Vivian Loftness, a professor in
Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture and Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics, has been appointed to the Assurance Group for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (
WBCSD), a coalition of 190 worldwide companies with the impressively green goal of a world in which buildings consume zero net energy.
“It is certainly a real honor,” says Loftness, “because they’ve basically picked one individual from a number of nations.”
Loftness, who has lived in Pittsburgh for over 20 years, is an internationally renowned researcher, author, and educator with decades of experience in environmental design and sustainability, advanced building systems, and regionalism in architecture. She received the 2002 National Educator Honor Award from the American Institute of Architecture Students and a 2003
Sacred Tree Award from the U.S. Green Building Council.
“The assurance group meets in Geneva in April to go over where we are today,” said Loftness. “It’s a three-year appointment. It will take this long to figure out what steps we should take. I’m hoping I can bring detail to the table and also recognize our region, while bringing the international wisdom, benchmarks, and goals back. With
Riverlife Task Force and
Sustainable Pittsburgh and corporate leaders like PNC and the Heinz Foundation, Pittsburgh is impressive. It’s great.”
Writer: Sherrie Flick
Source: Vivian Loftness
Image courtesy of Vivian Loftness