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Participant Bios

ERIC COREY FREED,
Green Architect
Freed founded Organic Architect, his San Francisco firm, in 1997 “as an alternative to traditional design practice.” A graduate of Temple University, Freed designs “environmentally friendly buildings” and also advises other architects on how to make their projects greener. He teaches at UC Berkeley and is the author, most recently, of Green Building and Remodeling for Dummies (OrganicArchitect.com).

BRIAN GITT,
Green Building Advocate
Since 2004, Gitt has been the CEO/executive director of Build It Green, a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy energy- and resource-efficient buildings in California. He is a LEED-accredited professional certified by the U.S. Green Building Council and a Certified Green Building Professional. Gitt studied ecological design and environmental studies at Prescott College in Arizona (BuildItGreen.org).

ROB HARRISON,
Green Architect
Harrison is the principal of Harrison Architects of Seattle, Washington. Since 1992, his firm has focused exclusively on what it calls “lyrical sustainable design.” Primary concerns include “conserving energy and resources, using healthier materials and finishes, reducing long-term costs and making poetic places.” A founding member of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild, Harrison studied architecture at the University of Toronto (HarrisonArchitects.com).

STEVEN LENARD,
Green Planner
An urban planner in NYC, Lenard dedicated himself to sustainability when he realized, as a contractor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that cleaning up pollution could never be as effective as preventing it. A volunteer in the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) and for GreenHomeNYC, a community-based nonprofit, he holds a B.S. in biology and political science from the University of Chicago and a Master of City Planning from MIT (GreenHomeNYC.org).

DENISE SHAW,
Green Designer
A film producer since the 1990s, Shaw alternates between making movies and helping to make L.A. houses greener. Her focus is on renovating midcentury homes, maintaining their design integrity while taking advantage of the latest eco-friendly materials and methods. She appears on Greenovate, a new series on the Discovery Home Channel.