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Sebastian Moffatt in CEO and senior researcher at The CONSENSUS Institute. In this capacity he oversees all project work and regularly represents the institute at workshops and conferences. In addition to his work at CONSENSUS, Mr. Moffatt is a founding partner of two private firms: The Sheltair Group, an integrated planning, design and engineering firm location in Vancouver; and Propolis information Technologies Inc., a software development firm that develops tools for urban planning.
Mr. Moffatt has been working as building scientist and environmental planner since 1980. Over the past six years has worked on sustainable infrastructure plans for many cities in North America and Asia. He authored the popular report for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities: Closing the Loop: A Guide to Green Infrastructure for Canadian Municipalities. Sebastian was the national team leading for citiesPLUS - a multi-partner project that created a 100-year sustainable region plan for Greater Vancouver. Mr. Moffatt has been extensively involved in preparing Canada's policy on green house gas emission reductions in the building sector, and for promoting community-based energy systems. He represented Canada on the International Energy Agency Annex 31: Energy-Related Environment Impacts of Buildings. He has developed adaptive management frameworks for companies, communities and developers, to help align plans and policies with the principles of sustainability. He has been extensively involved as a lead consultant to such organizations as the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Fraser Valley Regional District, and the BC Buildings Corporation.
Mr. Moffatt has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from University of Waterloo and a Masters of Science from University of British Columbia. He is currently completing a doctoral thesis in Architecture at University of Karlsruhe.
 
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