Business Services
About Light House Business Services
- An enterprising non-profit organization
- We provide technical assistance to transition the market
- Our research, facilitation and referral services are intended
to fill market gaps - We support our emerging green building industry
with a broad range of education and training - Examples of clients we have
worked with in the past - What you should know about working with Light House
- How are the Light House
Market Services mission-related?
Light House is an enterprising non-profit organization
We
undertake projects that help us achieve our mission to catalyze BC's green
building industry. Revenues from our projects go to support our Granville Island
resource centre, education, outreach and economic development activities
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here to learn more>.
We provide technical assistance to transition the market:
- Technical research and advisory services
- Policy research and development
- Green building documentation
- Energy services consulting and modeling
- Business and economic analysis
- Mission-based project consulting services for residential and non-residential buildings, new and existing
Our research, facilitation and referral services are intended to fill market gaps
- Integrated Design Process management, facilitation and delivery
- Referral and partnership services for consultants
- Custom market research, special reports and analysis for investors, policy makers and business
- Funding research and technical grant writing for green building innovations
We support our emerging green building industry with a broad range of education and training
- Research, development and delivery of education and training modules for construction, real estate, municipal, financial services and business professionals
- Public speaking, conference and faculty services
Examples of clients we have worked with in the past inlcude:
| Selected Client Examples |
Service Offered |
| BOMA BC (Go Green value report ) PHH Arc Environmental (Go Green value report ), Vancity Enterprises (Truly Green Home checklist) |
Guidelines and checklists to communicate and market green value to staff, investors and/or consumers. |
| Vancity Enterprises (Verdant strata unit green guide) |
Manuals and information products for homeowners |
|
Vancity |
Custom staff training on the value, features, risk and impacts of green building |
| Dundee REIT (Gateway Project, Surrey), City of Vancouver (Olympic Village SEFC) |
Integrated design facilitation |
| Omicron Cobalt Engineering BC Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources |
Energy assessments for new and existing facilities |
| Leading Homes (LEED Home Canada pilot) Baljip Residence |
HomeSpa sustainability assessments for homes |
| University of British Columbia (design of their Residential Environmental Assessment Program) |
Green building documentation support (for LEED and other systems) |
| Double Vee Construction |
Green building mentoring for project staff and field crews (for LEED and other systems) |
| Natural Resources Canada (sub-monitoring) |
Product and technology research |
| Canada Green Building Council, 41-66 Degrees Exhibit |
Coordination of green building exhibitions |
| Cascadia Region Green Building Council |
Volunteer Program Design and Management |
What you should know about working with Light House
- We are market-neutral and bring a cross-sectoral perspective to everything we do.
- We are partnership-driven and actively collaborate with industry consultants as well as other non-profits to encourage the creation of new networks and relationships.
- We build industry capacity by working with students and young professionals to provide training and experience.
- We showcase BC's green building expertise by demonstrating the value of products and services offered by BC's green building experts in new markets.
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| LH Services 2007.pdf | 1.1 MB |
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