Deirdre Ellis has been with NFOE since 2010 and now serves as Principal Partner. A sustainability specialist, she brings deep experience in healthcare, science and technology, and institutional buildings. Her approach stays grounded in what each project actually needs, not a one-size-fits-all template. She holds LEED AP BD+C and WELL AP accreditations. She works closely with multidisciplinary teams and leads workshops as part of integrated design processes.
As project director, she leads several major institutional mandates for Université de Montréal, including the large-scale repurposing of Pavillon Roger-Gaudry and the redevelopment of the Espaces 555 in Pavillon Marie-Victorin, along with McGill University's Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute. For Public Services and Procurement Canada, she directs numerous projects, among them Parks Canada's new Collection and Conservation Centre.
As a LEED specialist, she supports advanced scientific and pharmaceutical projects: the expansion of Grifols' plasma fractionation plant, Moderna's new production facility, and the Montérégie server laboratory.
Experience
- Canadian High Arctic Research Station, PSPC
- Research Institute and Clinical & Pathology Laboratories, MUHC
- Artifact Collection Storage Facility, Parks Canada
- Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute (SASSI), McGill University
- Science complex, Université de Montréal
- Chimie verte (CERC), McGill University
- Stewart Biology, McGill University
- J.-Armand-Bombardier Pavilion and Main Pavilion, Polytechnique Montréal
- Clinical trial material facility, NRC
- mRNA Vaccine facility, Moderna
- R&D Laboratories, Svante
- Plasma fractionation plant, Grifols Therapeutics
