Changing of the guard on key steering committees
Green Building Team on August 20, 2025
- Rating System/Standard
- Zero Carbon Building
- Theme
- Zero Carbon
CAGBC relies on amazing volunteers to support our rating system development and implementation. Our programs are developed with the insight and experience of owners, developers, and professional practitioners in the Canadian market. Their guidance and advice ensure our clients benefit from market-ready and accessible tools and solutions.
The Zero Carbon Steering Committee (ZCSC) was created to support the development and enhancements to CAGBC’s Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) programs, both Design and Performance. The work for this committee has grown over time from expanding monthly meetings to biweekly, and with a 50 percent increase to meeting length. Yet, the commitment of these professionals is unwavering as they donate their expertise to guide the work that needs to be done.
We are pleased to welcome a new chair to ZCSC: Peter Whitred assumed the chair role in August 2025. Peter, the General Manager of Accessibility, Corporate Sustainability, and ESG at Canada Post, joined ZCSC two years ago and has shown a steady and balanced perspective for guiding the direction of the ZCB program. We thank outgoing chair Wendy MacDonald, Sustainability Consultant at RJC Engineers, for her commitment, passion, and guidance these last two years, and her committee work over the previous seven years. Wendy, the 2017 recipient of CAGBC’s Ed Lim Technical Volunteer Award , has offered her time to CAGBC in various volunteer capacity continuously for over 20 years. Wendy currently remains on CAGBC’s Energy & Engineering Technical Advisory Committee (TAG).
Earlier in 2025, ZCSC also welcomed new members:
| Cris Nitz | Concert Properties |
| Elyse Henderson | BC Hydro |
| Eric Chisholm | Purpose Building |
| Evelyn Lundhild | Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) |
| Joe Brown | KingSett Capital |
| Jolene McLaughlin | EllisDon |
| Peter Busby | Perkins+Will |
| Ridhima Nayyar | RioCan |
CAGBC thanks its other departing ZCSC members for their expertise:
| Christian Cianfrone | OPEN Technologies |
| Doug Webber | Purpose Building |
| Iain MacFadyen | RGS Consultants |
| Matt Cable | Enbridge Gas |
| Taylor Graf | Public Services and Procurement Canada |
There have also been changes to CAGBC’s Energy & Engineering (E&E) TAG
This group ‘wins’ the ‘award’ for the committee with the most work. This group meets for two intense hours every two weeks, yet its members remain heavily engaged and enthused during all discussions. Five new members joined the lively discussions in 2025:
| Josh Vanwyck | JMV Consulting |
| Luka Matutinovic | Purpose Building |
| Mike Kasuya | AME Group |
| Samantha Menard | EQ Building Performance Inc. |
| Steven Sookdeo | Footprint |
CAGBC is grateful for the work of the departing TAG members:
| Craig McIntyre (E&E TAG) | EQ Building Performance Inc. |
| Lindsay Austrom (E&E TAG) | Williams Engineering |
| Yury Kulikov (Embodied Carbon TAG) | Fast+Epp |
The current CAGBC Technical Committees can be found here:
- Zero Carbon Steering Commitee (ZCSC)
- CAGBC LEED Advisory Committee (CLAC)
- Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs):
- Energy & Engineering
- Embodied Carbon
- (LEED v5 Accelerator memberships are not currently listed).
Stay tuned for a call for new members coming later this fall.