1.5 ConEd Learning Hours
1.5 AIA LU

 
Fanshawe College (London, Ont.) is undertaking an ambitious renovation project that would develop the first student residence in Canada to be retrofit so that it reaches net zero energy performance—one that produces as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis. The vision is to renovate this 68-unit project so it engages multiple leaders in the renovation industry, multiple manufacturers of competing innovative systems, as well as city-building officials and the school’s own students and faculty.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn about climate impacts related to the built environment as well as retrofit market growth.
2. Gain the business case to move ahead and offer deep energy retrofits to clients on a national scale.
3. Understand the barriers to achieving substantial energy reductions in existing residential buildings by learning about how to help manufacturers refine their building envelope retrofit solutions, reducing costs, and refining turnkey systems.
4. Learn why and how Fanshawe College is undertaking this transformative project to help lay the groundwork for a made-in-Canada industry providing turn-key deep energy retrofit solutions for existing housing.

Speaker

Tom Davis, P.Eng., PE, LEED AP (professor, Fanshawe College)

Tom Davis, P.Eng., is a professor of building technology and the president of Green-Tech Environmental Engineering Ltd. with over 35 years of experience in education, research, consulting, real estate development, design, construction, and project management for heavy construction projects around the world. Sitting on the Fanshawe College Board of Governors, Tom is also the National Academic Member of the CHBA Net Zero Council, and a principle investigator in applied research working on sustainable design and deep energy retrofits for existing buildings. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario and the United States, and a LEED Accredited Professional with the Canada Green Building Council. Tom is a committed climate leader in the Climate Reality Project founded by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, which is working to catalyze a global solution to the climate crisis.