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CURRICULUM VITAE

Hillary Brown, FAIA LEED AP Professor of Architecture (with tenure)

City College of New York

www.hillarybrown.net

HIGHER EDUCATION

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies, June 2000. Yale University School of Architecture, Master of Architecture, June 1974. Oberlin College. Art history major, Bachelor of Arts, June 1971.

EXPERIENCE

Teaching: City College of New York, Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture: Professor, Director, Architecture Track, Master of Science Program: Sustainability in the Urban Environment. 2009 to Present. City College of New York, School of Architecture, Urban Design & Landscape Architecture, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Seminar, 3rd and 4th Year Architecture Studio, 2008 to 2009. Princeton University School of Architecture, Lecturer, Energy and Form, and sustainability critic, Integrated Design Studio, 2002 to 2009. Columbia University School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Adjunct Associate Professor, Sustainable Design Seminar, 1997 to 2007. Bard College, Center for Environmental Policy, Affiliated Faculty, Ecological Design and Policy, 2000 to 2004. New Jersey Institute of Technology: Visiting Professor, Advanced Design Studio in Environmental Design, Spring 2004. Yale University School of Architecture, Visiting Lecturer, Core Curriculum, History & Theory Seminar, 1983 to 1985. Parsons School of Design: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Studio Coordinator Third Year Design Program, 1980 to 1982.

Professional Practice:


New Civic Works, New York, NY, Principal. Sustainability consulting firm for infrastructure and buildings, guidelines development and project implementation, 2001 to Present. City of New York, Department of Design & Construction, Founding Director, (Assistant Commissioner) NYC Office of Sustainable Design. Green building for NYC capital programs: standards development, education and outreach, project implementation, 1997-2001. City of New York, Department of Design & Construction: Assistant Commissioner/ Director of Design, Public Works Architecture & Engineering, $ 1.5 Billion capital program, 1990 to 1997. City of New York, Department of General Services, Program Director, NYC cultural Institutions capital program, an $ 80 M portfolio, 1988 to 1990. City of New York, Office of the Mayor, Assistant Director, Office of the Director of Construction, Oversight of key capital programs, troubleshooting high visibility capital projects, 1985 to 1990. Hillary A. Brown, AIA, Architect, Principal, Commercial and institutional architectural projects in New York, Connecticut, 1980 to 1985. Peter Gluck, Architects with Gerald Allen, Architect. Project Manager, historic “B” Post design for Central Park Luminaire, multiple family housing projects,1979 to 1980. Edward Larrabee Barnes, Architect, Project Manager, renovation, Enid Haupt Conservatory, historic restoration and new construction projects, 1975 to 1979. Neylan and Ungless Architects, London, UK. Production Assistant, Housing projects, Boroughs of Enfield and Camden, 1974 to 1975. Colin St. John Wilson, Architect. London, UK. Housing projects, Intern, 1974.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS

Appointed Member, Board of Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE), National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, National Academies, Washington D.C. 2011 to Present. Appointed Member, National Research Committee on Federal High Performance Green Buildings. The National Academies, Washington D.C., 2011 to 2012. Invited Participant, White House Forum on Federal Leadership and High Performance Sustainable, Buildings, July 20, 2010 with Cabinet members, Senior Department Heads (Labor, HUD, Energy), and national green building experts. Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) by the College of the American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C. March 2008. Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects, for “Bird-Safe Building Guidelines,” ASLA Awards Program, 2007. Robert Bosh Public Policy Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, Researching innovative green building policy in Berlin, Germany, Spring 2001. Public Architect Award, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Recognition for “superior performance as a public sector architect,” May 2001.


Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Spring 1999 to Spring 2000. Professional Services Award, Department of General Services, New York City, November 1994. Women’s Leadership Award, Department of General Services, New York City, November 1995. William Wirt Winchester Traveling Fellowship, Yale University School of Architecture, (highest honor), 1974 to 1975.

Awards American Academy in Berlin, Public Policy Fellow, Ecological Building Design in Berlin. Robert Bosch Fellowship, Berlin, Germany, $10,000, February to May 2001. Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, $ 25,000, January 1999 to January 2000.

Fellow, The Post-Carbon Institute, Supporting expert, author and reviewer for sustainable buildings and infrastructure, Berkeley, CA, 2008 to Present. Fellow, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, CUNY UTRC (Investigating urban infrastructure), 2005 to 2007.

Leadership roles and accomplishments

Harvard University, The Kennedy School, Institute of Politics. Bi-Partisan Program for New Members of Congress, Invited presenter on Infrastructure for the 21st Century, with the Honorable, Rodney S. Slater, Former Secretary of Transportation, and others, Cambridge, MA, December 5, 2014. Visiting Fellow, Center for Creative Solutions: Reframing 21st Century Challenges. Adviser and participant, multi-disciplinary summer program in community-based design and resilience, affiliated with Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro, VT, Summer 2012 to Present. Co-Founder, Global Energy Model Institute, and Chair, International Working Group, with Clinton Global Initiative Member, Daniel P. Gregory, PE., Not-for-profit institute addressing energy and infrastructure poverty in developing economies, initial pilot program planned for Haiti, New York, NY, 2011 to 2013. Executive Committee Member, New York State Sustainability Working Group, Program to expand sustainability literacy and advance policies to support sustainability programs in higher education, New York, NY, 2011 to 2012. Advisory Committee Member, AIA, NY Chapter. Glimpses: New York and Amsterdam in 2040. Exhibition and exchange program, New York, NY, Spring 2011. Co-Chair, with William Solecki, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, CUNY Environmental Sciences Workshop, Panelist on Sustainable Cities Group, New York, NY, November 2010. Founding Director, City of New York, Office of Sustainable Design, New York City’s first dedicated program in green buildings, over 70 buildings completed to date. Policy development, project implementation, research; Recipient, $ .5 Million in NYSERDA technical support, more than $1.2 M in capital grants and capital funding financed through the New York Power Authority’s ENCORE program, 1997 to 2001.


RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE WORK Peer and Critically Reviewed Work Books

Co-Author, (with Byron Stigge) Infrastructure Ecologies: Progressive Development Models for Emerging Economies. Contract with MIT Press (manuscript in progress, publication Winter 2016). Author, Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-industrial Public Works. Island Press, May 2014. Co-Author (Minor), Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change. The National Academies Press, 2011.

Co-Author (Major) Bird-Safe Building Guidelines: Preventing Avian Mortality in Structures, New York Audubon Society, 2007. Co-Author, (Major) and Managing Editor City of New York High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines: Greening Infrastructure in the Public Right-of-Way. City of New York and the Design Trust for Public Space, 2005. Co-Author (Major) State and Local Government Toolkit: Policy Manual for City and State Green Building Program Development. US Green Building Council, 2002. Co-Author, (Major) and Managing Editor City of New York High Performance Building Guidelines, City of New York and the Design Trust for Public Space, 1999.

Book Chapters “Co-development as Principle for Next Generation Infrastructure” in What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs. Lynn Elizabeth, and Stephen Goldsmith, eds., New Village Press, 2010. “Re-Naturing the City” in Restorative Commons: Creating Health and Well-being through Urban Landscapes. Lindsay Campbell and Anne Wiesen, eds., US Forest Service 2011 (2nd ed.). “Towards Net-Zero Carbon Buildings” in The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century Sustainability Crises. Richard Heinberg and Daniel Lerch, eds., Watershed Media Press, 2010. “Prologue: In Retrospect,” in Biophilic Design: Theory, Science and Practice. Kellert, Stephen, Heerwagen Judith, Mador, Martin, eds., Wiley Press, 2008. “High Performance Infrastructure,” in Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature. Farr, Douglas. Wiley, 2008. “Preface,” for Green Building: Project Planning & Cost Estimating, First Edition. RS Means, 2002. “Building for High Performance,” in Construction in Cities: Political, Social and Environmental Impacts of Construction. P.J. Lancaster, Ed. CDC Publications, 2001.


“Smart Buildings for the Public Realm,” in Sustainable Architecture: White Papers. Earth Pledge Foundation Series on Sustainable Development, 2000.

Journal articles

Co-Author, (Minor) “Infrastructure Ecology: An Evolving Paradigm for Sustainable Urban Development.”Arka Pandit, Elizabeth A. Minné, Hyunju Jeong, Jean-Ann C. James, Joshua P. Newell, Marc Weissburg, Michael E. Chang, Ming Xu, Perry Yang, Valerie M. Thomas, Zhongming Lu, John C. Crittenden. Journal of Cleaner Production, (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.010. “Compound Infrastructure: Lessons from Engineering Precedents.” Journal of Bridge Engineering. Issue 8, July 2014. “A Haitian ‘Ecodistrict:’Conceptual Design for Integrated, Basic Infrastructure for the Commune of Léogâne. Haiti,” Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled, 2014, 1:4. “Eco-logical Principles for Next Generation Infrastructure.” The Bridge. National Academy of Engineering Quarterly, March 2011. “Infrastructural Ecologies” Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm/ The Design Observer, Scholarship (Peer Reviewed.) October 2010.

Refereed conference proceedings

“Infrastructural Ecologies: A Macroscopic Framework for Sustainable Public Works.” In: Proceedings: International Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure. Journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014. “Institutionalizing High Performance Building Practices: A New Public Management Strategy,” for Mainstreaming Green: Sustainable Design for Buildings and Communities. Proceedings, AIA/U.S. Green Building Council Conference, May 1999. “NYC’s Environmentally Responsible Building Guideline,” Proceedings, New York Interagency Engineering Council, proceedings, 4th annual conference, May 1998. “Towards High Performance Buildings: How NYC can capture real returns from green public facilities,” Proceedings, Environmental and Economic Balance: the 21st Century Outlook. Proceedings, AIA/U.S. Green Building Council conference, October 1997.

Critically reviewed work Book Reviews, Next Generation Infrastructure, Island Press 2014

Metropolis Magazine. Book Review by Metropolis Editors, July 14, 2015. UrbanLand (Urban Land Institute Magazine) Book Review by David R. Godschalk, June 22, 2015. American Society of Landscape Architects, On-line magazine, The Dirt, “One of 10 Best Books of 2014,” December 1, 2014. Spacing.CA, Canadian Urbanism Uncovered. Book Review by Jeremy Senko, “August 19, 2014. Landscape Architecture Magazine, “Books of Interest,” August 2014.


Oculus Magazine, American Institute of Architects Magazine, New York Chapter, Book Review by Annie Coggan, June 18, 2014. American Society of Landscape Architects, On-Line Magazine, The Dirt, Book Review, by Mariana Mogilevich, June 12, 2014. Civil Engineering, July/August Issue, Book Review by Ray Bert, June 2, 2014. Public Works Magazine, Book Review by Stephanie Johnston, May 31, 2014.

Reviewed Work of Consulting Firm, New Civic Works, Hillary Brown, Principal Global Energy Model, Work in Haiti. Jared Anderson, “An Unlikely Energy Development Opportunity Emerges in Haiti.” Breaking Energy Magazine. Article about the Global Energy Model Initiative, February 2012. New Civic Works Green Guidelines consulting, Nancy Jackson, “Goal Diggers: public works leaders cultivate sustainable communities,” American City and County, (cover story), March 2009. “Bird-Safe Building Guidelines, for New York City Audubon, Bina Venkataraman,“Fatal Reflections,” Boston Globe, December 2008. Kira Gould and Lance Hosey. Women In Green: Voices of Sustainable Design. Ecotone, 2007. City of New York, High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines, “Green Streets GO-AHEAD,” Architects Newspaper, January 2007. City of New York, High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines, “Inside Infrastructure,” Oculus Magazine, AIA NY Chapter. Chapter Volume 68 Issue 5, Winter 2006 to 2007. “Moving toward High Performance Infrastructure,” Urban Land Institute Magazine, Fall 2006. “Global Visions - New York Insights 2001,” Megacities, Edition Siemens, September 2000. “Profiles in Scholarship: Hillary Brown,” The Berlin Journal: Newsletter # 2, American Academy in Berlin, Summer 2001. “Principles for Post Industrial Public Works,” Guest Columnist, Engineering News Record. April/May, 2009.

Work of the Office of Sustainable Design, City of New York, Hillary Brown, Founding Director “Efficient Building Guidelines,” Review, Oculus Magazine, AIA NY Chapter. Volume 62, Number 4. December 1999. “City Manual on Being Green,” Review, Real Estate Section, The New York Times. July 1999. “Library Shows Green Buildings Belong in the Public Sector.” Review, Architectural Record, June 1997. “The Big Green Apple,” AIARCHITECT VISTA, AIA National Newsletter. February 199

External steering and advisory committees

Built Environment Education (BEE now, Member, Advisory Committee, 2015 to Present.


New York State Sustainability Working Group, Member, Executive Committee, Expert Panel on Sustainability and Council of Deans, Spring 2012. Program follows the American Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AAASHE) initiative, Syracuse & New York, NY, Spring, 2012 to Winter 2013. Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, City of New York, Co-Chair, “Aquatecture” Committee, Development of NYC Waterfront Redevelopment Plan, New York, NY, 2007 to 2010. City State Urban Design Lab, Rhode Island School of Design: Member, Board of Advisors, Providence, RI, 2005 to 2006. New Yorkers for Parks, Advisory Committee, New York, NY, 2003 to 2004. Green Building Guidelines, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Advisory Review Committee, New York, NY, 2002 to 2003. Memorial Guidelines, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, Advisory Review Committee, New York, NY, 2002 to 2003. Civic Alliance (Rebuilding Downtown), Co-Chair, Green Buildings Committee, New York, NY, 2001 to 2002.

Other Creative Work

“Sea, Sun, Soil and Salt: Infrastructural Symbiosis in Anse-Rouge Haiti’s Eco-Industrial Park,” Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of NY, 2015. “Infrastructure Master Plan for a Sustainable Rural College Campus, University of Les Cayes, Les Cayes, Haiti,” Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of NY, 2014. “Infrastructural Ecologies for Fouche, Haiti: Multipurpose, Integrated and Synergistic Systems,” Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of NY, 2013. “Planning an EcoDistrict: Integration of Critical Infrastructure Proposed for the Commune of Leogane, Haiti,” Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of NY, 2012. “Envisioning Renewable Energy for Haiti,” Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of NY, 2011.

New Civic Works, (Founding Principal) Sustainability Master Plans, Buildings and Infrastructure: 2001 to Present City of Boston, Boston Redevelopment Authority, in association with Positive Energies, LLC, advisory to Boston’s City-wide Energy Master Plan on ‘next generation’ systems configuration, 2015. Devils Thumb Ranch, Tabernash Co. Integrated systems architect, in association with Positive Energies, LLC, Developed master plan for integrated campus net-zero energy, renewable heating and cooling, water treatment, waste management, (project in construction), 2014. GEM (Global Energy Model) Institute, Co-Founder with Daniel Gregory, P.E. Assisted development of the GEM model, a comprehensive tool for electrical and critical infrastructure co-development, addressing energy poverty in developing economies, Haiti as pilot program. Feasibility scope of work for $ 1.1 million energy master plan, funded by the Government of Haiti, master plan, 2012.

New York Power Authority (NYPA), Sustainability Master Plan. Invited by NYPA to develop scope of work for NYPA’s Sustainability Plan for the agency’s statewide operations, service offerings and the


workplace. Contracted by ARUP Engineers, as consultant to in final development and role-out of this 5 Year Sustainability Master Plan, 2006 to 2008. City of New Haven, Schools Construction Program. Initiated and produced comprehensive, high performance energy and resource efficient design standards for the City’s public schools. Guidelines emphasize energy efficiency, indoor air quality and daylighting for a $ 1.15 billion 10 year construction effort. Provided sustainable design consulting and facilitation on ten new schools as part of an implementation phase, 2003 to 2008. State of New York, State University Construction Fund (SUCF): Initiated and developed Green Building Guidelines for SUNY Buffalo to serve as a template for SUNY-wide implementation of New York State Executive Order 111, incorporating concerns of the Dormitory Authority, SUNY and SUCF, 2002 to 2004. Menomonee Valley Development Authority, Development of guidelines for sustainable buildings and infrastructure for economic development guidelines in the Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee, WI, 2002 to 2003. Guidelines and Executive Training Development for the Kresge Foundation (with Nonprofit Finance Fund), Development of a green building executive training seminar for nationwide audiences of non-profit organizations, including the direction of a 30 minute film, Detroit, MI/New York, NY, 2003 to 2005.

Leadership Projects, Founding Director/ Assistant Commissioner NYC Office of Sustainable Design Initiated first comprehensive green building program for NYC, including guidelines development, multiple research manuals (e.g. Green Roofs, Construction Waste Management, Landscaping guidance on NYC projects); developed lecture series, conducted advocacy and outreach. Led development of the following sustainable design projects through implementation:

Queens Botanical Garden Visitors Center, First LEED Platinum Rated Green Building in NYC, Sustainability lead, conceptual design, Queens, NY, 1999 to 2000. Bronx County Hall of Justice, Sustainability lead, Bronx, NY, 1997 to 2001. New South Jamaica Branch Library, Sustainability lead, Queens, NY, 1997 to 1999. Brooklyn Children’s Museum Renovation/Addition, Sustainability lead, Brooklyn, NY, 1998 to 1999. Children’s Center, Administration for Children’s Services, Sustainability lead, New York, NY, 1998 to 1999. New York Hall of Science Addition, Sustainability lead, Queens, NY, 1997 to 1998. Kensington Branch Library, Sustainability lead, Brooklyn, NY, 1997 to 1998. Seabury Day Care Center, Sustainability lead, Queens, NY, 1997 to 1998

Presentations

Keynote Speaker Water Resilient Cities Conference, Cleveland State, Levin College of Urban Affairs, “Infrastructural Ecologies: Learning from Natural Systems,” Cleveland OH, April 21, 2016


Wallace Stegner Center Annual Symposium, University of Utah School of Law, “Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Action Items for the Anthropocene,” April 1, 2016, Salt Lake City, UT New York State United Teachers Health & Safety Conference, “Educating Green: Sustainability and the Power of Public Ideas,” Albany, New York, March 12, 2003. Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition, Green Schools Event, “Greening the Classroom and Beyond,” Cleveland, OH, October 17, 2001. East Regional Interior Design Education Council Annual Conference 2002, “Educating for Green: Ecological Literacy in Design Schools,” New School, New York, NY October 24, 2002. Hong Kong University. Environmentally Responsible Building Design Conference, Hong Kong,” Adopting a Portfolio-wide Green Building Policy, New York City,” Hong Kong, China, May 10, 2001. State of New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection: Building Green, New Jersey, “Steps to Greening Capital Programs,” Trenton, NJ, October 4, 2000. Distinguished Speaker School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA Lecture Series) “Infrastructure Everywhere & Nowhere: Future-proofing Critical Systems,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 14, 2015. School of Architecture & Urban Planning, (SARUP Lecture Series) “Future-Proofing Infrastructure: Five Principles for Public Works,” University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 17, 2014. City University of New York, School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, “Affirming Green: Themes/principles/work/ emerging concepts,” New York, NY, November 6, 2008. University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning. “Greening the Street: high performance practices in the right-of-way,” Cincinnati, OH, April 5, 2007. University of Utah School of Architecture, “Green Affirmatives: Emerging Trends and Practices in Sustainable Design,” Salt Lake City, UT, November 1, 2006. University of Texas, Austin, Center for Sustainable Development, “Building Green as Good Governance,” Austin, TX, April 22, 2005. Yale University, School of Architecture and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. “The Power of Public Ideas: High Performance Building in Practice,” New Haven, CT, September 12, 2002. Speaker or Panelist (RECENT: 2006 to 2016) American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning Engineers Bi-State Chapter, “Next Generation Infrastructure: An Earthday Perspective, Pocantico Hills, NY, April 22, 2015. America Society of Civil Engineers (ACSE) Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure. “Infrastructural Ecologies: A Macroscopic Framework for Sustainable Public Works.” Invited panelist, Long Beach, CA, November 8, 2014. King County, Green Tools Roundtable, Invited speaker, “Five Principles for Future Proofing Urban Systems,” Seattle WA, November 5, 2014. Town Hall, Seattle. Invited Speaker, “Envisioning Next Generation Infrastructure,” Seattle WA, November 4, 2014.


