Activities: Invited guest speaker at NSF National Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Environmental Design (SEED) March 2012 Faculty Advisor for Top National Award winning team for DOE’s National Better Buildings Challenge Competition March 2012 Guest Presenter for High Performance Legislation in front of Legislature, February 2012 Featured in the article "Pushing the Envelope", Architect Colorado. Winter 2011-2012 Co-author: A Simple Path to Sustainability, Preager Press, Clio Publishing, LA, CA. 2011 Co-Founder of the “S2, Sustainability Series” a monthly forum for sustainable design leaders presenting their work Co-Founder and Board Member of the newly organized UCD “Wirth Chair Sustainability Series” organized from the original S2 Series University of Colorado, Denver: IGERT, Faculty Member & Speaker 2006 – 2010; Presenter Student Government’s “The Future of Green Architecture” 2010 MBA UCD Graduate School of Business “Managing for Sustainability” Seminar 2010; Presenter Net Impact Seminar “Sustainable Communities”2011 Advisory Board TOD East/West Initiative UCD/Fast Tracks Partnership UCD College of Architecture and Planning 2010 - 2011 Career Education Center, CEC Presenter: “Green Building and Sustainable Careers” 2010; CU Online, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2011 Webinar Presentations: Governor’s Energy Office, GEO, High Performance Design 2011; AIA Webinar, IECC and Energy Codes 2010 Speaking Engagements: Speaker, NSF EFRI Conference, 2012, "Living Wall Materials and Systems for Automatic Building Thermo-Regulation” Net Impact Sustainable Business Strategies 2011; CORE National Conference 2010; Alliance Center AFEC Conference 2009; COTE AIA Committee on the Environment Seminar 2010; Keynote Address Greenspaces Conference 2010; Special lecturer UCB Engineering, UCD IGERT, Denver Public Schools 2009 & 2010, UCD Student Affairs Conference Keynote Speaker “The Future of Green Architecture 2010; Top Honor Award: Campus Wide Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Colorado Denver, Research and Creative Activities Symposium, Union Station Sustainable Urban Design, 2009 Top Honor Award Greenbuilding Studio 2009, College of Architecture and Planning, All Studio Design Competition Award, 2009 Winner USGBC Emerging Green Builder’s Natural Design Competition, winning 4 of 5 slots for Western Region 2006, 2007, 2008 Special LEED Consultant: Governor’s Energy Office and Office of the State Architect, 2007 – 2008 City of Denver, Greenprint Denver Taskforce for Greening City Government, 2008 UCD President’s Climate Control Commitment Council, 2008 UCD Sustainability Hub Steering Committee, 2007 – 2008 UCD IGERT/NSF Research Center Development and Steering Committee, 2006 - 2008 CU LEADS, Teaching Excellence and Leadership Faculty Award, 2008 Featured Guest Speaker, Energy Star Summit, 2007 Co-developer University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning’s new Emerging Practices Center, 2007 - 2008 USGBC: Honorable Mention: National USGBC Design Competition, Greenbuild, 2006, 2nd place 2009 UCD Greenbuilding Studio: USGBC Design Competition: Winner 1st & 2nd place & 4 of 5 categories, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Steering Committee, Building Alliance, Building Colorado Coalition, 2005 - 2007 Advisory Executive Committee UCD’s Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Development: IGERT/NSF, 2006 - 2008 Key Note Speaker, Western Design Conference, 1999, “Sustainability in Architecture” “Teacher of the Year, 1999” Department of Architecture and Planning, CU Denver and Boulder Contributing author, Encyclopedia of Housing. Ed. By Willem van Vliet, California: Sage Publications, 1998. National Endowment for the Arts, N.E.A. Grant for Design Innovation, 1992 – 1993. AIA American Architectural Foundation Fellowship, researching Mayan Architecture in Guatemala, 1993. American Institute of Architects National Scholarship, Colorado Institute of Architects Gordon Sweet Scholarship, 1982. American Institute of Architects Activities: Vice President, Leadership, Committee Chair, Executive Committees, Spokesperson 1993 - Present AIA Denver Service Award, 2010 AIA Colorado Government Affairs Committee 2007 - 2011 AIA Denver, President’s Award, 2009 AIA Utah, Juror Statewide Sustainability Design Awards, 2009 AIA Denver, Vice President, 2008 - 2009; AIA Denver Executive Committee 2008 - 2009 AIA Denver Board of Directors 2008 - 2009 AIA Denver Public Affairs Committee Chair 2008 - 2009 AIA Wyoming Statewide Sustainability Conference Keynote Speaker 2008 AIA Colorado President’s Award, 2007, 2008, 2009: For meritorious service to the AIA AIA Denver COTE Service Award, 2007 AIA Colorado & AIA Denver Liaison: Committee on the Environment (COTE), 2000 to present AIA Denver Board of Director’s Representative: Government Affairs Committee (GAC), 2006 to present Featured Speaker & Co-author: for joint sessions Colorado Legislature in support of SB 51, 2006 -2007 AIA Colorado Board Spokesperson: Senate and House Committee Hearings, Green Building Initiatives, 2006 – 2007 AIA Colorado Board Advisor State Architect’s Office: Green Building and LEED Regulations, High Performance Standards, LEED Certification, SMART Buildings, Budgeting and Cost Analysis Modeling, 2007 - 08 Chair AIA COTE Advocacy Committee: Focusing on State initiatives, Greenprint interface, green organization liaison, 2006 - 2008 AIA Colorado Board Representative on Green Initiatives Colorado Legislature, 2006 – 2007 BA & BCC Representative and Contributing Author: Green Building Initiative Legislation, Legislative Session, 2005 - 2007 Presenter, State Department Directors, Green Building Standards and LEED Certification Standards and Budgeting, 2007 Member of Architects for Social Responsibility, Committee for Homeless, Urban Design Committee Boston Society of Architects, 1987 – 1992 Co-Founder Architects for Social Responsibility, AIA Denver, 1993