Full Name
Yash Vyas
Job Title
Research Director
Company
Recover Initiative
Speaker Bio
Yash Vyas's journey in academia, research, education and practice forms the foundation of his impact-driven career trajectory. His vision is to build a career within sustainable infrastructure, inspiring others to solve multidisciplinary problems of a clean-tech future. Currently, his expertise extends to deep energy retrofits, sustainable systems, decarbonization, and building automation. Yash's research, published in reputable journals and presented at conferences, focuses on innovative methods of developing solutions for sustainable construction materials, identifying sustainability talent skills gaps, evaluating the airtightness of building energy consumption, and assessing the impacts of sustainable policies on equity-seeking groups. Beyond academia, he has excelled as a Building Scientist, demonstrating a versatile skill set in energy modeling, retrofit analysis, decarbonization planning, and building condition assessments. In addition to his scholarly interests, Yash has been able to guide and inspire through teaching virtual and in-person courses across Canada. Topics of his delivery include but are not limited to: (1) sustainable energy systems, (2) multidisciplinary sustainability, and (3) building science studio focused on net-zero construction. Over the past three years, his instructional efforts have touched the lives of approximately 600 students from Toronto Metropolitan University and 2000 students from 15 different institutions across Canada.
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