Teaching
New York School of Interior Design, Program Director, Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments
Courses:
“Materials and Finishes for the Sustainable Interior”
“Sustainable Studio 1 – Residential”
Parsons School of Design, Adjunct Assistant Professor; Affiliated faculty member, Tishman Environment and Design Center
Courses:
“Sustainable Systems,” First Year Program
“Materials & Processes 4,” Product Design
“Material Impacts,” Environmental Studies
“Economics and Ethics of Sustainable Design,” Design+Management
“Materiality: Methods and Intentions,” Architecture and Interior Design
“Materials 1: Global Issues in Design,” Product Design
“Sustainable Design: Principles and Practices,” Product Design
“Sustainability Concentration,” Interior Design
Yale University, guest lecturer.
Course:
“Mainstreaming Green Design”
Fashion Institute of Technology, Sustainable Design Entrepreneurs Program
Courses:
“Introduction to Sustainability”
“Materials and Eco Labels: Interior Design”
“Rehabs, Renovations, New Construction and Sustainable Design”
Design Arts Seminars (professional continuing education)
Courses:
“Green Design: To Sustainability & Beyond”
“Green Criteria for Materials Selection”
Speaking
Co-chair and speaker/moderator, Teaching Green Symposium: Sustainability in Design Education, New York School of Interior Design, 2021
“Sustainability Districts for NYC: Building an Equitable and Resilient Future,” CUNY Building Performance Lab, 2016
“Cities in Nature/Nature in Cities,” Sustainable Encounters, Mexico City, 2013 and 2014
“Green Design as (Un)usual,” Van Alen Institute, 2012
“Transparent Green, or the end of green design,” D&D Building, 2008, NYC
“Let There Be Light, But Let It Be Green,” SFMart, 2007; NYC Green Building Salon, 2006
“Eco-aware Urban Architecture and Design,” moderator, Eco-Metropolis, 2004
“The Educator’s Crash Course on Eco-design,” Parsons School of Design, 2003
“Sustainable Lighting: Beyond Energy,” IESNY, 2003
“Turning Green,” Municipal Art Society, 2001
Radio and television appearances include NY 1, WNBC, Renovation Nation, The Lazy Environmentalist and Burning Down the House