Experts from the Pacific Northwest and Beyond to Judge Green Building Design Competition

AIA Seattle’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) is excited to announce this year's What Makes it Green? Regional Green Awards jury and moderator. This diverse group of design and sustainability experts is sure to drive a rich process for selecting this year's projects—first a short-listed group, and then final award winners. The interviews with project teams also promise to be vibrant dialogue. Our 2010 jury offers a variety of integrated building design backgrounds, from a big-picture journalistic perspective to a federal government angle.

Please explore their bios below and join us on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 from 1-4pm at Seattle City Hall (BKL Room) for the What Makes It GREEN? jury discussion at the Living Future 2010. Also, for those design professionals: remember to register your projects to the What Makes It GREEN? Awards by this Friday, March 12 (for submission March 19). Click here for more information and updates about What Makes It GREEN?
 

2010 WHAT MAKES IT GREEN? AWARDS JURY AND MODERATOR

Bob Berkebile FAIA
Any list of accomplished, influential environmentalists and preservationists includes Bob Berkebile. Bob is a founding principal of BNIM Architects and has contributed 44 years to the architectural profession. Among his contributions to his industry, Bob is the founding chairman of the American Institute of Architects’ National Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE) and was also instrumental in the formation of the US Green Building Council and its LEED rating system. Bob’s work as an architect and thought-leader in sustainable methodologies continue to increase the national and global momentum towards triple-bottom-line solutions in our built environments – solutions that seek to find a balance between people, planet and prosperity. In 2009, Bob received a Heinz Award from Theresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation for this leadership and commitment to the environment.

Donald Horn AIA
Don Horn is Assistant Director of General Service Administration’s (GSA) Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings promoting and coordinating Federal sustainable design initiatives for new construction, repair and alteration, facility management, and leasing. Prior to the creation of this office, Don developed and managed GSA’s Sustainable Design Program for the Public Buildings Service, providing expert advice throughout the agency including training and project implementation related to high-performance green buildings. Don has worked nationally and internationally to influence green building guidance and policies. He has served on numerous task forces, committees and boards including ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, the USGBC Board of Directors, the USGBC Government Committee, the Federal Green Building Council, the Interagency Sustainability Working Group, the Whole Building Design Guide and the Seattle Mayor’s Green Building Task Force. Don speaks about green buildings and GSA’s program at local, national and international meetings and has contributed to numerous publications, including GSA’s Sustainability Matters.

Claire Johnson
A leading expert in environmental design, Claire is the head the San Francisco office of environmental design and consulting firm Atelier Ten. Her breadth of experience spans from the first LEED platinum building at Ithaca College to designing what will be the largest and most sustainable mass transit development on the west coast. Formerly serving as practice leader for benchmarking and environmental design out of Atelier Ten New York has shaped Claire’s synthetic approach to how architecture, systems, and landscape interact. With a focus on façade optimization, Claire’s projects notably balance daylight, thermal comfort, and energy efficiency to exceed client benchmarks and expectations. Claire is a LEED Accredited Design Professional, holds a BA in Architectural History & Environmental Studies from Cornell University, and an M.Arch from Princeton University’s School of Architecture. She has taught at the Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute in New York City.

Alex Steffen
Alex has been the Executive Editor of Worldchanging since he co-founded the organization in 2003, as the next phase in a lifetime of work exploring ways of building a better future. Worldchanging is one of the most widely-read sustainability-related publications on the Internet, with an archive of over 10,000 articles by leading thinkers around the world. It's played an important role in revealing obscure innovations and groundbreaking ideas, thereby pushing forward the sustainability movement. Steffen was also the editor of Worldchanging's successful first book, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, a 600-page compendium of writings from over sixty noted leaders around the world, including a foreword by Al Gore. Steffen works tirelessly to share Worldchanging's ideas and message worldwide through regular speaking appearances at companies such as Weiden + Kennedy, Nike, Amazon, Ideo, Arup, Nau, Yahoo! and the World Travel and Tourism Council. He has also spoken at several design and innovation conferences, including TED, Pop!Tech, Tallberg, Design Indaba, South by Southwest Interactive and Doors of Perception. Steffen was a keynote speaker at the Copenhagen Conference of Mayors, which took place during the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2009.

Nadav Malin (moderator)
Nadav is president of BuildingGreen, LLC, where he oversees the company’s online and print information resources, including Environmental Building News, GreenSpec, LEEDUser, and BuildingGreen.com. He also serves as executive editor of McGraw-Hill Construction’s GreenSource magazine. He is founding chair of the Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group for the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Rating System, a LEED Faculty Member, and a LEED Accredited Professional. Nadav consults and lectures widely on sustainable design, with a particular focus on green materials. In addition to running LEED training workshops, he has taught seminars for various USGBC chapters, CSI chapters, state AIA chapters, and private architecture firms. He also served on the U.S. team for Green Building Challenge and oversees BuildingGreen’s management of the U.S. Department of Energy's High Performance Buildings Database project.