Archetype for The Living City: Judges

ANDREW BOWERBANK
Currently is the Supervisor of Sustainable Development for Toronto and Region Conservation and the secretary for the Toronto Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council. Andrew has a diverse background that he draws upon regularly in his efforts to engage community leaders and encourage “green” development strategies. He is a Ministry certified teacher of design and a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Andrew is also a certified industrial designer, operating his own Toronto based design firm from 1995 to 2001. Andrew is also a published author with 2 of his books making the Canadian "best sellers" list in their subject matter. Andrew's most recent publication was produced for Toronto and Region Conservation -titled "Green Building Strategies for High-Rise Residential Development".

THOMAS MUELLER
Thomas has over 15 years of experience in sustainable resource management and planning for urban sustainability in local government, consulting and non-profit environment. In July 2005, he became the President of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), a national coalition of leaders in the building industry, with the mission to advance green building in Canada. Over the past 12 years, Thomas has held various positions at the Greater Vancouver Regional District focusing on the development of technical programs and policies for green buildings, sustainable communities and infrastructure. Thomas was a Director of the CaGBC since its inception in 2002 and is chair of the Intergovernmental Committee. He chaired the LEED BC Steering Committee responsible for the successful adaptation of LEED to British Columbia. Thomas has an Undergraduate Degree in Geography & Planning from the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany; and a Master's degree in Regional Planning & Resource Development from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

STEPHEN POPE
Stephen is an architect concerned with green building and sustainable energy. Under contracts with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Stephen participated in the development of the EE4™ software, which supports the Model National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings and the Commercial Building Incentive Program, the ATHENA Environmental Impact Estimator software, and the RETScreen passive solar heating model. As project leader for the NRCan C-2000™ Program for Advanced Commercial Buildings he assisted with whole building energy analysis promoted the C-2000 Integrated Design Process. He currently serves NRCan as a researcher for high performance commercial building, and provides advice to the Commercial Buildings Incentive Program Technical Committee, plus training on the EE4.CBIP energy simulation software. Stephen was a contributing author for Industry Canada's Sectoral Competitiveness Framework for Architecture, and text for a web site on sustainable building for the tourism industry. For the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada he authored the chapter on Schematic Design for the Canadian Handbook of Architectural Practice. He was an active participant in the 1997 Ontario Association of Architects Strategic Review, is the immediate past chair of the editorial committee for Perspectives, the Journal of the OAA, and currently serves as the OAA Councilor responsible for Sustainable Design.

SAMANTHA SANNELLA
Currently is the President and CEO of the Design Exchange. The Design Exchange is a non-profit organization that educates Canadians about the value of design. The DX creates programs that cross all age groups and all design disciplines. Ms. Sannella has a Bachelor of Fine Art in Interior Design and a Master of Architecture. She was formerly a professor of Interior Design at Ryerson University and a practice leader for HOK Consulting Canada. Ms. Sannella’s expertise includes strategic planning, architectural and interior design for Fortune 500 companies. Her knowledge also includes facility and construction management for the public sector. As part of her career, Ms. Sannella has been instrumental to organizations through fundraising, public relations and community involvement.

BILL SEMPLE
Bill is a Senior Researcher with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) where he is responsible for promoting the development of innovative building technologies, green building practices and sustainable development in the Canadian far north. As an architect and builder, with a background in design, building science, construction and environmental planning, Bill has extensive experience in the Canadian housing industry and on international development projects that focus on cultural issues and related land use management practices. Bill sits on the Board of Directors of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and is Chairman of the CaGBC Residential Committee.

MICHAEL SINGLETON
As Executive Director of Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC) and Director of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Centre, Mike Singleton has more than 15 years experience as an energy economist focused on energy policy and resource planning related to the buildings sectors. During his career, Mike has been responsible for the development of many energy related projects including energy efficiency program development, implementation and evaluation, technology analysis, and greenhouse gas remediation strategy. In his role as Executive Director of Sustainable Buildings Canada, Mike is focused on building capability through the use of hands-on activities including Design Charrettes aimed at demonstrating the potential to improve building designs through the integrated design process. Sustainable Buildings Canada, a non-profit member supported organization is mandated to support and promote sustainable building concepts and practices from design through to implementation. Mike is currently overseeing the roll-out of this new organization as it begins to implement its Business Plan. SBC is working closely with both sustainable buildings practitioners and the development community to ensure that a balanced approach is used in the development of sustainable buildings practices.

