Energy Advisors

Anna Young is a lifelong environmentalist and building industry professional, bringing house-as-a-system thinking to every project. Meticulous in approach, and collaborative in practice, serving builders and homeowners with independent science-based guidance.

Her consultancy, Green Gold Total Home provides tailored solutions to energy efficiency and embodied carbon needs in existing and new homes. They bring together the essential components of good science, home comfort, and climate responsibility.

Their work supports current code compliance while building to future energy and embodied carbon requirements, helping projects stay resilient as standards evolve.

They care deeply about airtightness, clean indoor air, and low carbon-construction. They also care about budgets, timelines, and construction-site realities. Their calm, collaborative approach and huge enthusiasm for synergistic building solutions provides answers that work in practice, not just on paper.

Michel’s experience and knowledge of home energy efficiency was built in Victoria over the past 7 year. From simple to complex vintage character homes, he has audited over 700 homes. He has also built is own home and is very familiar with home construction. There are often a variety of issues to solve and different approaches to resolving them.

With a wealth of life experience and a variety of careers from general contracting – finance to home energy efficiency, Michel enjoys problem solving and communicating solutions and options for homeowners.

While applying the concept of the “House as a System” Michel will provide an unbiased review and recommend practical upgrades, prioritized according to best value and the homeowners’ objectives.

He will do so with good humour, respect, and a clear communication style.

Sustainability curbed by thoughtful pragmatism continues to drive me to provide Energy Auditing Services on the Gulf Islands and Lower/Middle Vancouver Island region. l am a BCIT Graduate of the SEMAC Program, Red Seal Carpenter (30 years), TECA qualified for F- 280 / Heat Loss /Heat Gain and recently took a TECA duct sizing design course. This training coupled with my vast amount of experience understanding how our built environments work, will assist me in helping homeowners to take maximum advantage of the energy upgrade opportunities that are available through the various levels of Governance. As your EA I offer expedient informed direction ensuring maximum benefit to you and your family.