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Philippe Fleau

Philippe Fleau

Fellipe Falluh, P. Eng., CPHT — Founder/President of Retrofit Construction and VP of Bâtiment Passif Québec; engineer specializing in deep energy retrofits and sustainable high-performance building design.

Jun 22, 2026

12:02
For me, what's important is that we understand that there's different technology that needs to be adopted.
12:07
Selfishly, I think I, I, I have that battle with, with clients a lot.
12:12
You know, am I thinking about my wallet and, and, you know, making those decisions, you know, thinking about peak demand? Especially in the context of Quebec, where electricity is so cheap, like, selfishly a lot of people say, "Well, peak demand doesn't really impact me." I mean, yes, it'll impact down-- It'll trickle down later, b-but it's hard to...
12:33
I mean, renovations are expensive, so people only think on the short term, right? And that's where I think, I think utilities will need to play a bigger role in that.
12:41
And two, I mean, incentivizing hydronic heating, just like, for example, Hydro Quebec is doing.
12:49
I'm putting you in the context of Quebec.
12:51
I mean, our peak demand is one of-- I mean, we're very-- Everything is pretty much electric here in Quebec.

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44:49
What, what's your main interest in, in looking into, into hydronic systems? You did mention your one multifamily project where the ducting has been a pain, to put it lightly, but what are, what are the other parts of it that are, that are intri- intriguing to you?

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