Paul is the Vice President Engineering & Operations at Corix. Corix designs, builds, finances, owns and operates low carbon thermal energy systems across Canada and the US.
Corix specializes in green field developments and low carbon district energy solutions for communities, municipalities and university campuses. Paul successfully oversaw the transition of Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the 'UniverCity' Residential neighborhood to low carbon via the construction of a $43m, 13.5MW Biomass facility and hot water distribution system. The new facility/system came online in October 2020 and has since reduced CO2e emissions by over 80% annually.
Paul recently brought into service (December 2023) the Port of Bellingham, WA heating and cooling low carbon district energy system and is concurrently working on the design and construction of Low carbon plant(s)/system(s) for the UBC residential neighborhood and City of Richmond city center heating and cooling district energy systems.
Paul is a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in BC, a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in the UK and is a member of the board of directors for the International District Energy Association (IDEA)