Our Firm
SRS Consulting Engineers Inc. is proud to be Canada’s leading consulting engineering firm focusing on sustainable, nature-inspired, and regenerative buildings.
Our Vision
We envision a world where people and nature coexist harmoniously, enabling all living beings to thrive, with every building contributing positively to both the environment and society.
Our Mission
Our mission is to revolutionize the built environment with innovative, sustainable, and regenerative engineering solutions that integrate nature-inspired practices, support the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and build resilient communities for generations to come.
Our Purpose
SRS Consulting Engineers Inc., founded in 1999, focuses on three core and interlinked areas of practice: Sustainable Building Engineering, Nature-Inspired Building Engineering, and Regenerative Building Engineering. We draw inspiration from nature’s methodologies, utilizing biomimicry, biophilia, and biosynergy to design innovative engineering systems.
Our business model emphasizes a quadruple bottom line – Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Profit, and Healthy Purpose – contributing to a healthier planet and society while supporting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within building sites. At SRS Consulting Engineers, we believe in combining advanced engineering with nature-inspired designs to build a better future for all.
We are dedicated to the cause of global sustainability and regeneration, and we are committed to providing each client with technical and engineering solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, climate-friendly, and socially responsible from start to project completion.
Managing Partner
Phil Fung
Managing Partner
B.A.Sc., M.Sc., P. Eng
Phil holds a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering – HVAC and an M.Sc. in Systems Engineering. He founded SRS Consulting Engineers in 1999, specializing in energy and sustainability. In 2012, he became a part-time professor at Humber Polytechnic and established the Nature Harmony Foundation in 2017 to promote socially responsible projects. Guided by his principle, “Let’s Build Trees – a model to provide ecosystem services”, Phil developed Bio-Regenerative® Design using biomimetic, biophilic, bio-synergistic principles to deliver regenerative sustainability projects.
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
- LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED® AP BD+C)
- Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA)
- Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
- Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP)
- ENERGY STAR Multifamily High Rise Licensed Professional
- Living Future Accredited Professional (LFA)
Managing Partner's Note
Regenerative Sustainability – A Carbon-Negative and Nature-Positive Solution
Human beings rely on ecosystem services to survive, drawing these services from global natural ecosystems. However, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report, delivered by the UN in 2005, concluded that 15 of 24 global ecosystem services were degraded.
One key finding indicated that this degradation could significantly worsen during the first half of this century, from 2000 to 2050. Natural ecosystems are deteriorating, suffering from damage and depletion due to global factors such as climate change, unsustainable resource distribution, and pollution. With the growth in world population and urbanization, how can the deteriorated natural ecosystems sustainably deliver energy, food security, fresh water, clean air, and mental wellness to sustain humankind? The answer is regenerative sustainability – a carbon-negative and nature-positive design future.
“The answer is regenerative sustainability – a carbon-negative and nature-positive design future.”
Trees deliver over 30 ecosystem services locally, producing carbon-negative and nature-positive outcomes that support both human and non-human life. Of these 30+ ecosystem services provided by trees, 25 have been identified as adaptable for buildings. If every building – whether a new development or an existing structure – could deliver some of its own tree-like ecosystem services, the degraded natural ecosystem functions could begin to regenerate, thereby supporting future generations and sustaining more species. Every building is an enclosed “biome” unto itself – a building biome. Can a building biome provide its own tree-like ecosystem services?
The 25 ecosystem services provided by trees can be consolidated into five categories – energy, water, air, food, and mental health. SRS Consulting Engineers’ regenerative sustainability consulting and engineering services have designed and developed “Positive Building” packages to help buildings, both new and existing, deliver these five tree-like ecosystem services. All “Positive Building” packages contribute to fulfilling the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, working in harmony to create a long-lasting impact in our society.