Avneet Gujral - LEED Fellow and Sustainable Design Consultant

Avneet has led the sustainability process for a portfolio of 18 Million+ square feet/ $8 Billion+ budget, projects certified at high performance thresholds. A passionate advocate with over 20 years experience, recognized for the delivery of sustainable resilient communities, both public and private. Driven to provide performance based holistic solutions targeting the triple bottom line, Avneet's international experience shows focus on critical regionalism. She draws from vernacular architecture across the globe, responsive to its climatic, social and economic fabric. Designing to maintain the balance of a fragile ecological system for the 2400 acre Indian Naval Academy Ehzimala Kerala, engendered her passionate commitment to sustainability. Show Highlights How Avneet's journey brings community and project work together to impact market change. The gamut of green building from pre design through construction of green systems. Avneet shares best practices and key routines to merge professional goals into a personal lifestyle. Entrenching in sustainability Taking risks and making leap of faith are essential Avneet's inspirational projects for sustainability that go above and beyond. How LEED and Carnegie Mellon propels her to be experimental and to push the envelope. "There is a line where you have to be really passionate to not just survive, but to actually begin to move the needle…communicate deep, passionate, get into it and really communicate that fire that you feel within you. I do." -Avneet Gujral Full Transcript (available on here and on the GBES website) Show Resources Death-Life-Great-American-Cities Modern-Man-Corbusier-Architect-Tomorrow Laurie-Baker-Life-Work-Writings Website Linkedin Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to www.gbes.com/join to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community! If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes. We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast! Copyright © 2020 GBES