Samantha Menard

Samantha Menard has over ten years of experience in energy modelling and sustainability industry. She was previously involved in a Sidewalk Lab research paper on the performance gap between models and operational performance. She previously spoke at Building Lasting Change in 2024 at a session called ‘MURB Whole-Building Lifecycle Carbon Solutions’. She also frequently leads lunch and learn sessions for developers and design teams and uses her professional expertise as a Subject Matter Expert for Sustainable Buildings Canada and volunteers with the CAGBC Energy and Engineering TAG. This session presents a study that examines the performance gap between design-development energy models and post-occupancy performance, using public and private data sources containing over 1,000 energy models, primarily for multi-unit residential buildings (MURBs) across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The study investigates how the performance of design-development models evolved in response