Workshop: Sustainability Metrics to Close the Gap

Bio: Doug Farr is the founding principal of Farr Associates, an architecture and planning firm regarded by many as one of the most sustainable design practices in the country. Having a mission to create sustainable human environments, Farr Associate's niche is in applying the principles of LEED at the scale of the neighborhood and in designing green buildings exclusively for urban contexts. Farr Associates also holds the unique distinction of having designed three LEED-Platinum buildings: the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Christy Webber Landscapes. Current projects include converting the historic Sear, Roebuck headquarters into a state-of-the-art high school and learning center, construction of eco-friendly low-income housing in Chicago's Southside, and design and construction of a private residence that will achieve carbon neutrality and zero net energy.

Education: Columbia University Master of Architecture, 1987 Architecture in Rome Program Rome Italy, 1986 University of Michigan Bachelor of Science in Architecture, 1980 Projecto Linquistico Huehuetenango, Guatemala, 1979 University of Michigan Biological Station Pellston, MI, 1977

Key Publications: Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature. Hoboken: Wiley, 2007.

Other Publications: “The Green Machine.” Design e2/kontent real PBS Documentary, 2006. “Greenworks.” Greenbean.com, December 2006. “Green Giant.” New Towns, November/December 2006. “City of Big Eco-Friendliness.” Chicago Sun-Times, November 2006. “New Buildings, Good Reviews.” Michigan Free Press, November 2006. “Honor Awards” Issue. AIA Focus, November 2006 “Massive Change.” A Fresh Squeeze, November 2006. “‘Hood Intentions.” Grist, October 2006. “Nature: Symmetry Plays Big Role in Home Designs.” Daily Herald, October 2006. “Massively Thought-Provoking.” Chicago Tribune, September 2006. “Green Ideas Ready to Bloom.” Chicago Sun-Times, September 2006. “Green With Envy.” i4Design, September 2006. “Chicago Architect Helps Revamp Twin Cities.” Pantagraph, September 2006. “Code Aims to Recreate ‘Best Places.’” New Urban News, August 2006. “Carrots, Sticks and Kresge.” Chicago Tribune, July 2006. “Greening the Infrastructure.” Revitalization Online, June 2006. “Green and Platinum.” Conscious Choice, June 2006. “To Revitalize a City, Try Spreading Some Mulch.” New York Times, May 2006. “Green Revolution Comes to the Inner City.” Chicago Tribune, May 2006. “In Top Form.” Grand Rapids Business Journal, May 2006. “LEED Platinum.” Environmental Building News, April 2006. “Troy Offices are State of the Earth.” Michigan Free Press, March 2006. Previous Employment Other Master Plans and Studies Registration Authored Works Zoning Ordinances and Form-Based Codes Publications “Scenes of Green.” Chicago Tribune, March 2006. “From Brownfield to Green Showcase.” ASHRAE Journal, March 2006. “Easy Being Green.” Chicago Magazine, October 2005. “The Green House.” Chicago Life: New York Times, Holiday 2005. “Rebuilding and Reviving.” eco-structure Magazine, November/December 2005. “Better Places to Live.” GreenTech Magazine, October 2005. “Urbanist Cowboys.” Interiors and Sources June 2004. “Chicago Center for Green Technology.” Architectural Record 2003. “Chicago Zoning Reform” New Urban News Apr. 2003. “Zoning Sidebar” Planning Jan. 2002. Contributor: Zelinka, Al and Dean Brennan, eds. SafeScape: Creating Safer, More Livable Communities Through Planning and Design. Chicago: American Planning Association, 2001. Contributor: Leccese, Michael, and Kathleen McCormick, eds. Charter of the New Urbanism. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000. “A Tale of Two Islands” Culture Wars Dec. 1998. “Transformations” Focus: Architecture Chicago May 1997. “Saving Energy In Rehabs” Chicago Sun Times 4 May 1997. “New Urbanists: the Second Generation” Architectural Record Jan. 1997. “Blueprint for a Sustainable Bay Area” Urban Ecology, Inc. Nov. 1996.

Past Assignments: Speaker, Green Architecture and Urbanism Council, Alexandria, VA (December 2007). Speaker: GreenBuild 2007. Speaker: ULI Austin, March 2008. Speaker & Seminar: CNU 16 Austin. Speaker: Grand Rapids Economic Club, April 2008. Speaker & Seminar: Sustainable Shelby (Memphis), July 2008. Speaker & Seminar: Florida APA, September 2008. Speaker: Upper Midwest APA, September 2008. Speaker: Creative Cities 2.0 Detroit, October 2008. Speaker: AIA Illinois, November 2008. Speaker: USGBC Tampa Bay & Creative Tampa Bay, December 2008. Speaker: Middlebury College, January 2009. Speaker: New Partners for Smart Growth, January 2009. Speaker: Reshaping Rochester, February 2009.