CLF British Columbia is a local hub of the Carbon Leadership Forum, established in 2019, and is run through the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC).The Zero Emissions Innovation Centre (ZEIC) is an independent non-profit and charitable organization that is part of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network established by the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). ZEIC’s mandate is to catalyze, accelerate and scale climate action innovation across BC related to green buildings, renewable energy and transportation through a combination of impact investing, granting, partnerships, research and capacity building.CLF BC is a Centre of Excellence for low carbon building in British Columbia. We seek to accelerate the reduction of embodied carbon in buildings through the growth of knowledge, promotion of best practices, and fostering collaboration. Our program offers events that empower industry professionals to radically reduce embodied carbon from buildings and infrastructure. Our resources aim to support a diverse mix of professionals, including architects, engineers, general contractors, home builders, sustainability consultants, material suppliers, building owners, and policymakers to facilitate and accelerate the reduction of embodied carbon in our built environment.

Adjunct Professor in Faculty of Civil Engineering - CIVL 302: Civil Engineering ImpactsAdjunct Professor in SCARP, for the MEL URSY Program - URSY 510: Urban Systems and Society

Professional Engineer in the structural discipline with AECOM. Involved with work on bridges, culvert, dams, water structures, and buried structures. CV included in profile for further detail.I have been trained in the use of the Envision™ rating system and have been credentialed by the Institute of Sustainable Infrastructure.Envision™ provides a holistic framework for evaluating and rating the community, environmental, and economic benefits of all types and sizes of infrastructure projects. It evaluates, grades, and gives recognition to infrastructure projects that use transformational, collaborative approaches to assess the sustainability indicators over the course of a project’s life cycle.As an ENV SP, I am an integral part of a project team, guiding the team towards achieving higher levels of sustainability. I am responsible for documenting the project’s sustainability accomplishments and submitting the project for recognition to an Envision™ Verifier that will work with me to validate my assessment of the project.The Envision™ tools help the project design team:• Assess costs and benefits over the projects lifecycle;• Evaluate environmental benefits;• Use outcome-based objectives; and• Reach higher levels of sustainability achievements.

Professional Engineer in the structural discipline with AECOM. Involved with work on bridges, culvert, dams, and other building structures. I am the Location Quality Manager for the London and Windsor AECOM offices.As the Location Quality Manager I am responsible for ensuring that all projects managed out of the London Office are compliant with our corporate Quality Management System. As a direct result of my effortss, both offices successfully passed the FY15 internal audits. I have strong interpersonal skills and effectively works alongside senior management and project managers. Reporting to the London and Windsor Office Managers, my duties include managing office compliance as well as the following specific tasks:• Provides one-on-one support to Project Managers regarding implementation of QMS• Monitors project compliance metrics via internal Q-Dash system• Conducts routine surveillance audits using corporate Improvement Quality Tool Liaises with sub- consultants/contractors achieve “approved” pre-qualification status within corporate sub management database• Maintains active project list for the London campus• Communicates and presents local quality updates to all staff• Facilitates corporate internal audits, including project specific audits.