Implementing Sustainability Management Best Practices in Major Projects

Case studies from BCIT Campus Projects

Once seen as an optional “value-add” for asset owners, sustainable practices have become a priority and even a requirement for many projects. Whether the objective is to meet funding and/or regulatory requirements, earn a social license to operate, or to align with organizational objectives, sustainability has become a key component for infrastructure development.

Sustainable development is an important element of BCIT’s Campus Plan and built into the framework for major projects.

In this Living Labs lecture Sustainability Consultants, Quin MacKenzie and Jill Roth (Luuceo Consulting) who have worked on several BCIT projects, will explore how sustainability best management practices can be embedded in campus projects and how these align with BCIT policies and goals.

Sustainability Consultants support owners, designers and contractors to help create projects that are more efficient, effective, sustainable, and resilient. A key part of this process is being able to manage, track, and measure sustainable performance.

Topics include:

• Understanding the history of BCIT’s approach to sustainability on campus, including the use of sustainability frameworks and rating systems
• Exploring the approach to embedding sustainability practices into design and construction management through the application of the Envision framework
• Sharing lessons learned and key success factors for implementing sustainability best management practices
• Presenting career paths for students interested in sustainable development and credential options

Presenters:

• Jill Roth, Senior Consultant, Vice President at Luuceo Consulting
• Quin MacKenzie, Lead Executive Officer at Luuceo Consulting

Luuceo Consulting

Luuceo is a small, entirely women-owned sustainability and strategic solutions firm, based out of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. We collaborate with organizations and project teams to implement sustainability, risk, and resilience best practices.

Luuceo has worked on infrastructure projects and programs ranging from $1M to $4.9B in capital cost and spanning a variety of delivery models, industries, and sectors. Luuceo also works with clients at an organizational level to develop implementable and impactful strategies to support long-term sustainability and resilience.

Quin MacKenzie

Quin is the Lead Executive Officer, Owner and Director of Luuceo Consulting. She practices as a strategic sustainability consultant and professional facilitator and is an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP), Trainer and Verifier and a WELL AP.

Quin has facilitated planning and design processes for infrastructure projects across North America to enhance asset performance and resilience, specializing in the application of leading design frameworks such as the Envision® framework for sustainable infrastructure and the Integrated Design Process. She has worked with BCIT since 2017 as an owner’s advisor to facilitate the implementation of sustainability best practices across campus projects.

Quin has held an active ENV SP credential since 2014 and during this time has consulted on over 30 projects leveraging the framework. She is a member of the technical Envision Review Board and is a Project Evaluator rostered by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Secretariat. Quin is one of the key authors for the UNECE Stakeholder Engagement Guide for Public Private Partnerships.

Jill Roth

Jill is a Senior Consultant and Vice President at Luuceo Consulting. She works with project delivery teams to incorporate sustainability and resilience strategies to improve project performance and meet organizational goals. She is a registered professional engineer with the Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, is an accredited Envision Sustainability Professional, Envision Trainer, Envision Verifier, WELL AP and a LEED Green Associate.

Jill has worked with clients to understand climate risks and worked collaboratively with project teams to develop strategies to support overall project resilience.  She is has worked with Envision, Climate Lens, and has been formally trained in the PIEVC Protocol. Jill has consulted on 22 Envision projects, in a variety of sectors ranging from airports and ports to water and stormwater treatment facilities.

Jill is an Environmental Engineer with over 13 years of environmental and sustainability consulting experience. She most recently was the Lead ENV SP on Canada’s first project to receive verification under version 3 of the Envision framework.