B2E - Key Persons
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- Construction Foundation of BC
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- Building Better Consulting Services
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- Director, Climate Strategy and Performance
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- Communications Coordinator
Anna has more than 5 years experience working in communications and digital media across a number of industries. Previously, she worked at a SaaS press release distribution agency responsible for maintaining Ireland's online media contacts database alongside a brand storytelling agency. She worked on behalf of a multinational building materials company developing an online newsroom and collaborating with stakeholders to create brand stories that focused on tackling climate change and redefined building methods.
More recently she spent a number of years working in the law industry at The Bar of Ireland, the representative body of barristers in Ireland - focusing on website development, internal and external communications and social media. Anna has a BA in English and Digital Media and a Higher Certificate in Supervisory Management. Anna is passionate about implementing sustainable practices tackling climate change not only in the building industry but across all facets of life.
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- Senior Manager, Energy & Sustainability
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- Director, Climate Action, Natural Systems and Biodiversity
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- Director, Air Quality & Climate Change Policy
Gordon has more than a decade of experience in executive communications, media relations, public relations and crisis communications. He has a proven track record in a full spectrum of international organizations and diverse industry sectors, including North American start-ups, military and government departments, and with BBC News, ITV News and Guardian Media. He kicked off his career by reporting live for the BBC from the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and with Guardian Media, Gordon was a key member of a UK first; his team pioneered bringing multimedia news together into a single branded entity by aligning web, TV, radio and print, in what is now common practice.
More recently, he has worked with multiple San Francisco based start-ups to IPO, Swiss fintech and with the Vancouver building sector. Gordon previously lived in the UK and Germany, he is an alumnus of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and former British military officer, is an ICF ACC leadership coach and has an MA in Journalism. Gordon is passionate about green building development and he also has a wider knowledge of sustainable transportation and renewable energy issues.
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- Director, Customer Engagement and Sales
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- Building Owners and Managers Association of BC
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- Director, Energy Efficiency Branch, Energy Decarbonization Division
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- Project Manager, Green Building Programs
Kim brings over a decade of experience in sustainable development that spans work in Germany, Scandinavia, Cuba and most recently Vancouver. Successes include international partnerships, leading market growth and effective multi-stakeholder project management. In her previous role as Sustainability Advisor for Integral Group she developed an in-depth working knowledge of high performance buildings across multiple technical disciplines including architecture, landscape and engineering design through to construction management and building operations.
She has a solid grasp of active engineering concepts; meanwhile, her passion lies in passive design solutions. She endeavours to pursue meaningful market transformation towards climate neutral development and is especially committed to the field at this critical time.
Mariko Michasiw is a green buildings professional who manages B2E, Canada's first building electrification coalition-a program of the Zero Emissions Innovation Centre. She works closely with the coalition's members to achieve B2E's mission to reduce BC's building sector climate impacts and reliance on fossil fuels through electrification. As a Certified Energy Manager, Mariko has over a decade of experience planning and implementing energy-efficiency and decarbonization projects. Leading B2E, she has developed a keen understanding of the real-life challenges and solutions related to commercial and residential building electrification.
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- Vice President, Government and Stakeholder Relations
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- Energy and Sustainability Specialist
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- Member of the Energy Step Code Council
Roberto's journey through the building industry extends back over two decades and includes stops in Ottawa and Montreal before settling in Vancouver. In addition to his mechanical engineering degree, He has extensive experience in both new developments and existing buildings. Roberto has successfully taken on project management roles for subcontractors, a general contractor and a national property management firm. In the eight years before joining ZEBx, he worked in the building science group of a national consulting engineering firm, specializing in building assessments, capital planning, asset management, energy studies and building performance.
Roberto is a member of the Energy Step Code Council, some of its subcommittees and a number of other advisory groups in BC.Through his various roles, he has become is very well acquainted with the real estate, property management, consulting and construction industries. Most importantly, Roberto has a deep-rooted belief that the building industry has both a responsibility and a major contribution to make to address the climate crisis.
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- Manager, Market Transformation
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- Co - Chair )
- SES Consulting