Nils Larsson is an architect with long experience in research and development related to both residential and commercial building sectors, in Canada and internationally. Under contract to Natural Resources Canada, Mr. Larsson developed the C-2000 Program for Advanced Commercial Buildings, which has resulted in the design and construction of commercial buildings across Canada that have energy consumption approximately 50% of current standards. As part of this work, he developed a formal implementation of the Integrated Design Process (IDP), which has been widely emulated around the world.

Mr. Larsson is also the main organizer of Green Building Challenge (GBC), an international project involving over 20 countries, whose aim is to develop and test new methods of assessing the environmental performance of buildings. In addition to management, the GBC work has included the lead role in the development of the software system for the project. As Executive director of the International initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE) he also led the development of a web-based multi-lingual information system called Sustainable Building Information System (SBIS).

Since 1999, he has been invited to speak on green building issues at seminars and conferences in USA, Korea, China, Taiwan, France, Japan, Netherlands, Israel, Kenya, Malaysia, South Africa, Italy, Argentina and Mexico; and has also served as a juror on two architectural competitions in Europe.

Royal Roads University
Science, Technology & Environment Division
edialogues@royalroads.ca