Name
Lightning Rounds: Emerging Technologies Transforming Residential Retrofits
Date & Time
Monday, June 9, 2025, 3:20 PM - 3:55 PM
Jeff Livingstone, P.Eng Hishaam Jambocus PEng, CEng, MCBISE, RPEM, PMP Martin Luymes
Description
  1. Pretium Engineering: Innovations Accelerating Retrofits. 
    This presentation will highlight innovative strategies and technologies being used by Pretium Engineering to accelerate retrofit projects and improve building performance at scale.
    Jeff Livingstone, P.Eng, Pretium Engineering Inc.
     
  2. “The Single Biggest Threat to Energy Efficiency is Overdesign” — A Discussion Inspired by ASPE (2022)
    Building on insights from the ASPE (2022) paper on potable water booster and HVAC circulation systems, this roundtable will explore how overdesign quietly undermines energy efficiency goals—and what practitioners can do to address it in real-world projects.
    Hishaam Jambocus PEng, CEng, MCBISE, RPEM, PMP, Grundfos Canada
     
  3. Meeting Heat Pump Demand: Workforce, Growth, and Policy Gaps
    Heat pumps offer major benefits in carbon reduction, energy efficiency, and grid flexibility—but rapid market growth is exposing serious gaps in workforce capacity and industry readiness. This session draws on HRAI research to explore supply-demand imbalances, policy levers from governments and utilities, and practical strategies to build the skilled labor force needed to support Canada’s electrification goals.
    Martin Luymes, Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada