Panelist
Panelist
Kathy Berg
ZGF Architects
Katherine Berg is a designer, with 29 years of experience at ZGF Architects, and advocate for compelling change in the building industry to enrich the human experience and raise environmental performance. Her detailed programming and analysis on diverse project typologies – including research laboratories, campuses, childcare centers, and professional sports training facilities – have resulted in unique, resource-efficient solutions. From a net-zero building in one of the country's coldest climate zones to the 35th fully certified Living Building in the world, Kathy designs first-of-their-kind, high-performance spaces. Her data-informed designs celebrate their place and set new expectations for how the built environment can positively impact our health and communities.
Speaking at
Mon May 12
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Profit Meets Purpose: Building the Case for Sustainability in Mixed-Use Development
The PAE Living Building in Portland, Oregon, is the first developer-driven Living Building in the world. Phase 1 of the Bridge District in Washington, D.C., will be the world's largest multifamily building to achieve ILFI's Zero Carbon certification. Both projects prove the viability of developing mixed-use commercial structures that improve their urban and ecological context while delivering financial returns. With each project, the teams tackled seemingly unsolvable problems with practical solutions, building the case for balancing sustainable solutions with for-profit models, laying out a roadmap for others to follow. Key to both approaches is the premise that specifying sustainable and resilient strategies, including lowered embodied and operational carbon, reduced energy use, and improved air quality, daylight, and a biophilic interior, provide not only a better place to live and work, but also may translate into higher leasing rates, increased occupant satisfaction, better retention, and higher residual value. From design to construction to financing, presenters will share strategies that build the case that sustainability aspirations and developer returns do not have to be mutually exclusive.