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July 26, 2024
Sep 2024 Decarb Lunch: A Deep Retrofit in West Vancouver – A 1929 Home Leaps Ahead to 2032
September 26, 2024
Decarbonizing a Historic Vancouver Skyscraper – The Business Case
Past Event: Sep 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Overview
Building a strong business case for decarbonizing a commercial property requires a solid grasp of project costs, decarbonization strategies and cost recovery opportunities. In BC, where we have a very low-carbon electrical supply, a strong business case for serious emissions reductions depends on the right balance between electrification and energy conservation measures.
In the first Decarb Lunch after the 2024 summer break, SES Consulting and KingSett Capital dive into the basics of building a strong business case for decarbonization and how it’s being applied to a commercial building retrofit in Vancouver.
Thanks to the financial support of BC Hydro and the City of Vancouver, this event was free of charge.
Speakers
Stephanie Poole, Principal, SES Consulting
Stephanie is a professional engineer with a wide range of project experience including performing energy efficiency audits, coordinating project implementations, and commissioning. She has a wide range of project experience including energy efficiency and decarbonization studies, implementations, commissioning, project management and strategic planning support. She also teaches decarbonization courses through the Canadian Institute for Energy Efficiency (CIET), BC Hydro and Nexus Labs.
Kit Milnes, Vice President Sustainability & Resilience, KingSett Capital
Kit is responsible for driving KingSett’s sustainability strategy and managing the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks and opportunities across KingSett’s existing properties, developments, and internal operations.Prior to joining KingSett, Kit was the Senior Manager of Sustainability at Triovest Realty Advisors. While at Triovest, Kit helped grow green building certification coverage across the portfolio, roll out new technologies to improve asset ESG performance, achieve Triovest’s Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Global Sector Leader standing, and develop and implement Triovest’s Innovation strategy. Kit’s experience covers almost a decade of business and sustainability experience across a variety of industry sectors. Kit holds an Honours Bachelors degree in Environmental Science from Dalhousie University and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
Hosts
Natalie Douglas, ZEBx Program Manager, ZEIC
Damian Stathonikos, Director, BOMA
Jennifer Davis, Director, Decarb Accelerator Program, BOMA
