development is occurring, we facilitate the creation of community energy plans in order to identify opportunities to improve energy performance, contribute to local economic development and strengthen resilience. We work with community planners, developers, utilities and various local organizations to incorporate community energy policies into area plans.

As a student in the Urban Planning stream within the Master of Environmental Studies program at York University, I focused on opportunities to integrate energy planning and urban development in Ontario. Recently, I successfully defended my Major Research Project, "Advancing District Energy in Ontario's Urban Municipalities: Lessons Learned from Planning for the Expansion of the Keele Campus District Energy Network". In this project, I analyzed the opportunity to expand the district energy network at York University's Keele Campus and used lessons learned to inform municipal district energy development in Ontario.

Community energy planning and new district energy systems

Institute of Applied Research (IAF)/Centre for Sustainable Energy Technology (zafh.net)Responsible for research and field support on two European energy efficiency projects: EnEffStadt Ludwigsburg (Energy Efficient City of Ludwigsburg) and EnSURE (Energy Savings in Urban Quarters through Rehabilitation and New Ways of Energy Supply) -Conduct building assessments in urban quarters in order to develop strategies for thermal refurbishment and district heating network integration.-Use renewable energy simulation software to develop models for heat demand and heat density in order to assess the feasibility of development of a low-temperature district heating network. -Perform research and produce reports on methods for controlling bacterial growth in low-temperature district heating networks, including the design of network substations and domestic water systems.-Work with project engineers to develop strategies for the integration of renewable energy technologies into existing urban areas. -Produce maps and plans using GIS and design software to visualize existing energy infrastructure and the potential for integration of renewable energy technologies.-Translate plans and papers from German to English in order to be published and disseminated to a variety of international stakeholders.