Presenters:

Robert Drew, Associate Principal, Busby Perkins + Will, Vancouver, BC

Amanda Sturgeon, Senior Associate, Busby Perkins + Will, Seatlle, WA

Tom Liptan, Landscape Architect, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland, OR

To achieve the ambitious sustainability goals embodied in the 2030 Challenge, we need to move beyond LEED and effectively into the communities and campuses. In this session we will explore three projects, a new neighborhood, Dockside Green in Victoria, The Husky Union Building at the University of Washington and the Center for Interactive Research at the University of British Columbia. Dockside Green is currently the highest scoring LEED Platinum certified project. Both the Husky Union Building and CIRS are aiming for LEED Platinum or Living Building standards. Tom Liptan will explore the important role of stormwater in neighborhood and campus projects. During the second half of the session we will conduct an interactive charette with the participants to explore how to approach projects of the neighborhood or campus scale. The charette will follow the integrated design process format, which we have been teaching for the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. 

Presenter Bios

Robert Drew

Since joining Busby Perkins+Will in 1999, Robert has contributed his leadership ability and passion for sustainable design in a number of key projects. Robert has been responsible for several of the firm’s mixed-use, sustainable residential projects. Robert has been involved with The University of Calgary as a sessional instructor of sustainable design studio and recently sat on the Board of Directors as Vice Chair of the Alberta Chapter of Canada Green Building Council. Robert has recently assumed the role of Technical Principal for the Vancouver office.

Amanda Sturgeon

Amanda Sturgeon is the co-director of the sustainable design initiative for Perkins+Will nationally. Amanda has significant expertise on numerous sustainable building projects, including the first LEED Platinum project in Washington State. Amanda was a Board member of the Cascadia Region Green Building Council from 2000-2002 and is currently serving on the AIA Seattle board. She has taught sustainable design at the University of Washington and one of her projects was a winner of the Living Building Challenge competition in 2007. She was the winner of the Betterbricks Architect award in 2008.

Tom Liptan

Tom Liptan is a registered Landscape Architect and Environmental Specialist for the City of Portland, Oregon, Bureau of Environmental Services, Sustainable Stormwater Management Program. Tom has had a large impact on the research and development of new urban design techniques, codes and policies in the city. He has presented papers at several universities and symposiums, including Harvard University’s School of Design and UCLA. He is a contributor to: Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design, Robert France ed., and Green Roofs, Ecological Design and Construction, Earth Pledge, Siena Chrisman, ed.