LEED Fellow anounced from Northbrook
Chicago, Illinois (November 8, 2012) – Sieben Energy Associates (SEA) is proud to announce that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named SEA’s Director of LEED Services John Albrecht to the 2012 class of LEED Fellows. The LEED Fellow designation recognizes exceptional and long term contributions to green building and significant professional achievement within the rapidly growing community of LEED Professionals. Albrecht was among forty-three of the world’s most distinguished green building professionals to be selected as LEED Fellows through a peer nomination and portfolio review process.
The LEED Fellow program is the green building industry’s most prestigious professional designation. “We are thrilled to present these highly accomplished individuals with the LEED Fellow designation,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, USGBC. “The Fellows are some of the leading innovators and vanguards of the green building movement, and their bodies of work strongly underscore their commitment to LEED and a sustainable built environment.”
With 35 years of experience as an architect, John D. Albrecht has been a driving force for sustainability in Chicago for over 20 years. Albrecht is a founding member and a 2013 Board member of the Chicago Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and is the City of Chicago’s first LEED AP. He helped facilitate numerous green building initiatives for the City including Mayor Daley’s Green Building Management Team, the Green Building Task Force, the Green Urban Design Committee, and the City’s LEED Pilot Program. Albrecht is an AIA member and holds a National Council of Architectural Registration Board Certification. He is a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C), Interior Design and Construction (LEED AP ID+C) and Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (LEED AP O+M) and has been a project Team Lead or member on over 100 LEED certified projects.
At Sieben Energy Associates Albrecht is the Director of LEED Services and manages the team that provides green building consulting services for new and existing buildings. SEA’s LEED consulting services support clients’ sustainability objectives by successfully applying the firms’ expertise to guide a range of projects through the LEED certification process. SEA consulting services streamline the certification of numerous projects in each of the LEED rating systems at competitive rates. Sieben Energy Associates is a leading LEED and commissioning consulting firm in Chicago and nationwide.
Sieben Energy Associates has assisted with the design and build of a significant cross-section of prominent LEED buildings in the City of Chicago. These LEED rated buildings represent a full range of certification from Certified to Silver, Gold and Platinum. The services included LEED design consulting, LEED documentation, LEED program contractor support, energy modeling and building commissioning.
Albrecht, who lives in Northbrook IL, will be recognized by the USGBC with the rest of the 2012 LEED Fellow class at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in San Francisco next week, November 14 – 16, 2012 .
For more information on the LEED Fellow program, please visit new.usgbc.org/leed/credentials/leed-fellow/. For more information about Sieben Energy Associates LEED services please visit http://www.siebenenergy.com/SERVICES/GREENBUILDINGS.aspx