Judges
Brad Guy, AIA (Jury Chair)
Materials Reuse Researcher & Author
Architect Brad Guy has been a pivotal force in researching and advancing design for deconstruction and building materials reuse. Brad is a PhD candidate in Building Performance and Diagnostics program at Carnegie Mellon University. He was previously Director of Operations of the Hamer Center of the Penn State School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Associate Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at the University of Florida. He is a past President of the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA), co-founded the Florida Green Building Coalition, and has chaired numerous national BMRA Deconstruction and Building Materials Reuse Conferences. He is a past recipient of The Tides Foundation Environmental Leadership Program Fellowship, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts Research Fellowship, and the University of Florida President's Humanitarian Award. Brad has developed long-term partnerships with the U.S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Americorps, Habitat for Humanity, and numerous organizations. He co-edited Construction Ecology, in 2001, and is the co-author of the book, Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses.
Scott Shell, AIA, LEED AP
Principal
EHDD Architecture
Scott Shell is a Principal at EHDD Architecture specializing in educational projects including housing, laboratories, libraries, and schools. His current projects include the Chartwell School, CSU Monterey Bay Main Library, Ideas Zero Energy Office, Marin County Day School, the Stanford Green Dorm, and a biomedical lab at UC Santa Cruz. Scott is a nationally recognized expert on high performance and sustainable design, and directs the firm's sustainable design efforts. His emphasis is on creating beautiful and people-friendly spaces providing excellent natural lighting, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality. He works to accomplish this while significantly reducing the environmental impacts of energy use, carbon emissions, and materials selection. Scott has written and lectured widely on sustainable design topics ranging from The Feasibility of Factor 10 Resource Reduction to Zero Carbon Buildings. Scott received a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from Auburn University, a Master of Arts in Humanities from Stanford University, and studied Tamil language and culture at the University of Chicago and the American Institute of Indian Studies in Madurai.
Kirsten Ritchie
Senior Associate of Sustainable Design
Gensler
Kirsten is the Senior Associate for Sustainable Design at Gensler. By applying her sustainable design expertise across the building spectrum, Kirsten has led efforts ranging from new product design to commercial interiors to large mixed-use developments. A civil engineer with more than 25 years of experience, Kirsten was previously the director of the Environmental Claims Certification Program at Scientific Certification Systems, where she gained extensive experience certifying green materials. Gensler is a global design, planning, and strategic consulting firm, with over 3000 professionals networked across 30 offices on five continents. Consistently ranked by U.S. and international industry surveys as the leading architecture and interior design firm, Gensler leverages its deep resources and diverse expertise to develop design solutions for industries across the globe.
Mark D. Webster, PE, LEEP AP
Senior Staff Engineer
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Mark D. Webster, PE and LEED™ Accredited Professional, is a structural engineer in the Boston-area office of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH). Mr. Webster has nearly twenty years of experience in the design, analysis, and investigation of concrete, steel, masonry, and wood structures. His lifelong concern for the health of the natural environment has led him to investigate the interplay between sustainability and structural engineering practice. This work has made him a leading authority in the field. He has written and lectured on topics such as the practical measures structural engineers can take to improve the environmental performance of their designs and the life-cycle environmental impact of building structural systems. He is Chair of the LEED Materials & Resources Technical Advisory Group and a founding member and Secretary of the Structural Engineering Institute’s Sustainability Committee. He received a BA degree from Haverford College and BS and MS degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.
Mark Piepkorn
Associate Editor
BuildingGreen, Inc.
Mark Piepkorn is an associate editor and products expert for BuildingGreen Inc., the premier source of information for green building products. Mark co-edits GreenSpec — BuildingGreen’s print directory and web database of hand-picked, environmentally preferable products; and co-edits Green Building Products, a BuildingGreen book from New Society Publishers. He is also the associate editor for Environmental Building News and the products editor for the member publication for the U.S. Green Building Council, GreenSource, published by McGraw-Hill.