DOUGLAS WEBBER
Doug has been a Project Manager with Halsall Associates for 6 years, where he has actively developed their sustainable design expertise and ethic. Initiatives have included:
In-house training on sustainable design and the integrated design process
Greening specifications for structural design and restoration
External training of clients and colleagues
Implementing the company environmental management program.
He has acted as the sustainable design manager on over $1B worth of projects. Doug lectures and publishes frequently on the issues of sustainable building. Doug is Co-Chair of the Canada Green Building Council, Toronto Chapter. Doug’s engineering career began in construction. He worked as a construction superintendent for a number of construction companies including John Laing plc (UK) and Eastern Construction in Toronto. In the early 1990's he started his own construction management company specializing in green construction and worked on innovative green projects including the CMHC Toronto Healthy House, an autonomous housing development in downtown Toronto.

ALEX WATERS
Alex is the Manager of the Kortright Centre for Conservation, one of Canada's largest environmental and renewable energy education facilities. Mr. Waters graduated from the University of Waterloo in Environmental Studies and from the University of Toronto in Education. For the past 20 years he has designed and implemented many innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, demonstrations and programs for children and adults at Kortright Centre. For his efforts in this field he was presented with the award " Energy Educator of the Year " by the Energy Educators of Ontario in 1993. He has also assisted in the design of educational materials for the Waterloo Green Home, the Toronto Healthy House, and Enerworks solar water systems. Over the next few years Alex will be working toward assisting Kortright Centre become a world class demonstration and education centre in sustainable living as part of the Living City Campus.

PETER BUSBY
Peter Busby is principal of Busby + Associates Architects, a 40 person Canadian firm with an international reputation for design excellence and a progressive commitment to sustainable design. Projects by the firm have received many honours and awards, including three Governor General Awards (Canada), four Lieutenant Governor Awards (BC) and over 30 other awards including eight for sustainable design. Peter Busby completed his Architecture degree at UBC in 1977, and established his architectural firm in Vancouver in 1984, after spending three years working with Norman Foster in London and Hong Kong. Current projects are located across Canada, as well as in Europe and the USA, and range from Planning for sustainable communities, to architecture of large and small scale commercial and residential projects, and the design of castings and furniture. Through his work as an architect and designer, Peter works towards a more comprehensive understanding of the role that industry and innovation can play in the production of fine buildings and facilities for work, play and residence. Peter remains committed to design excellence that will enhance the quality of life at every scale; from the urban design of Downtown, to the smallest details of industrial design. To that end, he established Designlines Canada, a full service product design and development company in 1987. He has also served as a Director and President of the British Columbia Association of Industrial Designers.Peter has been committed to environmental sustainability for decades. He is a LEED™ certified professional who has written the “green design” textbook for Canadian Architects, and over the last six months has designed and delivered the sustainable design continuing education course for all Canadian architects. He is currently chairperson of the RAIC Sustainable Building Canada Committee of government, industry and professional associations piloting Canada’s National green agenda. Projects have represented Canada at the International Green Building Challenge in 1998, 2000 and 2002. The work of the firm has been published in over 30 journals, and exhibited in 6 Canadian cities and the USA. Peter has lectured on sustainable building design in over 40 occasions in the last three years, nationally and internationally. His peers have recognized his professional and community contributions, and Peter was admitted to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1997.

CRAIG MARSHALL
Craig Marshall, President, Marshall Homes, Pickering.
Craig began his career in the finance department of Parker Brothers Games, moved to Finance/Marketing at Estee Lauder, and then on to Finance/Marketing of specific sites for Heron Homes. Having headed up Heron Homes’ custom building subsidiary company, he launched Marshall Homes in 1993, as a builder, with TallTrees, an up-scale community of luxury homes on the edge of the Rouge Valley Wilderness Park. After TallTrees, Marshall began developing land in addition to building, and has primarily focused on development and building rather than simply buying serviced lots. Marshall Homes has an in house engineer that designs and oversees the installation of the services. Through the years Craig Marshall has kept his company ahead of the curve for innovation in new home design, making quality features like Post and Beam a realistic choice for his buyers in The Rouge Valley Enclave, Petticoat Ridge, and Fairport. In Frenchman’s Bay Village he introduced modern boiler heating and high-pressure ducting that save energy and deliver better balanced climate control to its 66 luxury waterside condominium town homes, and tied the project to one of the first Dockominium projects in Canada, whereby each homeowner was given the option to purchase a dock with their home. Copperfield, his current project in Oshawa, is evolving into a marketing laboratory for “Effortless Energy Efficiency.” The first solar powered hot water systems have been installed and are delivering 52% of the domestic hot water requirements, with the back up conventional gas water heater seldom needed. His Green Choice option is a package of real-world affordable solutions that pay back up to 15% a year in energy savings, and qualifies the home for the stringent Energy Star rating. Almost since the inception of Energy Star, Marshall has been the largest builder of Energy Star homes. Not content to stop there, Marshall is now testing geo-thermal heating and cooling in one of his models, and expects similar positive results. Long term, Marshall visualizes subdivisions as energy farms, and believes we will see the day when energy is produced by the people, and for the people. Says Craig, “It will be happen because we builders who have the vision will make it so.”