ERIC CHISHOLM, P.Eng., CEM, LEED AP, GPRO
Eric has been providing strategic direction and technical solutions to
sustainability and energy management for over 15 years. He is a Principal and
co-founder of Purpose Building, prior to which he served in the role of Manager of
National Energy Performance, Sustainability & Energy at for an engineering
consulting group.
His experience delivering carbon reduction strategies, portfolio planning, energy
audits, retro-commissioning, and LEED certification has supported hundreds of
individual properties across Canada and portfolios representing tens of
thousands of properties.
Eric was named an Emerging Leader in Canada’s 2016 Clean50 and is a
Certified Energy Manager with the Association of Energy Engineers.
EDUCATION
• B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Queen’s University, 2007
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)
• Certified Energy Manager, AEE, 2010
• LEED Accredited Professional – Operations & Maintenance, Green
Building Certification Institute, 2011
• GPRO Green Professional Instructor (Fundamentals of Building Green and
Operations & Maintenance Essentials)
CAREER
• 2018 – Present: Purpose Building Inc, Co-Founder & Principal
• 2017 – 2018: WSP Canada, Manager, National Energy Performance,
Sustainability & Energy
• 2015 – 2017: WSP Canada, Technical Lead, Existing Building Energy
Management
• 2013 – 2015: Parsons Brinckerhoff / Halsall Associates, Technical Lead,
Energy Audits & Recommissioning
• 2008 – 2015: Parsons Brinckerhoff / Halsall Associates, Sustainability
Consultant
• 2007: Energy Profiles Limited: Intern