Sebastian Moffatt, PhD - Director of Research and Development
Sebastian Moffatt is the founder of The Sheltair Group, where he works as Director of Research and Development and also as a senior project manager. Sebastian began working as a building scientist and environmental analyst in 1980. In 1995 the scope of his work expanded to include urban systems design and ecological planning. Over the past fourteen years he has worked on sustainable infrastructure plans for dozens of cities in North America, Asia and Europe. He has chaired special sessions at the CIB Sustainable Buildings (SB) Conferences in Paris, Maastricht, Vancouver and Tokyo.
Sebastian has authored a number of books and manuals on methods and tools for resilient and integrated system design, including the Federation of Canadian Communities Guide to Green Infrastructure. He has led design charrettes and ‘green team’ collaboratives in cities across Canada, down the western coast of North America, Netherlands, France, Germany, China, South Korea, India and Japan. Sebastian has a special interest in methods and tools for integrating design across spatial scales, and for integrating resource engineering with spatial planning. As national team leader for CitiesPLUS, Sebastian, developed a number of innovative approaches to long-term design, including the One-system Approach and the Adaptive Management Framework for Resilient Communities. Sebastian is also the president of the CONSENSUS Institute, a not-for-profit think-tank that explores and promotes new methods for long-term design of CONStructed ENvironments and Sustainable Urban Systems (CONSENSUS)