Security and Sustainability Forum Webinar, “A Conversation with the Honorable Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor, Curitiba Brazil and Hillary Brown, New Civic Works,” moderated by James Russell. (Live Online), Washington, D.C., September 25, 2014. VERGE Conference New York, Next-Gen Buildings and Infrastructure, “Future-Proofing Public Works,” New York, NY, September 16, 2014. Port Authority, New York and New Jersey. Invited lecturer. “Proposals for Next Generation Infrastructure,” Newark, NJ, September 7, 2014. American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention 2014,”Integrated Infrastructure: Design that Adapts to Evolving Challenges,” (with James S. Russell, FAIA) Chicago, IL, June 26, 2014. San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), Invited speaker, “Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure: Imperatives for the Next Generation,” San Francisco, CA, June 11, 2014. Joint Meeting, San Francisco Department of the Environment and San Francisco Department of Planning. Invited speaker, “Towards Next Generation Infrastructure,” San Francisco, CA, June 11, 2014. San Jose Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), Invited speaker, “Future-proofing Urban Infrastructure: Alternative Practices for Public Works,” San Jose, CA, June 12, 2014. AIA New York Chapter, Oculus Book Talk, Next Generation Infrastructure: Principles for Post-Industrial Public Works,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY, June 9, 2014. City University of New York, Division of Interdisciplinary Studies, City-on-City lecture series. “Greening the Public Realm: Getting to Scale,” New York, NY, May 6, 2013. Yale University NY/AIA Chapter. “Biophilic Design in Architecture.” Invited panelist, with Stephen Kellert, Yale University School of Environmental Studies, New York, NY, April 23, 2012.

National Science Foundation, Research Coordination Network, Infrastructures and the Energy-Climate-Water Nexus. Speaker, “Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles for Post-industrial Public Works,” Estes Park, CO, August 18, 2012. AIA Center for Architecture, NY Chapter, Panelist. Trends in Response to Natural Disasters: Adaptation by Design, New York, NY, April 22, 2012.

SCUP 2012 (School & University Planners) North East Regional Conference. “Influences of Pedagogical Changes on Space Utilization and Sustainable Practice,” Invited speaker, with Peter Gisolfi, AIA LEED AP, and Adrian Tuluca, R.A., LEED BD+C, New York, NY, April 12, 2012. City University of New York, Office of Facilities Design, Construction & Management. Invited speaker. “Towards Net-Zero Energy Buildings for Universities,” New York, NY, February 21, 2012. City College of New York, President’s Lecture Series, Human Ecology, Invited speaker, “Towards Soft-Path Water Systems: Towards Resilient Urban Infrastructure,” New York, NY, February 7, 2012. Center for Architecture, AIA NY Chapter, Symposium: Design for Energy: the Language of Sustainability, Panelist, New York, NY, December 1, 2011. Kent State University, College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Invited seminar speaker, “Observations on Innovative Infrastructure.” (video-skype lecture), November 29, 2011.


R. Buckminster Fuller Challenge, Symposium, Invited speaker, “The Architect and Eco/Social Sustainability,” New York, NY, October 12, 2011. Museum of the City of New York. “Harvesting the Sun – Solar Power in New York City.” Program organizer, Moderator, New York, NY, June 20, 2011. DesignDC (Regional AIA conference), Redesigning Our Buildings, Cities, and Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change. Invited speaker, “Resilient Buildings and Infrastructure,” Washington D.C., June 22, 2011. Center for Architecture Symposium, Glimpses: New York and Amsterdam in 2040, Invited speaker, New York, NY, June 11, 2011. R. Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2011. Urban Solution Sets: Visionary Strategies for the Future of Cities, panelist, NYC, June 8, 2011. AIA 2011 National Convention. Invited speaker, (with James S. Russell) “Next Generation Green: Sustainable Infrastructure and Communities,” New Orleans, LA, May 12, 2011. AIA Baltimore Conference, Infrastructure Systems and Cities: Design for a Changing World, Invited Speaker, “Prognostications: Next Generation Infrastructure,” Baltimore, MD, March 24, 2011. National Renewable Energy Lab, Invited speaker, “Bird-Safe Glazing as a Green Building Solution,” (video-conference presentation) New York, NY, March 22, 2011. Urban Green Council Exposition 2010, Moderator, “Double Glass Façade Innovation at the Weill Cornell Medical Center,” New York, NY, September 24, 2010.

