Teaching + Speaking

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

 

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