The most
overlooked third
of the problem.
ABOUT
The built environment is roughly a third of global emissions and nearly half of all material extraction — and it is the least-financed, least-advised part of almost every decarbonization plan. I started Built Futures because the people who own, build, and occupy space are making decisions with real capital and regulatory consequences, and most of them are making those decisions alone.
The name holds two ideas. Built is the built environment — the buildings we live, work, shop, and gather in. Futures is how I look at them: ahead, at what hasn't been built or improved yet, and at the policy and financial regulation heading toward it. There's a finance meaning in there too — a future is something you price today instead of waiting to pay for it later. That's the whole practice in a word: put a number on what's coming before it arrives.
The future, priced today.
THE NAME
An operator's answer, not a diagnostician's.
THE PRACTICE
Fifteen years across real estate and finance — underwriting, ESG, and low-carbon development, including the delivery of 300+ geothermal units and involvement in more than $500M in transactions.
I translate building performance into the terms that actually move decisions: financing access, insurability, compliance, asset value.
CREDENTIALS
MBA
Hult International Business School
Sustainable Investing Certificate
CFA Institute
Climate Change Policy & Practice Certificate
University of Toronto
LEED Green Associate
USGBC
BA, Political Science
Simon Fraser University
Let’s find your
do-nothing number.
Built Futures works with owners, developers, and the brands who occupy and build space. Based in Vancouver, working across British Columbia and beyond.
The best first step is a short conversation about what inaction is costing you.