August 19, 2011 -
Green Buildings
Name: Chris VanderWeyden, LEED AP
Title: Director
Company: CodeGreen Solutions
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Family: Love them!
College: Niagara College
First job outside of real estate: Working in a revolving restaurant
First job in real estate or allied field: Construction management – Vanbots Construction, Toronto, Ontario
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? CodeGreen helps building owners and managers identify and improve energy efficiency at their properties; manage the sustainability certification processes and help maintain exxisting certifications and improvements through our in-house developed sustainability software tool, ProAct. In the future, we plan to continue to expand upon our sustainable services especially in the areas of energy auditing and retro-commissioning.
Hobbies: Cycling, motorsports, snowboarding
Favorite book: “Atlas Shrugged,” Ayn Rand
Favorite movie: “Fight Club”
Keys to success: Hard work, calculated risks and thick skin
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Test driver for Porsche