It is our great pleasure to welcome Amanda Sturgeon, Vice President and Living Building Challenge Program Director from Seattle, WA, as our BE 14 Keynote Speaker. Ms. Sturgeon has been at the forefront of advancing the practice of architecture and design, pushing it to be more progressive, sustainable, and accountable. Using lessons learned from extensive experience designing and managing some of the most sustainable buildings in the Pacific Northwest and numerous sustainable projects worldwide, she will share her plans for how we might continue to advance the practice of sustainable design into the next century.

Following the keynote will be the presentation of $10,000 to the winner of NESEA’s Zero Net Energy Building Award.