Meet the President and Founder

Jack Laken, P. Eng. B.Sc.

Jack Laken is a professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience designing building systems for institutional, industrial, and commercial facilities worldwide. Over the course of his career, he has led the design of millions of square feet of indoor comfort systems across projects ranging from complex institutional buildings to large-scale commercial developments.

In 2005, he founded Termobuild to advance a new approach to building performance by integrating the thermal storage capacity of concrete structures directly with HVAC systems. This concept activates the natural thermal mass already present in buildings, allowing floors and structural elements to store and release heating and cooling energy while reducing peak loads and improving overall system efficiency.

Jack holds patents related to Integrated Thermal Storage Ventilation and has received recognition for his work from organizations including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Living Building Challenge, and the Canadian Circle of Champions. His innovations have helped demonstrate how structural thermal energy storage can improve building performance while maintaining practical construction budgets.

He has also contributed to the development of energy-sharing building strategies that improve efficiency and effectively expand available grid capacity, including work in solar panel heat recovery and energy reuse to support deeper building performance gains.

Jack’s work continues to focus on practical innovations that enable buildings to store energy in their structure, reducing infrastructure demands while delivering healthier, more resilient, and more efficient buildings.