Penny Bonda
Penny Bonda has been an active participant in the green building industry since its early stages and has pioneered the development of many of the accepted practices and recognized standards that have defined the sustainability movement. She is the founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council committee for LEED Commercial Interiors and the ASID Sustainable Design Council, and is a principal developer of REGREEN, the USGBC/ASID green residential renovation and interior remodeling program.
Though trained as an interior designer, and popularly referred to as the “mother of green interiors” Penny’s expanded expertise includes green business practices, materials evaluation and application, training, leadership, and messaging. She joined with two of the most recognized thought leaders in the green movement, Diana Horvat and Ken Wilson, to form Ecoimpact Consulting—an exciting collaboration offering companies sustainable strategies for better business and the opportunity to work with experts who have a collective knowledge of the sustainability framework and a proven track record of success.
Penny is a Fellow and past president of the American Society of Interior Designers. She is the recipient of ASID’s 2007 Designer of Distinction award and the 2003 USGBC Leadership Award and was named to the National Register of Peer Professionals for GSA’s Design Excellence Program. Her published works include the highly regarded Sustainable Commercial Interiors and Sustainability Matters, written with the General Services Administration.
ASK PENNY: Send your eco-design questions to Penny at askpenny1@gmail.com.
Design GreenLink This | Email This | Comments (0) RecycleMatch
RecycleMatch has taken the trash to treasure concept B2B as it brings together buyers who want materials and companies who would rather not send their waste to the landfill but rather reuse, upcycle, ... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (2) LEED-CI: 1873 projects; 78,464,155 GSF
Recently I've had reason to dig through old files and take a trip or two down memory lane. LEED-CI was birthed in 1999 when the USGBC Board of Directors authorized a small group of volunteers to begin writing a rating system for commercial interiors. It wasn't an entire ... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (4) Darrell Schmitt's Villa Versare: Beachside Platinum
Darrell Schmitt is an extraordinarily talented interior designer. His firm's projects include the Montage Beverly Hills and Newport Beach's Resort at Pelican Hill. He is also, I must confess, a good friend of long-standing and I was delighted to learn that he had designed a vacation home for himself. I expected gorgeous but was happily surprised to also find LEED for Homes Platinum.
The 3,000 squa ... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (1) Save a Sample!
Woo-hoo! February's over. Much as we love Valentine's Day we're happy to see it go. In many parts of the country, including mine, it's the last full winter month.
Welcome March and the spring equinox, to be quickly followed by April's cherry blossoms and Save a Sample!, the design industry's recycling drive. The New York based drive is expanding its reach this year into Boston, Chicago, Philadel ... MoreLink This | Email This | Comments (0) A Not-So-Nutty Idea from Planters
Planters, the peanut people, kicked off its 2011 "Naturally Remarkable" campaign this week in Los Angeles at an event hosted by Global Green, a leading environmental organization.
The project will transform vacant land into peanut-shaped urban parks, called Planters Groves, in four U.S. cities: New Orleans, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New York City.
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It's true: one person's trash is another's treasure. I recently saw a piece on CBS Sunday Morning about a woman who creates amazing art--think DaVinci's "Last Supper"--from dryer lint. But I digress.
Yup, you read that right. To date 1,873 projects have certified under LEED-CI representing 78,464,155 gross square feet. Amazing.
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