Robin Hutcheson

Principal  |  P.Eng.,  CxA, LEED AP.

Ottawa:  613-800-2063 ext.1002
Toronto: 416-900-8822 ext.1002
robin.hutcheson@evna.ca

Robin has 30+ years of experience in the building industry and has spent the last 15 years working exclusively on energy efficiency, green building and renewable energy projects. Robin is recognized as an industry innovator and trusted resource in the areas of energy and buildings.

EXPERIENCE

Led his firm through over 1000 projects, including $1B in green building advisement, energy modelling and commissioning new and renovated green buildings

Considerable experience with existing buildings with over 1 million sq ft of energy auditing, energy efficiency upgrades, community scale feasibility studies and development of Standard Operating Procedures

In recent years, this experience has been applied to the development of Canada Green Building Council’s green certification programs for existing buildings

Extensive experience with renewable energy with over 100MW of projects including solar PV, small wind, waste-energy, and solar thermal

Personally developed over 30 MW of renewable energy generation and has installed a number of small-scale solar systems

Completed assignments as a Technology Reviewer for energy efficient technologies, solar energy generation and combined heat and power facilities

Member of the review team for Sustainable Development Technologies Canada and an accomplished technical researcher and lead technical writer for Major Energy Retrofit Guidelines, commissioned by Natural Resources Canada

Commissioned numerous buildings and carries out measurement and verification assignments

SKILLS

30+ years’ experience in design, construction and facility management

Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA)

Design Engineer for electrical and mechanical systems

Experienced energy modeller

Climate Leader – Climate Reality Project

Canada Green Building Council Faculty Member – Train the Trainer Certificate

Technical Advisor to Canada Green Building Council

Technical Auditor for Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Lead technical author for NRCan’s Major Retrofit Guides

Facilitator for the Savings by Design Program’s Integrated Design Workshops

Energy Auditor of over 1 million sq. ft.

Building Performance Auditing, Measurement & Verification

Over 100MW of renewable energy project experience

Educator, Conference Speaker