Our team at Building Resilience consists of highly qualified professionals, with decades of experience in engineering, procurement, and supply chain management. We bring extensive expertise across key areas of supply chain, including direct sourcing strategies aimed at reducing total costs by up to 30% or more. Our services encompass supply chain design, procurement organisation, contract negotiation, and outsourcing solutions, with a focus on achieving optimal efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
We are also experts at qualifying suppliers, enforcing supplier codes of conduct, ensuring ESG compliance, and navigating complex trade regulations. Our team’s certifications and commitment to best practices enable us to deliver tailored, high-impact solutions that align with our clients’ business goals.
Beyond our supply chain services, we provide energy and environmental assessments and advising for residential. commercial and institutional buildings. Our services include air quality to ensure that energy conservation is not made at the expense of comfort and health. We also advise on and secure government funding—successfully helping clients obtain thousands to millions in grants, loans and rebates to support energy efficiency, sustainability, resilience and net zero goals. Our specialty is supporting communities. Our experience with Indigenous Communities and social housing has provided homes and buildings with improved sustainability, resilience and energy efficiency. Our success is based on combining knowledge and experience with close attention to client priorities and a customised pathway that fits the needs and challenges that differ from community-to-community.
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Building Resilience for a Greener Future
Our Expert Team
Building Resilience is a Canadian energy and environmental consultancy firm committed to empowering businesses and communities with sustainable energy solutions. Our mission is to guide the transition towards a resilient and energy-efficient future through expert services in energy project management, audits, policy advisory, and government funding consultancy and acquisition. We also provide strategic advice on renewable energy adoption and optimising energy-efficient supply chains, ensuring our clients achieve their energy goals responsibly.
Founded on the values of sustainability and innovation, Building Resilience is a trusted partner for organisations, communities, and people navigating the complexities of energy, resilience, sustainability and net-zero. Our team of experienced professionals is dedicated to delivering customised solutions that address the unique challenges of today’s energy landscape. We can provide energy assessments as per NRCAN Requirements for Canadian Energy Programs and ASHRAE assessments for larger structures. With a deep commitment to environmental stewardship and economic value, we strive not only to meet the immediate needs of our clients but also to contribute to a sustainable and resilient energy future.
Client Stories
A Journey to Net Zero: Building Resilience for Future Generations
Rooted in their traditions as a First Nations community, they embrace the responsibility to act as guardians for the interconnected systems of nature—giving voice to the animals, plants, and land that are integral to their environment. Partnering with Building Resilience, they embarked on a transformative journey to achieve net zero energy usage while increasing the resilience and sustainability of their homes and community buildings.
At the heart of this initiative was a detailed study of 40 homes, each assessed for its building systems, environmental compatibility, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and indoor air quality. The findings revealed significant challenges: humid conditions from a high water table, frequent power outages during storms that led to basement flooding, and construction practices that did not meet code, contributing to poor air quality and increased energy costs.
Recognizing that these issues extended beyond individual homes, the initiative also addressed energy conservation opportunities in community buildings. By resolving past design flaws, these spaces were made more durable, usable, and energy-efficient—enhancing their role as vital hubs for gatherings and services within the community.
Simple yet impactful interventions began to make an immediate difference. In one home, a dehumidifier was installed in a crawl space, eliminating a pervasive mold issue. In another, an aging furnace filter clogged with dust underscored the need for improved air quality measures. The community’s first net zero home—equipped with a heat recovery ventilator (HRV), heat pump, and solar panels—showcased a holistic approach to sustainability. Improved ventilation addressed a critical challenge, while energy-efficient systems demonstrated the possibilities for a healthier, more resilient future.
The approach focused on empowerment through engagement. Rather than relying on classroom learning, the team adopted hands-on training and one-to-one mentoring, reflecting the community’s preference for “learning by doing.” Participants gained practical skills and a deeper understanding of the benefits of energy efficiency and home resilience. One homeowner expressed their gratitude simply: “Thank you for your help and making my home safer.”
The outcomes were profound. High-humidity homes now have dehumidifiers, reducing mold risks and improving air quality. Participation in energy support programs increased, while the pilot net zero home set a new standard for future developments. Beyond immediate gains, the initiative also created lasting capacity within the community. An energy coordinator and interns have taken on leadership roles, growing their technical and non-technical skills.
The community’s perspective on net zero has evolved. Initially focused on solar energy production, they now see sustainability as a broader vision encompassing air quality, resilience, and durability. Their journey is far from over, but each step brings them closer to a future where their role as stewards of the natural world is reflected in the harmony between their environment, homes, and community buildings.
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Innovating for Resilience: Algorithms and Practical Solutions for a Changing World
At the forefront of technological development, Building Resilience is pioneering solutions that address uncertainty and inefficiency in diverse sectors. From advanced algorithms to practical tools for rural communities, our innovations are designed to tackle real-world challenges and create sustainable, impactful results.
