Sustainability Consulting Role: Leading comprehensive sustainability consulting for Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core 4.0 certification, coordinating advanced building performance modeling and sustainable design strategies to achieve ambitious energy targets. Developing integrated sustainability approach for mass timber construction while optimizing environmental systems to support world-class art exhibition and storage requirements. (Work performed while at Thornton Tomasetti)

Climate-Positive Solutions Targeted:

• Mass timber construction with glulam post-and-beam and cross-laminated timber (CLT) deck systems

• Advanced energy modeling achieving target Energy Use Intensity (EUI) of 70 kBtu/ft²/yr

• Sustainable design integration with specialized museum environmental control requirements

• Comprehensive building performance optimization for art storage and exhibition spaces

• Innovative roof design supporting both aesthetic and environmental performance goals

Performance Outcomes Targeted:

• Targeting Living Building Challenge (LBC) Core 4.0 certification

• 76,800 square feet of purpose-built museum space with advanced sustainability features

• Energy Use Intensity target of 70 kBtu/ft²/yr through integrated sustainable design

• Mass timber structural system reducing embodied carbon and enhancing sustainability

• Expected completion in 2027 as Williams College's first purpose-built art museum

• Model for sustainable museum design integrating LBC standards with specialized art facility requirements.