Biographies

BIO / William G. Reed, AIA, LEED
 

Hi Bill,
I wanted to tell you how much we enjoyed your lecture at Yestermorrow on July 19th. I had wanted to be stimulated but had no idea how exciting and far reaching your talk would be. Not only did I find out there were people thinking beyond sustainability, but I also found out how important the word "systems" is. I realized today when I turned on my computer how that word is basic to everything connected to computers. I don't know much about that huge field because I haven't found it compatible with who I seem to be, but I guess I am going to have to bite the bullet and try to catch up with the rest of the world in more ways than one. I think I dropped out of the mainstream and am finally ready to jump back in. You pushed me over the brink!

Weybridge, VT

 

Bill Reed is one of the most experienced and visionary professionals in the field. He has an ability to see and communicate the links in the divide between the complex, progressive goals that we need to target and the practical realities of running a day-to-day business. I have seen no equal to him in being able to skillfully facilitate a very diverse (and often contentious) project team through a set of complex project goals.

Green Building Consultant

Integrative Design Collaborative
Buildings, Habitat, Community
20 Woodland Street
Arlington, MA 02476
781 483 3040
e-mail: reed@integrativedesign.net
web: www.integrativedesign.net

An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner of sustainability and an architect, Bill is president of the Integrative Design Collaborative - a consulting organization working to lift green building design practice into one that is fully integrated with living systems. He is also a principal in the regenerative planning firm Regenesis and an associate of the strategic environmental planning firm Natural Logic. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing the integrative, whole-systems design process; emphasizing building evolutionary capability in design, construction, and engagement with our environment. The objective: to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places.

He served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003; is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty and one of the first of twelve USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System; a founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council; and served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment. He currently serves on the Board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, as an advisor to Environmental Building News, and on the board of CitiLog.

Bill is a consultant, design process facilitator, and lecturer. He has participated in over 200 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable and Regenerative Design. He has consulted on dozens of LEED projects - achieving many certifications - Certified to Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard to the University of British Columbia. His clients range from New York City Department of Design and Construction, U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Baja, Mexico, Sidwell Friends School, US Green Building Council, Genzyme Corporation, Teknion, LLC, the Willow School, Museum of Science, various city planning agencies on the East and West coast, and many private development companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

1 CV / William G. Reed, AIA, LEED
1 Environmental Champions for 2005, EnvironDesign Journal, Fall 2005
1 Ecologist proposes a new economy
Editorial on Regenerative Design, July 2004
1 As a Matter of Course... Green Design, Interiors & Sources, January/February 1997