One such advancement is our early warning algorithm, developed to detect sudden departures from established patterns in datasets. Initially applied to mortality data, this tool identified a significant spike in deaths in early January 2020—weeks before the first official case of COVID-19 was reported in the UK. While anecdotal reports hinted at earlier outbreaks, the algorithm provided quantitative evidence of the virus’s early impact.
Beyond public health, this technology has vast potential applications. It can be deployed to monitor anomalies in sales, criminal activity, production processes, or other systems where early detection could minimize risks and maximize opportunities. By analyzing historic data to establish normal patterns and random variation, the algorithm equips decision-makers with actionable insights, reducing uncertainty in high-stakes environments.
In the realm of supply chain optimization, Building Resilience has developed a stochastic optimization approach enhanced by genetic algorithms. This tool is particularly effective for industries with complex, multi-step supply chains that span multiple countries, currencies, and risk factors. By avoiding the pitfalls of focusing solely on local optima, the algorithm explores alternative assumptions, ensuring robust solutions. A novel finding from this work revealed that for some businesses, concentrating on domestic markets can mitigate risks and yield better long-term outcomes than pursuing volatile international opportunities.
We also focus on developing practical, client-driven solutions. For example, current methods to measure a building’s air tightness—such as blower door tests—are often impractical for rural and remote areas due to expensive equipment and the need for skilled technicians. In response, we are creating an alternative process using flexible technology and intuitive software. This approach emphasizes identifying and eliminating air leaks rather than measuring metrics like ACH50, making it more accessible for First Nations, rural, and remote communities. By addressing draftiness, these solutions enhance comfort and reduce heating costs, often in areas with colder climates and limited resources.
Our approach to innovation is rooted in collaboration. Whether identifying barriers to adoption for a client’s technology or co-developing solutions to specific challenges, we prioritize practical outcomes. For example, we partnered with a client to repurpose an algorithm designed for detecting subsurface cracks in nuclear reactors, identifying alternative applications with more urgent market demand. By combining business and technical expertise, we ensure that the solutions we develop are both effective and broadly applicable.
Building Resilience’s focus on appropriate technology bridges gaps in accessibility, affordability, and practicality. From enabling earlier responses to emerging crises to providing tools that improve daily living, our innovations are shaping a more resilient and sustainable future for all.
Optimizing Procurement for Public Social Housing: Enhancing Sustainability and Efficiency
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Building Resilience recently collaborated with a public social housing organization to transform its procurement processes for energy-efficient systems. This initiative aimed to reduce the carbon footprint of housing stock while achieving significant cost savings and building a more resilient supply chain. Through an innovative and collaborative approach, the project is driving progress in sustainability and public sector procurement.
The organization, which provides bulk purchasing power for a large number of social housing units, sought to prioritize energy-efficient technologies with substantial climate benefits. These included systems for power generation, heat pumps for space conditioning, and water heating. However, the traditional procurement framework limited the market to well-established suppliers, often excluding smaller, innovative players whose products and corporate ethos aligned with the organization’s goals.
Building Resilience helped bridge this gap by creating a tailored procurement framework designed to identify and onboard new suppliers. These suppliers, while often constrained by limited resources or market knowledge, offer desirable solutions that align with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities. Through this process, we assessed potential suppliers, identified capability gaps, and provided targeted support to overcome barriers—ranging from trade compliance and logistics to product certification and technical modifications.
A robust framework ensured visibility and efficiency across all steps of the procurement process, from information flows to the logistics chain. This iterative process involved close collaboration with both the client and suppliers, addressing customer needs while understanding the manufacturing capabilities and limitations of new entrants. In cases where solutions proved unattainable, the focus shifted seamlessly to alternatives, saving valuable time and resources.
The outcomes have been transformative. By streamlining supply chains and removing unnecessary intermediaries, procurement costs have been reduced by 30%. Suppliers can focus on delivering what the client values most, avoiding costly and unnecessary features or services. Additionally, the overall cost of supplier acquisition has dropped, and order fulfillment timelines have been significantly accelerated.
Critical to the process was ensuring that all technical standards were met, warranty support was robust, and ESG criteria were upheld to the highest standards. Experienced engineers conducted site visits to assess production quality, while past performance and long-term reliability were carefully evaluated. These measures not only ensured high-quality products but also aligned with the client’s commitment to sustainability and ethical sourcing.
Although it is still early to quantify the full operational impact, the initiative has already laid a foundation for significant carbon reductions through energy-efficient technologies. Low-impact transportation methods have further minimized environmental effects, reinforcing the project’s alignment with the organization’s sustainability objectives.
In the broader context, this market has approximately 4.4 million social housing homes. By implementing energy-efficient technologies across such a vast number of dwellings, there is significant potential to reduce the nation's overall carbon footprint, enhance living conditions for residents, and contribute to national sustainability targets. This housing stock is among the oldest and least energy-efficient, making initiatives like this critical for improving energy efficiency and reducing fuel poverty.
Through strategic procurement and collaboration, Building Resilience and its partners are not only achieving immediate benefits for individual organizations but also contributing to broader societal goals of sustainability and energy efficiency. This approach serves as a model for other public sector entities aiming to optimize their procurement processes and make a positive environmental impact.