Sustainability Specialist

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Triovest Realty Advisors Full time

Join Triovest, one of the largest privately-owned Canadian commercial real estate companies, as a Sustainability Specialist, Decarbonization & Energy Performance on a 1-year contract at our 130 King St West, Toronto location. As Sustainability Specialist, you will be responsible for assisting Triovest’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives in its developments, owned and managed assets, and internal operations. In this role you will also engage with clients, employees, tenants, and suppliers, among others, to support initiatives that reduce risk, capture opportunity, and strengthen Triovest’s leadership reputation. If you want to build upon your career and make a positive impact through leadership in sustainability, then we want to hear from you

**WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?**
- Delivery ASHRAE level I and II energy and water audits, Net Zero Carbon (NZC) transition plans, and NZC building certifications:

- Review engineering & architectural drawings and plans.
- Gather and analyze historical utility, submeter, and BAS interval data.
- Benchmark energy, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and water performance against peers.
- Identify and analyze energy, emissions, and water conservation measures; quantify expected consumption and emissions savings, operational savings and avoided costs, estimate implementation costs, and calculate financial metrics such as ROI, NPV, etc.
- Conduct site visits.
- Prepare narratives, reports and presentations.
- Forecast utility consumption and costs for budgeting purposes:

- Gather energy and water utility data for properties.
- Identify independent variables impacting utility consumption and create regression models to predict future consumption and cost based on inflation and market conditions.
- Provide property-level support by serving as a sustainability resource, motivator, and champion for positive change:

- Monitor, analyze, and report on performance versus targets and benchmarks for energy, emissions, water and waste.
- Identify, prioritize, and support implementation of energy, emissions, water, and waste performance improvement initiatives to meet or exceed targets.
- Support the systematic, prioritized pursuit of investigations (NZC transition planning and certifications, energy and water audits, retro-commissioning, continuous commissioning) in collaboration with Triovest’s Energy Managers and Property Teams.
- Develop, maintain, communicate, and deliver training on sustainability-related policies and procedures.
- Manage responses to client, tenant, and government sustainability requests.
- Provide corporate-level support by championing sustainability projects and initiatives:

- Support the securing of new business, including the production of proposals and marketing materials.
- Contribute to practice development, including creating and maintaining workflows, tools, and internal knowledge databases.
- Undertake research to remain current with the latest industry trends, technologies, standards, incentives, and regulations.
- Support preparation of Triovest’s annual public sustainability report.
- Support Triovest’s response to the annual GRESB Real Estate Assessment.
- Support various real estate industry sustainability initiatives (e.g., BOMA, CaGBC, REALpac, NAIOP, etc.).

**QUALIFICATIONS & ATTRIBUTES**
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science.
- Masters-level sustainability-related training, LEED AP®, Licensed Professional Engineer or Engineer in Training, Certified Engineering Technologist, and/or Certified Energy Manager is an asset.
- Minimum two years related engineering, real estate, and/or sustainability experience, preferably with direct consulting experience.
- Experience in delivery of NZC transition plans, NZC building certifications, and energy and water audits.
- Good knowledge of building and energy codes/standards, including the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB), ASHRAE 90.1 & 62.1, and Provincial Building Codes.
- Detailed understanding of building mechanical systems, operations, automation systems, and occupant energy use; working knowledge of building science, HVAC, lighting, electrical systems, and envelope.
- Experience with analysis of building and portfolio-level energy, emissions, water, and waste performance, cost data, and knowledge of best practices.
- Experience with carbon accounting (scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions), embodied carbon, GHG inventories, and life cycle assessments.
- An understanding of low carbon technologies, renewable energy, carbon offsets, RECs, green PPAs, and new emerging technologies such as CCS.
- Experience delivering retro-commissioning assessments, implementation of commercial building energy conservation measures, and measurement of results is an asset.
- Experience with design, construction or project management on new construction or major renovation projects with sustainability and energy efficiency objectives such as LEED, Zero Carbon Building Standard



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