About Ray Smith, Certified Energy Advisor

Ray Smith has been in construction all his working life, starting as a tradesman and then going on to become a senior construction site manager in England working on a variety of projects including schools, leisure centres, laboratories and student accommodation blocks. 

For the 8 years prior to moving to Canada, in 2007, Ray was a registered homebuilder, designing and building very energy efficient  houses, using many of the technologies now being promoted in BC.  These include extra insulation, air tightness, triple glazed windows, heat recovery ventilation, heat pumps, solar and wind. 

Ray's own house was built with no central heating system as it would sit between 14-18 degrees Celsius all year, regardless of the weather, and incorporated solar and wind for hot water and electricity generation. 

Ray is very passionate regarding energy efficiency, the environment and ‘green’ building and is constantly researching  ways and technologies to improve the standards that we use to build with. 

Ray, certified energy advisor, serves the Kootenays in BC from Fernie in the east across to Rossland in the west, taking in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar and Trail.