Jeff Blake
Senior Researcher at Natural Resources Canada
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJeff Blake is a senior researcher with over 30 years of deep expertise in building energy performance, simulation, and energy systems design, currently working remotely for Natural Resources Canada. He leads multidisciplinary teams to audit, troubleshoot, and optimize building energy use, with a practical focus on cost-optimized net-zero-energy homes and rehabilitating under-performing buildings. Jeff combines technical leadership with hands-on software development experience (C, C++, Fortran, Ruby, Perl) and has driven the design of tools that broaden adoption of simulation workflows. He is fluent with major energy modeling platforms including EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, ESP-r, TRNSYS, eQUEST and HOT2000, and applies simulation-driven insights through the full project lifecycle from recommendation to post-construction evaluation. As a long-time IBPSA-Canada board member and University of Waterloo-trained mechanical engineer, he bridges research, policy, and industry practice in the Canadian building-energy landscape. A less obvious strength is his knack for translating complex simulation outputs into practical, cost-effective retrofit and design strategies that stakeholders can implement.
11 years of coding experience
B.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, B.A.Sc., Mechanical Engineering at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (9)
energy-efficiency10
simulation9
batch8
optimization8
ruby6
nimble5
esp323
esp82663
espressif2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
NRCan-IETS-CE-O-HBC/HousingModels
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:125 pushes, 2 comments, 5 issues in 11 months
NRCan-IETS-CE-O-HBC/HTAP
Jul 2015 - Sep 2018
NRCan's Ruby scripts for batch analysis and optimization with HOT2000
Contributions:175 commits, 114 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
energy-efficiencybatchoptimizationsimulationruby
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