AIA Center for Architecture, New York Chapter. Invited speaker, “Towards Sustainable Infrastructure,” New York, NY, September 14, 2010. American Academy for the Advancement of Science, Transforming Cities for an Eco-Energy Future, Respondent, “Urban Design and Energy Demand,” San Diego, CA, February 21, 2010. Sustainable Infrastructure Conference, CCNY, Introductory speaker: “Evolving Perspectives: Sustainability Defined,” New York, NY, May 11, 2010. Oberlin College Environmental Alumni Conference, Invited speaker, “A History of New York City’s Recent Sustainability Initiatives,” Oberlin, OH, October 10, 2009. American Institute of Architects, COTE, NY Chapter, Invited speaker, “Basic Bioclimatic Design: High Performance, Simplified,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY, June 22, 2009. AIA 2009 National Convention, Panel organizer and speaker, “Manufacturing for Sustainability,” San Francisco, CA, May 3, 2009. Cagliari-Fiera Internaztionale della Sardegna, Invited speaker, “Green Infrastructure for the Sustainable City,” Cagliairi, Sardinia, Italy, March 4, 2009. Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Invited seminar speaker, “Getting to Scale: Ecological Strategies for Cities,” New York, NY, November 17, 2008. University of Pennsylvania, “Reimagining Cities: Urban Design after the Age of Oil.” Invited panelist, Philadelphia, PA, November 8, 2008.


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Green Development Program, Panelist. Nashville, TN, February 25, 2008. Museum of the City of New York. Eco-Cities: Building Green on a City Scale, Invited speaker, “Next Generation Infrastructure,” New York, NY, February 4, 2008. GreenBuild (U.S. Green Building Council) Annual Conference, Invited speaker, “From Great Streets to Green Streets,” Chicago, IL, November 8, 2007. GreenBuild (U.S. Green Building Council) Annual Conference, Invited speaker, “Migrating through the City: Bird-safe Buildings: NYC’s Audubon’s Bird Safe Building Guidelines,” Chicago, IL, November 8, 2007. Institute for Public Leadership & Public Affairs, Northern Kentucky University, Invited speaker, Half-day workshop, “Best Practices for Greening the Public Right-of-way,” Louisville, KY, April 7, 2007. Meristem Forum, Restorative Commons for Community Health, Invited speaker, “Health-promoting Urban Environments, Buildings, Landscape and Sustainable Policy,” New York, NY, March 30, 2007. New York Power Authority, Sustainability Initiative, Invited lecturer, “Sustainability: Integration into Capital Programs,” White Plains, NY, December 5, 2006. Pratt Institute, School of Architecture, Invited speaker, “Affirming Green: Emerging Trends and Practices in Ecological Design,” New York, NY, November 13, 2006.

Corporate Real Estate Conference, 2006. Globalization, Sustainable Development and the Corporate Real Estate Mission. Invited speaker, “On the Ground, Managing Infrastructure: NYC’s High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines,” New York, NY, October 30, 2006. .

Published or On-line Interviews “Green Building Beginnings, New York City,” Podcast interview by Yetsuh Frank, The Building Energy Exchange, (not yet aired), recorded December 12, 2014. “Oculus Quick Take: Podcast interview, “On Next Generation Infrastructure.” Interview by Miguel Baltierra, AIA, New York Chapter, June 8, 2014. “Obama to Speak at Tappan Zee Bridge,” Television interview, News 4 New York, http://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Obama-to-Highlight-Need-for-Infrastructure-Spending-in-Tappan-Zee-Speech_New-York-259140951.html, May 13, 2014.

“Hurricane Sandy: Moving Forward.” Study with the Best. CUNY TV, Panel Discussion, City University Television, http://www.cuny.tv/show/studywiththebest/PR2001373, November 25, 2013. “The Four Premises of Sustainable Infrastructure,” The Post Carbon Institute, Video interview, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svRJr5QN7p8, Berkeley, CA, November 4, 2010. “Greening the Public Right-of-Way,” National Public Radio. Podcast interview, http://loe.org/shows/segmentprint.html?programID=06-P13-00031&segmentID=2&x=18&y=18, June 10, 2005 and August 2, 2006. “Community-based, Community-scaled Design,” Group interview, Planners Network: Progressive Planning, Winter 2006.


“Brown on Green,” Oculus Magazine, Publication of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Spring 2005. “Teaching Green: Design with Values,” Metropolis Magazine, interview by Susan Szenasy, http://www.metropolismag.com/December-1969/Teaching-Green-at-ICFF-2002/, September 2003. Tess Taylor, “ The Big Green Apple,” Article and interview. Metropolis Magazine, January 2002. “Green Buildings for New York City,” The Chunichi Simbun, Nagoya, Japan daily. June 8, 1999.

