Dr. Guido Wimmers is the Dean of the School of Construction and the Environment at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science and a Master’s in Architectural Engineering from Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria. Before relocating to Canada in 2007, he collaborated on sustainable building projects across Austria, Germany, and Italy. In BC, he played a leading role in Canada’s first Passive House—the Austria House in Whistler—and co-founded the Canadian Passive House Institute (now Passive House Canada). At the University of Northern British Columbia, he was a tenured professor and founding Chair of the Master of Engineering in Integrated Wood Design, where he also led the creation of the award-winning Wood Innovation Research Laboratory (WIRL). Guido has provided consulting for the City of Vancouver and BCCA, and contributed to the BC Step Code. He continues to champion innovation, sustainability, and collaboration between academia and industry.