Brenda Martens (Board Chair)

Brenda Martens (O.B.C., B.Sc., CSBA, TRUE Advisor, LEED FELLOW) is a leading sustainability advocate and early adopter of green building practices and has worked on some of the most environmentally progressive and largest projects in B.C., such as the Vancouver and Whistler Olympic Villages. She was one of the reviewers of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Canada guides and one of the founders of Recollective, the first company in BC dedicated to providing green building consulting. Martens’ contributions have been recognized by her election to the board of the Cascadia Green Building Council and selection to the LEED Technical Advisory Group and Steering Committee. She has developed and delivered several courses through UBC and BCIT, including a micro-credential on Applied Circular Economy: Zero Waste Buildings. In 2013 she was awarded the National Volunteer Leadership Award by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and named a LEED Fellow in 2012, one of only 10 Canadians and 226 individuals in the world at that time. She was appointed to the Order of British Columbia in 2018.