background and training which enables him to understand the various processes occurring within the home and how they can interact. Applying these skills and knowledge to the standard home and small office enables Your Healthy House to find the reasons for poor indoor air quality and to create solutions to help create your healthy house.

Stephen Collette is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - Accredited Professional (LEED AP), which allows Stephen to use the Canada Green Building Council’s guidelines and method to ensure a quantitative approach to building green.

For a copy of Stephen’s CV click here. SJC CV.pdf

Highlights

Your Healthy House – Indoor Environmental Testing and Building Consulting,

Lakefield, ON. 2005 to present (Principal)

•Environmental Building Consultant for:

•Residential, commercial, institutional and faith communities, ensuring that new construction and renovations are built with environmental considerations such as air quality, energy efficiency, natural, sustainable, low impact, embodied energy, LEED, Energy Star and other criteria

•Residential, commercial and institutional inspections for building science related failures and how they impact indoor environmental concerns such as mould, air, chemical, particulate, combustion gases, and environmental health

•Involvement as a liaison to architects, builders and suppliers, or trainer to those involved, explaining how to use and install new eco products 

•Centre For Equality of Rights in Accommodation – Resource Kit author for Building Owners/Managers on Tenants with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

•Canadian Environmental Law Association/Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and the Environment co-author on Residential Energy Efficiency Programs and how they Relate to Indoor Environmental Quality for Children Report

•Materials and furnishings selections of environmentally preferable products, and sourcing trades capable of meeting client’s requirements and needs

•Environmental Health Clinic – Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON

•Clients with Multiple Chemical Sensitivities and environmental illnesses

•Professional Committee member – The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act – Standards Development Committee representing Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

•Canada Green Building Council – LEED AP Exam Review Committee member

•American Standard of Canada

•Orlando Corporation – BOMA (Building Owner’s and Manager’s Association) GO Green Certification, 100 Milverton Dr office tower, Mississauga, ON

•Gravity Developments – Seniors apartment complex, Peterborough, ON

•Peterborough Clinic Medical Centre & Lakefield Primary Health Care Centre

•Camp Kawartha - Outdoor Environmental Education Centre, Designer of Sustainable Building Master Plan

•Faith and the Common Good – Greening Sacred Spaces, Green Audit Manager

Natural Home Builder specialising in Straw Bale Construction

Lakefield, ON. 2002 to 2005 (Self-Employed)

•Worked on 24 straw bale homes and buildings across Ontario and Quebec

•Scope of involvement from general contractor, consultant, builder, to sub contractor

•Range of buildings included 400 to 13,000 sq. ft buildings

•Scope of work included, framing, straw bale work, plastering

•Instructed, trained and supervised numerous builders, homeowners and volunteers straw bale construction techniques

Training

Building Science Certificate Program University of Toronto - Professional Development Centre, Toronto, 2010 - 2007 will qualify for Building Science Specialist of Ontario (BSSO) certification through Ontario Building Envelope Council

•Building Science 1 (97%) 2007

•Building Science 2 (91%) 2008

•Roof Systems (85%) 2009

•Energy Efficient & Environmentally Sustainable Building & Management Practices for Residential Construction and Renovations (96%) 2009

•HVAC Systems (85%) Nov 2009

HRV/ERV Install and Balancing Orientation Workshop – vanEE & Air Solutions Inc., Toronto, May 2009

Children’s Environmental Health Champion – Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and the Environment, Toronto, February 2008

Radon in Homes – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Health Canada, January 2008

Energy Star for New Homes Evaluator Training – Enerquality, Toronto, October 2007

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) September 2007

Children’s Environmental Health Workshop – World Health Organization, Canadian Institute of Child Health, Ottawa May 2007

Certified Building Biology Environmental Consultant (BBEC) International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2006

•Building Biology Professional Certification Program Correspondence Course, 23 modules with marked questions and Final Exam, 100+ hrs, International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2006

•Environmental Testing, Customer Protocol and Case History Studies Seminar 60 hrs, International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2005

•Electromagnetic Radiation Seminar 72 hrs, International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2005

•Indoor Air, Water, and Materials Seminar 72 hrs, International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2005

•Indoor Air Quality, Electromagnetic Radiation, and Electrical Home Wiring Online Study Programs with self examinations 60 hrs, International Institute for Building Biology and Ecology, Clearwater, FL 2005

Build and Renovate to Avoid Mould Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Peterborough, ON 2005

Green Roof Building Workshop Green Roofs, Healthy Cities, Hastings, ON 2005