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June Chapter Meeting - Performance & Beauty
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Speaker Bio:
Eric Thompson is the sustainable design lead for the Columbus studio of NBBJ Architects. In this role, Eric works with projects to develop sustainability strategies that advance the client’s values and goals. He is also responsibility for studio education, mentoring and coordination around sustainability. Eric is a licensed architect with more than 25 years of experience in projects at a variety of scales and building types, and is a LEED Accredited Professional (BD&C) with a proven track record in execution of numerous sustainably-oriented and LEED certified projects. Recent projects include the Kuwait Police Hospital, the nuCLEus mixed-use development in Cleveland Ohio, and the LEED silver certified Miami Valley Hospital Heart and Orthopedic Center, a project which also met the rigorous 2030 Challenge. Eric is also leading the LEED process for NBBJ’s first LEED version 4 project, a tenant improvement for a major international financial services media company. This project is part of the USGBC’s LEED v4 “Beta Test”, prior to the official release of version 4, and is one of only 122 such projects worldwide. Eric also serves on the Columbus Mayor’s Green Team as co-chair of the Built Environment Working Group and was the chair of the AIA Columbus Committee on the Environment from 2009 through 2013.