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Who is intrinsic?
Intrinsic is a Canadian consulting and services firm focused on building science, energy performance, and sustainability for commercial and institutional real estate portfolios.
- Building science and enclosure consulting for new construction and existing buildings
- Energy management and carbon reduction strategy services for real estate owners and operators
- Sustainability advisory for portfolio planning, certifications, and ESG-related objectives
- Retrofit planning and performance optimization for commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings
- Technical assessment, measurement, and reporting services across building performance domains
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Intrinsic operates in the built-environment consulting domain, serving owners, operators, and developers of commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential buildings that require technical expertise in building science, energy performance, and sustainability planning. The firm positions its services at the intersection of engineering, architecture, and asset management, with a focus on how building enclosures, mechanical systems, and operational practices affect long-term performance and portfolio-level outcomes.
In enterprise and institutional contexts, Intrinsic typically supports capital planning, risk management, and compliance-related objectives for real estate portfolios. Engagements can involve technical reviews of envelope design, thermal performance, moisture management, and durability, often aligned with applicable building codes and standards. On the energy side, the firm’s work commonly spans energy audits, benchmarking, and modeling, including use of building energy simulation tools and protocols that align with recognized frameworks for measurement and verification of savings. These analyses inform retrofit strategies, lifecycle cost assessments, and carbon reduction roadmaps for large building portfolios.
Intrinsic’s sustainability and ESG-focused services address portfolio-wide planning rather than isolated single-asset actions. This often includes interpreting regulatory requirements, voluntary standards, and rating systems applicable to green buildings, resilience, and climate-related disclosure. The firm supports clients in structuring data collection, performance metrics, and reporting that link asset-level technical characteristics—such as envelope integrity, HVAC efficiency, and on-site renewables—to corporate sustainability or decarbonization objectives.
From a marketplace taxonomy perspective, Intrinsic can be grouped into several categories: building science and enclosure consulting (building performance engineering), energy and carbon advisory (energy management and decarbonization services), and real estate sustainability consulting (ESG and portfolio strategy). Within these domains, its teams engage with technologies and methods such as thermal imaging, air barrier and enclosure testing, energy modeling software, and analytics based on utility and submetered data. The firm’s role is typically advisory and technical, feeding into the design, construction, and operations workflows of architects, engineers, construction managers, and facilities teams.
For enterprise technical stakeholders, Intrinsic’s offerings provide structured input into decisions around capital projects, retrofits, and ongoing operations. By connecting building science diagnostics and energy analysis with portfolio planning, the firm supports organizations that need to manage performance, resilience, and environmental targets across multiple assets and jurisdictions.
Our description of intrinsic. Updated December 2025.
