Ghina Annan is driven by the belief that the built environment must do more than perform, it must protect, restore, and enable people to thrive through optimized vertical and horizontal infrastructure. She is passionate about creating meaningful and measurable impact, translating urgency into momentum and complexity into decisive action. As Regional Sustainability Lead for Canada East, Ghina brings clarity and helps teams and clients make informed choices that reduce whole‑life carbon, strengthen resilience, and optimize indoor environmental quality. With over 15 years of experience in high‑performance design and building science, she challenges assumptions, quantifies trade‑offs, and aligns disciplines around practical, cost‑effective, and scalable solutions grounded in performance rather than aspiration.

Ghina contributes to global and regional climate leadership through the MEP2040 Steering Committee and active roles within ASHRAE, including the Global Technical Innovation Committee (GTIC), Technical Resource Advisory Committee (TRAC), and the Center of Excellence for Building Decarbonization (CEBD). She helps shape guidance and industry direction on whole‑life carbon and building systems. Her technical contributions include ASHRAE whole‑life carbon guidance, co‑authoring CIBSE TM65 for North America, developing the Beginner’s Guide to MEP Embodied Carbon, and contributing to the ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook chapter on global climate change. Ghina’s leadership has been recognized through the International Young Energy Professional of the Year Award, Forty Under 40, the ASHRAE Inspirational Leader Award, and AEE Canada Region Energy Professional Development award.