Toronto to discuss design for resilience

by nithya_caleb | August 27, 2018 12:00 am

The Toronto Chapter[1] will have a dinner meeting on September 11 from 5:15 p.m. at Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club[2]. Mike Williams (RWDI) and Michelle Xuereb (Quadrangle Design) will be presenting on “Assessing and Designing for Resilience.”

In this presentation, Williams will discuss a case study highlighting work recently undertaken by RWDI to assess the resilience of more than 150 City of Toronto facilities. The presentation will be augmented by Xuereb who will provide a visual summary of some resiliency best practices to consider implementing when designing a new building.

A professional engineer, Williams is the leader of RWDI’s sustainability practice area. His recent experience includes the development of energycompass.design[3], a cloud-based energy benchmarking portal and the facilitation of over 30 integrated design charrettes.

Xuereb has contributed to more than 30 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design- (LEED) certified projects. Xuereb is the vice-chair of the board of Sustainable Buildings Canada[4] (SBC), and is a consultant for the City of Toronto on public sustainability standards such as Bird Friendly Development Guidelines[5], The Green Roof By-law[6], and the Toronto Green Standard[7] (TGS).

For more information, contact the Chapter’s administrator[8]. To register, click here[9].

Endnotes:
  1. Toronto Chapter: http://toronto.csc-dcc.ca/
  2. Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club: http://www.torontocricketclub.com/
  3. energycompass.design: https://energycompass.design/accounts/login/?next=/projects/
  4. Sustainable Buildings Canada: https://sbcanada.org/
  5. Bird Friendly Development Guidelines: https://web.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8cd7-Bird-Friendly-Development-Guidelines.pdf
  6. The Green Roof By-law: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/official-plan-guidelines/green-roofs/green-roof-bylaw/
  7. Toronto Green Standard: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/official-plan-guidelines/toronto-green-standard/
  8. administrator: mailto:admin@csctoronto.ca
  9. here: http://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=467&BT=10&Ev=18092

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