Industry boards

Urban Green Council, (NYC Chapter USGBC), Founding Board Member and Vice-President, New York, NY, 2000 to 2008. U.S. Green Building Council, (National Organization) Member, Board of Directors, Washington D.C., 1998 to 2001. Healthy Schools Network, Member, Board of Directors, Albany, NY, 2002 to 2008.

Government Panels State of Connecticut, Co-author with Connecticut Fund for the Environment. Green Building Tax Credit Legislation. Draft Bill # 7377 Progressive model for green building and smart-growth tax incentives (failed to pass), 2007. New York State Assembly Committees on Health, Education and Environment, Spoken and written testimony, environmental and health costs and benefits of high performance schools, New York, NY, March 12, 2004. City of St. Louis, Missouri, Local Government Workshop, “Green Building/Government Leadership,” St. Louis, MO, November 25, 2002. Office of the Governor, New York State, Executive Order 111, State-wide green building initiative, “Green and Clean facilities” State of New York, Co-Author and consultant, with senior New York State Executive officials, Albany, NY, Issued June 10, 2001. High Performance Building Initiative, Salt Lake City, Utah, Green consultant to the Mayor and the Director of City Planning, an inter-departmental approach to greening municipal and city-funded facilities, funded by The Utah Energy Office, US DOE Rebuild America, Salt Lake City, UT, 2001 to 2002. U.S. Congressional Breakfast for the U.S. Green Building Council, Author, written and spoken testimony. “New York City as Exemplary, Pro-active Municipality Pursing Benefits of Green Buildings.” Washington, D.C., May 25, 1999.

Conference boards, panels, workshops, etc. Symposia / Conference Organizer

Curator, M.S. in Urban Sustainability Lecture Series, “Rebalancing Flows in the Post-Industrial City,” conceived, organized and hosted four industry leaders in sustainable practice, Spring 2012.


Executive Committee Member, New York State Sustainability Working Group, Conceived and organized 2-day workshop to expand sustainability literacy and advance policies to support sustainability programs, Syracuse, NY, 2011 to 2012. City University of New York, Institute for Urban Systems, Advisory Committee, Sustainable Transportation Conference, New York, NY, Spring 2010. Curator, Spring Public Lecture Series “Crossing Boundaries,” Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (SSA), Conceived, organized and hosted eight industry leaders, sustainable design, Spitzer School of Architecture, annual public lecture series, New York, NY, Spring 2010. Co-Chair, with William Solecki, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, CUNY Environmental Sciences Workshop, New York, NY, November 2010. Symposium Host/ Organizer/Producer and Speaker, “Building Green: Smart Places for the Public Realm,” Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. Two-day symposium with nation-wide public officials, Harvard faculty and administration, others, Cambridge, MA, May 14 to 15, 2000. City of New York, Internal University, Organizer/instructor with guest lecturers, “Basics of Sustainable Design,” a 15-lecture series open to public sector employees citywide, New York, NY, 1999 to 2001.

Review panels

Service on Design Competition Juries: Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure Member of Advisory Team, Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award 2014, New York, NY, 2014. Buckminster Fuller Challenge. New York, NY April 2, 2010. Juror, and awards ceremony speaker at the National Press Club, Washington D.C., April 3, 2010. Connecticut AIA Chapter, Annual Design Awards, Jury Member, New Haven, CT, November 2012. U.S. Chamber of Commerce/Siemens Sustainable Community Awards, Juror, March 2010. 2007 Congress for New Urbanism Charter Awards Juror, entries by ten U.S. cities, Washington, D.C., March 2007. AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE)/ Boston Society of Architects/Sustainable Design Awards Program, Juror, Boston, MA, April 2005. Green Ground Zero Competition, Visioning sustainable development for Lower Manhattan, Juror, New York, NY, Spring 2004. American University in Beirut, International Design Competition, Juror for award of the design of the University’s Hostler Center, Lebanon, Beirut, September 2002. Boston Society of Architects/ AIA COTE, Green Building Design Awards Juror, Boston, MA, May 2005.

Editorial panels and/or agencies, journals or presses for whom the candidate is a reviewer

The Post Carbon Institute, publications review on infrastructure. The Design Trust for Public Space, Reviewer, guidelines publications.

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