BUILDING/ENERGY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

ATLANTIC HOME INSPECTIONS
(September 2000 - Present)

• Pre-purchase building inspections
• Insurance company inspections
• "Healthy Home" consulting
• Training various groups in Indoor Air Quality and energy conservation
• Residential energy consulting
• Consulting to Commercial Project Managers and others (WMF Project Management & Consultants, EDM Environmental Design and Management, SP Dumeresq Architects, Atlantic Home Warranty Program, Clean Nova Scotia Foundation)
• Residential Construction Litigation
• Lecturer at Dalhousie University Faculty of Architecture (Building Science- 2001 & 2002)

ENERGY ANALYST / ADVISOR with Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources- Energy Division
(April 1992 - September 2000)

• Energy-Efficient Appliances Act and Regulations: Write regulations, Compliance monitoring, Public presentations.
• Toll-Free "ENERinfo" Phone Line: Answer questions from public, trades and professionals regarding heating systems and heating appliance safety, indoor/outdoor air quality, building code issues, energy-efficient new construction, healthy housing, building retrofits of insulation and airsealing, building science
• Presentations to professional/ trades/ training organizations and manufacturers (see list in a following section)
• Co-authored "ENERinfo Advisors" (See NS Department of Energy website), articles for newspapers/trade publications and releases with other government departments
• Building codes and technical resource person within department
• Initiated and developed the "Space Heating Fuel Cost Comparison Chart" (See NS Department of Energy website)
• Member of team that developed Nova Scotia's economic insulation levels for inclusion in the Model National Energy Code

MARITECH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, Moncton (Manager)
(December 1990 - April 1992)

• Conducting indoor air quality investigations and testing
• Testing, adjusting, balancing of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems

ATLANTIC HOME INSPECTIONS, Moncton, N.B.; Owner
(December 1984 - April 1992)

• CERTIFIED R2000 inspections (client builders were named Canadian R2000 “Builder of the Year” in 1989 and 1992)
• Pre-purchase inspections
• Litigation assistance
• Healthy Home consulting
• New home design assistance and inspections

FUNDY BUILDING SERVICES, Sackville, N.B. / Amherst, N.S.; Owner
(July 1980 - December 1990)

• insulation
• draftproofing (airsealing)
• siding
• roofing
• windows
• renovations
• new home building
• heating and air conditioning systems & ducting
• residential heat recovery ventilation (air exchangers)
• indoor air filtration systems
• removal and remediation of urea-formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI).

OTHER BUILDING/ENERGY INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

• Westmorland Insulators, Moncton / Sackville, N.B
• MacDuff Insulators, Sackville, N.B.
• Community Energy Conservation Center, Sackville, N.B
• Mike's Electric Services, Sackville, N.B
• New Brunswick and Manitoba Highway Departments (concrete/asphalt testing)

TRAINING, PRESENTATIONS, INTERVIEWS GIVEN:

• Healthy Housing - Basements You Can Live With and In; (N.S. Home Builders' Association )
• The WETT System and Inspection of Wood Heating Systems; (Canadian Association of Home Inspectors- N.S. Chapter)
• Aluminum Wiring/ 60 Ampere Electrical Entrances/ Wood Pellet Stoves; (Halifax/Dartmouth Realtors Association “Lunch and Learn” Series)
• House Pressures and Combustion Gas Spillage / Heat Recovery Ventilation; (Oil Burner Mechanics Class at Newmac Furnace Manufacturing, Debert)
• House Pressures and Combustion Gas Spillage; (Wood Energy Technology Transfer (WETT) Certification Program)
• Building Science Update/ Popular Energy Misconceptions/ Smoke & Mirrors in Energy Products Advertising; (N.S. Community College Carpentry Course / National Energy Conservation Association (NECA) Carpenter Retraining)
• The Rain Screen Principle; (N.S. Architects Association / N.S. Home Designers Association)
• Wood Heating Safety; (N.S. Municipal Affairs & Housing Inspectors)
• The House and Its Systems: heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrical; (Appraisal Institute of Canada- new appraiser training)
• Carbon Monoxide Detectors/ Asthma & Wood Heating/ Air & Heat Exchangers/ Fall Heating System Tune-ups/ Indoor Air Quality/ Aluminum Wiring;(Various ATV/CBC/Global Television & Radio Interviews)
• Residential Heating and Ventilation Systems; (New Brunswick Power Corporation Customer Service Advisors)
• Energy Auditor & Indoor Air Quality Training; (Clean Nova Scotia Foundation / Newfoundland Energy Conservation Corps / New Brunswick Lung Association)
• Energy Conservation in Heritage Buildings; (Provincial Heritage Properties Association of Nova Scotia)

