About
ASA Energy Consulting Ltd. is an engineering firm based in Vancouver, British Columbia. We are a small senior team and work with specialist associates when a project needs them.
Team
Every project is led by a professional engineer and delivered by a small team that works across program engineering, energy studies, M&V and project management. For standards development and specialist industrial work, the team extends with long-standing associates in electrical machines, drives and industrial processes.
P.Eng., M.Eng.
Principal
Zaid leads ASA Energy’s work with utilities and standards organizations. He has more than 15 years of experience in energy efficiency, electrification and renewable energy in mining, forestry, oil and gas, manufacturing, food processing, wastewater and commercial buildings.
Since 2012 he has provided engineering support to BC Hydro’s industrial energy-efficiency programs. He then planned and managed BC Hydro distribution projects, including program and contract management and asset management for distribution equipment, before moving to EV service delivery, where he plans and delivers BC Hydro’s public fast-charging network. He has written seed documents and calculation tools for several CSA Group energy-efficiency standards and has served on CSA Group technical subcommittees, including C810 for DC fast chargers.
Earlier in his career he oversaw utility-scale solar PV plants in the Middle East and North Africa. He is a Professional Engineer registered with Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
EIT, CEM, CMVP, CEA
Energy Management Consultant
Hamza assesses the energy and carbon impact of projects in industrial and commercial facilities. He builds energy models and prepares measurement and verification plans.
He has worked on CSA Group standards for benchmarking industrial energy performance, including a cloud-based benchmarking platform. He is a Certified Energy Manager, Certified Measurement and Verification Professional and Certified Energy Auditor.
EIT, MBA, M.Sc.
Engineering Consultant, Renewables
Karim works on renewable energy projects for independent power producers and developers. He combines engineering with a finance background and builds the financial models used to decide whether a project goes ahead.
He has worked on megawatt-scale solar and wind projects for clients in several countries.
Associates
On standards development and complex industrial projects we work with independent specialists in electrical machines, power electronics, drives and industrial processes. Several have worked with us on CSA Group projects for more than ten years.
We are glad to hear from clients, engineers and partners.