Information on the presenter Eesmyal Santos-Brault, LEED AP
Principal, Recollective Consulting Inc. Recollective Consulting Inc. is a values-based, multi-disciplinary green building and sustainable community consulting firm comprised of some of the top green building experts in Canada.
Recollective is a member of the Canada and US Green Building Councils (CaGBC and USGBC). Eesmyal is a Principal and cofounder of Recollective, he is an educator, practitioner and advocate of green buildings, and has over eight years experience in the field of sustainable design.
He has worked as a green building strategist and LEED consultant since 2003 - has been a LEED project reviewer for the Canada Green Building Council and has played a leading or support role on over 40 LEED projects.
He is very active in the Vancouver green building community and serves on several committees and initiatives. His building industry experience includes office, institutional, laboratories, residential, mixed-use, and heath care facilities. In addition to his green building background, Eesmyal spent several years working for environmental organizations in the fields of renewable energy research and climate change education.
In a volunteer capacity, Eesmyal is a Director of Open Green Building Society, an NGO dedicated to the creation and advancement of freely available open-source green building resources. He is also a Director of Vancouver Design Nerds Society, a network of collaborating designers and artists who share a desire to engage design opportunities with a spirit of creative play and to challenge the normative environment of the city.
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