BUILDING INDUSTRY COURSES TAKEN:

• Residential Energy Auditing (Cornerstone School of Building, Brunswick, Maine)
• Air Leakage Testing and Control (Retrotec Energy Innovations, Ottawa)
• R2000 Builder Training (Canadian Home Builders' Association)
• Certification Courses for Installers & Salespersons of Insulating Materials (Canadian General Standards Board & Consumer Affairs)
• Residential Mechanical Ventilation including Heat Recovery Ventilators (Designer and Installer Certificates- Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute-HRAI)
• Wood Energy Technical Training (Master's Certificate- Wood Energy Technology Transfer -WETT)
• Instructor's Course- "House-as-a-System" (National Energy Conservation Association)
• Technical Training for Certification (American Society of Home Inspectors)
• National Building Code of Canada: Part 9 - "The House" (N.S. Dept. of Municipal Affairs & Housing)
• Canadian Plumbing Code (N.S. Building Officials Association)
• Indoor Air Quality in the Workplace (New Brunswick Occupational Health & Safety Commission)
• Indoor Air Quality (Technical University of Nova Scotia)
  
  
  

WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, & CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

• "Learning from Experience / Avoiding Failures" (CMHC, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, National Research Council)
• "Humidity, Condensation and Ventilation In Buildings" & "Air and Vapour Barriers" (National Research Council- Division of Building Research- Building Insight Series)
• "Builders' Workshop Series" (CMHC, Canadian Home Builders' Association)
• "WIndow Design" (Lockwood Windows)
• "Wood Pellet Stoves" (Compact Appliances Ltd.)
• "Pulse Combustion Gas Furnaces" (Lennox Corporation)
• "Oil Burner Upgrades" (Riello Burner Corporation)
• "Ground Water & Ground Coupled Heat Pumps" (Maritime Geothermal Inc.)
• Fifth International Conference "Indoor Air Quality and Climate Control" (Various Professional Associations)
• International Conference - "Heat Pumps for Cold Climates" (New Brunswick Power Corporation & University of Moncton)
• "Advanced Houses" (National Research Council)
• Enerhouse (1993-2001) (Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources-Energy Division / N.S. Home Builders' Association)
• "Solutions to Moisture Problems in Building Enclosures" Eighth Conference on Building Science and Technology (National & Ontario Building Envelope Councils, National Research Council, CHMC, Universities of Toronto & Waterloo)
  

COMMITTEES / BOARDS: (Past and Present)

• Canadian General Standards Board: Committee on the Airtightness and Air Leakage Testing of Buildings
• N.S. Community Colleges: Program Advisory Committee for Carpentry
• Canadian Standards Association: Technical Committee on the Energy Performance of Residential Equipment
• Wood Energy Technology Transfer Inc (WETT) National Board Member
• Atlantic Wood Energy Technicians Association (AWETA)- Board of Directors

EDUCATION:

• Completed 3 years of general B.Sc. at Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B.
• Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology
• Renewable Entrance Scholarship

OTHER PROJECT PARTICIPATION:

• Consulted on and participated in video on "Air Leakage Control in Houses" for Clean Nova Scotia Foundation, Kent Building Supplies and Heritage Gas
• Locating wind-driven rain leakage sites using blower door techniques at Admiralty Place Condominiums and North Mews Housing Project
• Identified some of first buildings (1994-5) in Halifax experiencing wall rot due to lack of rain screen (Nova Scotia has problems occurring similar to those in British Columbia- "the BC condo problem"- estimated $1 billion damage from moisture, rot, etc)
• Cross Canada research project by Sheltair Scientific on Indoor Air Quality and Combustion Gas Spillage
• Development of air leakage testing protocol for multi-unit dwellings with Buchan, Lawton, Parent (Engineers) for the R2000 Home Program
• Course and public information reviewer for national WETT system (includes some federal government publications)
• 20+ permanent wood foundations (PWF's); Most recent: Summer 2000 (consulted on raising and installing foundation under large 112 year old home)
• Investigation of air exfiltration/condensation problems in new hospital (Prince Edward Island)
• Evaluation of residential ventilation systems for Kent Homes, Buctouche, N.B.
• On-site research (air tightness) of homes for Kent Homes
• Building envelope integrity testing for fire suppression systems for New Brunswick Power Commission