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Troy Glasner

President, LEED AP, CEA, CSBA, CaGBC Faculty

Troy Glasner has over twelve years of experience in the sustainable building industry
working on both the product side and consulting side of the industry.

Troy is a LEED Accredited Professional, Certified Energy Advisor, and a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor that focuses on residential and multi-unit residential energy evaluations and energy consulting. He has extensive experience in building science practices and focuses on developing high performance building envelopes geared towards zero energy consumption.

Academic History
Sustainable Building Advisor Program 2009
Certified Energy Manager Course (CEM) 2009
US Army Corp of Engineers – Large Building Air Leakage Testing Protocol
HRAI – Ventilation Design 2009
Thermal Energy Comfort Association (TECA) 2008
Certified Energy Advisor for New Homes – Natural Resources Canada
BCIT Building Science Major 2008 -
LEED Accredited Professional – (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Accreditation 2006
Diploma, Business, Algonquin College 1993 Honours

Consulted On
Technical Advisory Group – BC Building Code 2010
Built Green Renovation Program 2009-2010
Part 10 BC Building Code – Residential 2009
City of Vancouver – Green Building renovation strategy 2009
City of Nanaimo – Green Building strategy

E3 ECO GROUP INC.
LEED Canada for Homes Provider for BC and Alberta
LEED Canada for Homes Green Rater for BC
Built Green BC Program Provider (Energy Evaluation and Review)
Professional Affiliations
Member, Canada Green Building Council 2010
Member, Canadian Home Builders Association 2010
Member, Built Green BC 2010
Member, Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association 2010
Member, Thermal Energy Comfort Association of BC 2010
Multi Unit Residential Building Energy Evaluation Trainer for British Columbia

Symposia and Public Speaking
Speaker, Canadian Passive Building Coalition 2010
Speaker, EPIC Sustainable Living Show 2009
Speaker, AIBC Annual Conference 2009
Speaker, Building Officials Association of BC 2009
Speaker, Building Officials Association of BC 2008
Speaker, CAPI Building and Property Inspectors Association of BC 2009


Einar Halbig

CEO, B.A.Sc.

Einar Halbig has worked for the past 15 years in the residential construction industry. Einar brings an engineering background, technical sales expertise, and hands-on experience to the field of energy-efficiency consulting.

Current areas of work involve consulting on improvements to existing and new houses, training/education for new house CEA’s, and promoting the benefits of high performance houses wherever possible.

Education and Training

B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering, UBC
Certified Energy Advisor for New Homes
Former Certified Energy Advisor for Existing Homes
TECA Quality First and Forced Air Guidelines Program

Consulting Work

EcoENERGY CEA (also was involved with Energuide for Existing Homes program);
Evaluated over 2000 homes

New house CEA; as co-founder of e3ecogroup, work with a client base of 40+ Builders,
Architects and Homeowners

CHBA-BC; Built Green Renovation Program 2009, Window Upgrade Report 2009, Summary of New Vancouver Homes EnerGuide ratings 2010, Nanaimo Green House evaluation 2010

Air Leakage Testing; for LEED NC ETS criteria and for Room Integrity testing

NRCan Builder Mentor Program; BC Team Leader since 2008, working with 15 Builders to evaluate and optimize construction techniques

Consulted to Crown Homes China and visited display house in China for air leakage testing

Project Management

Halbig residence- designed, managed and built addition to existing house; final EnerGuide rating of 87, energy consumption is 50% of R2000 Energy Target

Teaching

Built Green/ R2000 Builder Course instructor- 30 presentations since 2008
New House CEA instructor since 2009
Course developer and instructor of “How is your House” renovation seminar>/

Memberships
Member; Canada Green Building Council
Member; Canadian Home Builders Association
Member; Built Green
Member; Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association
Member; Thermal Environmental Comfort Association (TECA) of BC

E3 Eco Group Associates

Tim Tewsley

BA, LEED AP, Certified Sustainable Building Advisor,  CEA in training


While working in facilities and property management for a local developer, Tim witnessed waste and inefficiency stemming from poor building design, sparking his interest in green and sustainable building. He then acted as project manager for a heritage retrofit project near Vancouver’s Downtown East Side which was the recipient of the Vancity/Real Estate board Green Building Grant. 
 
Aside from his work in the built environment, Tim also is active in promoting sustainable transportation and has taught numerous workshops on climate change to children around the lower mainland. 
 
Tim currently manages E3’s LEED for Homes program and performs rating and testing on green buildings in the lower mainland.
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Kristi Owens

CEA, AB,SBA

Kristi is a Certified Energy Advisor with an Architectural Technologies
and Building Science background.

Integrated design with energy conservation and sustainable building
materials has been her focus for the past 7 years.

Kerstin Mueller

Dipl-Ing Architektur, LEED AP, CSBA, CEA

 

Kerstin holds a degree in Architecture from Germany. She designed and supervised the construction of low-energy housing in Austria and adds European aspects to E3's knowledge regarding energy efficient building practices.

Passive designed buildings are not only superior in performance, they are also more comfortable and healthier to live in and are therefore simply better buildings.

Kerstin's family of four is carbon-neutral and green powered since 2008.

 

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