Jacob Knowles
Chief Sustainability Officer
BR+A Consulting Engineers
Jacob Knowles is the Chief Sustainability Officer at BR+A Consulting Engineers. He has championed nearly 100 million square feet of carbon neutral buildings and master plans. His work lives at the intersection of sustainability and resiliency, driven by BR+A’s focus on critical infrastructure for healthcare, life science and higher education campuses. Jacob recently served on the board of the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) and currently serves on the board of Built Environment Plus (BE+). Jacob is also an advisor to the City of Boston and the State of Massachusetts in the development of Zero Net Carbon Zoning and the Net Zero Stretch Code.
