The ReCover Initiative believes that the greenest building is the one that already exists and is committed to empowering building owners to make impactful, cost-effective energy improvements. Through innovative programs, including process mapping, concierge services, and partnerships with equity-deserving communities, ReCover will guide building owners through the complex landscape of incentives, technical requirements, and retrofit options.
Earlier this fall, the ReCover Initiative hosted a series of industry stakeholder roundtables in each of the four Atlantic Provinces. The objective was to learn from each other about work in the sector and brainstorm ways to support each other’s objectives around deep retrofits, using a lens that includes equity and workforce capacity and readiness.
Join us to hear what we heard and to ask questions about ReCover’s plans to support the sector.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Emma Norton
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Emma is one of the founders of The ReCover Initiative and leads the organization as the Executive Director. An Atlantic Canadian from Prince Edward Island, Emma is dedicated to contributing to resolving Canada’s climate emergency, focusing on the Atlantic Canada region. She has over a decade of experience working in Canada’s energy sector, specifically in the areas of energy efficiency and deep energy retrofits. Emma served as the Nova Scotia lead for the international project Smarter Energy Communities in Northern and Arctic Regions of Europe. She was also the Atlantic Director with the Climate Emergency Unit, at QUEST, a community energy planning non-profit.
Lorrie Rand
Co-Founder and Design Director
Lorrie is Co-Founder and Design Director at the ReCover Initiative. She is the President and Director of Sustainability at Habit Studio, an environmentally responsible architecture and design firm serving the Atlantic provinces. She has more than twenty years of retrofit design expertise and is invested in finding ways to reduce the financial and technical limitations of completing custom renovation projects in the face of the climate crisis. Lorrie is a Certified Passive House Designer and a recognized building science expert.
Sebastian Green
Manager of Program Design and Delivery
Sebastian Green leads the ReCover Initiative Programs team to support building owners across Atlantic Canada through their deep retrofit journey. Sebastian’s background spans academia, science, architectural engineering, entrepreneurship, and innovation. He has deep experience in the Atlantic innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, even running his own ConTech (Construction Technology) startup, and started a rural innovation incubator to promote entrepreneurship in underserved areas. Sebastian also developed and taught programs in various departments at Dalhousie University. He has received numerous recognitions, including the CANIE Award for Social Innovation by the Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation of Canada and was named one of the top innovators under thirty in Atlantic Canada by Atlantic Business Magazine.