Press Release
Bert Gregory Named a 2010 Cascadia Green Building Council Fellow
SEATTLE — 05.17.2010 — The Cascadia Green Building Council recently announced its 2010 Cascadia Fellows. The Cascadia Fellowship is awarded annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to the green building movement either regionally or nationally, and are recognized leaders within the greater green design community. The Fellows embody Cascadia’s conviction that individuals and organizations can lead a transformation of the built environment by acting as levers and catalysts for change.
“Each of the 2010 Cascadia Fellows has had an outsized impact on the green building movement and the building industry more broadly,” says Jason F. McLennan, Cascadia CEO. “Because of their strong leadership, we have made critical progress over the past twenty years. The shifting landscape of the building industry today is the result of these risk-taking pioneers who have invested their talent and passion in creating a more sustainable world.”
The 2010 Cascadia Fellowship recipients were announced at this month’s Living Future event Seattle. Hosted by Cascadia, Living Future is an annual event that brings together the world’s most forward-thinking green building professionals to explore solutions to today’s most daunting environmental and social justice issues. This year’s event was attended by a sold-out crowd of 800 people.
2010 Cascadia Fellowship Recipients
Peter Dobrovolny
Peter Dobrovolny is a Seattle pioneer in green building and one of Cascadia’s first board members. He is a member of the City of Seattle’s Green Building team, a committee tasked with developing strategies to motivate greener building in the private sector, and is also currently serving on Cascadia’s Seattle branch steering committee.
Jack Hébert
Jack Hébert is the founder and CEO of Cold Climate Housing Research Center, a non-profit corporation facilitating the development, use and testing of green building technologies in circumpolar regions. Currently the NAHB National Vice President for Area 15, Hébert has served as president of the Alaska State Home Building Association, addressed the US Senate Subcommittee on Energy and was moderator of the Circumpolar Forum on Sustainable Shelter.
Mark Edlen
Mark Edlen is the co-founding member of Gerding Edlen Development, a Portland-based real estate investment, development and asset management firm that has been involved in green development for nearly 15 years. Since the U.S. Green Building Council was established, Edlen’s firm has become one of the largest developers of LEED-certified properties, with more than 40 certified to date.
Bert Gregory
Bert Gregory, FAIA is the president and CEO of Seattle-based sustainable design firm, Mithun. He is renowned as an expert in the development of resource-efficient structures and communities, and serves as a national leader, speaker and advocate for sustainable building and urbanism. Gregory serves on the USGBC LEED Neighborhood Development core committee and Washington Clean Technology Alliance steering committee.
Blair McCarry
Blair McCarry is the principal responsible for engineering and energy systems at Busby Perkins+Will. McCarry works with the project team to develop leading-edge solutions for projects across market sectors and draws from his background working on a number of projects targeting LEED Platinum and beyond. He is the founding Chair of the Vancouver branch of the Cascadia Green Building Council and was a member of the Canada Green Building Council Technical Advisory Group.
About Cascadia
The Cascadia Green Building Council is a 501© (3) non-profit in the US and is incorporated as a nonprofit in British Columbia. Cascadia’s mission is to lead a transformation towards a built environment that is socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. Cascadia is one of three original chapters of the US Green Building Council and, as a chapter of the Canada Green Building Council as well, is the only international chapter in North America. It is the originator of the Living Building Challenge, authored by Jason F. McLennan. Visit www.cascadiagbc.org or connect with Cascadia on Facebook or Twitter.
