“I worked with Chris at WSP and experienced his gift and passion for supporting others to achieve professional and personal development goals. As a former 'shy kid', I appreciated Chris' sensitive approach to feedback and coaching - I felt seen and understood. Beyond identifying areas for improvement, he offers personalized, impactful, and achievable ways to really change. His approach supported me to develop more confidence and find my authentic consulting voice. I highly recommend Chris. He knows what he's doing.”
Chris Farris Zabaneh, P.E., P.Eng., LEED AP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1K followers
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1K followers
500+ connections
About
Chris brings a unique mix of technical and personal communication skills by drawing upon his extensive experience as a consultant, coach, facilitator, and professional engineer. He′s known for his ability to empower leaders to engage authentically with their audience and bridge the gap between technical and non-technical audiences. Chris also trains individuals and organization on how to navigate and understand how to create workplaces that focus on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
Chris is pursuing a Masters of Science in Communication, Behaviour, and Credibility Analysis with a focus on deception detection and leadership. In his spare time, Chris enjoys photography, studying performance psychology and linguistics, and trying new traditional and modern Palestinian recipes.
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❤️ ❤️ ❤️ A blessed women’s night in support of our sister Amira Elghawaby, Canada's first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Huge…
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ A blessed women’s night in support of our sister Amira Elghawaby, Canada's first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Huge…
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I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sr. Director, Digital Advisory - Canadian Region Advisory Lead at Avanade!
I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sr. Director, Digital Advisory - Canadian Region Advisory Lead at Avanade!
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Experience
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Embolden Resilient Leadership
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Education
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Activities and Societies: Queen's Debating Union, Engineering Society of Queen's University, Alma Mater Society, Queen's TV (Formerly Studio Q), SciFormal Committee, Simple Harmonic Motion, Focus Film Festival
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Focusing on the content creation of media and current affairs, and the logistics of production, personnel management, budgeting, editing and marketing of news and television formats, I can create broadcast quality products from concept through to execution and delivery.
Licenses & Certifications
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LEED AP
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
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P.E. (Professional Engineer)
California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Geologists, and Geophysicists
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Volunteer Experience
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Board Member
Federation of Metro Tenants Association
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Social Services
Board member of the FMTA
FMTA goals are to:
Organize and encourage the organization of tenants
Educate tenants and the general public about issues concerning tenants and housing policy
Provide information, resources and assistance to tenants through our hotline, outreach and organizing team and workshops
Further the interests of tenants by lobbying and otherwise campaigning for (real) tenant protection laws
Promote decent and affordable housing as the right of all…Board member of the FMTA
FMTA goals are to:
Organize and encourage the organization of tenants
Educate tenants and the general public about issues concerning tenants and housing policy
Provide information, resources and assistance to tenants through our hotline, outreach and organizing team and workshops
Further the interests of tenants by lobbying and otherwise campaigning for (real) tenant protection laws
Promote decent and affordable housing as the right of all Canadians
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Ambassador
The Climate Reality Project
- Present 8 years 11 months
Environment
Climate Reality Canada seeks to raise awareness among all Canadians about the urgency of the climate crisis. We hope to motivate Canadians to become active participants in solving the climate crisis by training citizens, engaging the public through presentations and workshops, and promoting local initiatives to solve climate change.
See www.climatereality.ca for more details.
Publications
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MEP Engineer's Perspective: Refrigeration Compliance for LEED
Guidebook to the LEED Certification Process (Michelle Cottrell, LEED AP)
Contributed MEP details, tips and tricks to a book about the LEED certification process.
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Commissioning and the Energy Model
The Checklist (Building Commissioning Association)
Discuss the complex role of an energy model from design through retrocommissioning, code/LEED compliance and economic incentives. The concept of “commissioning the energy model” is introduced to reduce or eliminate discrepancies between the ‘ideal’ design energy model results and the ‘as-operated’ fully commissioned building utility bills.
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LEED Energy Modeling
SOL*AIR (ASHRAE Southern California)
See publicationTips and tricks to effectively navigate the intricacies of building energy simulations for LEED compliance. Differences between various codes and what they require.
Projects
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2014 Combined WSP/PB Halsall Annual Sustainability Report
2014 Global Sustainability Report. Our team worked on the Parsons Brinckerhoff Halsall portion of the report, combined with WSP's as the purchase occurred late in the year.
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2015 BOMA BESt® National Green Building Report
We provided detailed industry trends, performance results, added experienced insight to our analysis of buildings certified with BOMA BESt (R) in 2014.
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Scarborough Centre Community Energy Plan
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Halsall worked with the City of Toronto to analyse several energy scenarios to help demonstrate the potential impact on future energy use, demand, and greenhouse gas emissions in the Scarborough Centre area. This energy scenario analysis took into account building type, heights, gross floor area, and energy performance.
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