Researcher, Hydro-Quebec
Karine Lavigne is a researcher and project leader at the Laboratoire des Technologies de l’Énergie (LTE) of IREQ (Hydro-Quebec Research Institute) since 2005. She is working to increase the energy efficiency of commercial and institutional buildings though the development of continuous commissioning and energy simulation tools. She is also involved in projects related to demand response and optimisation of building controls. She has published several scientific papers related to the building energy simulation, model calibration and management of power peak demand.