What's New at Kath Williams + Associates

What's New at Kath Williams + Associates



 

Honors and Awards

 
GGBC Honorary Member Plaque

The Guatemala Green Building Council honored Kath at their 2013 annual meeting by appointing her an honorary member.

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U.S. Green Building Council Executive Committee installed Kath Williams as a member of the Governance Committee for a two-year term, commencing January 2013. Kath is honored to return to service for the USGBC, where she served as Vice Chair of the Board under the first three chairmen Rick Fedrizzi, Steven Winter, and Jim Hartsfeld.

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Kath Williams has been invited to give the keynote address for the first Astra Women’s Business Alliance WBENC Regional Partner Organization Presents Montana Women Business Owners: “Get Plugged In and Powered Up for Growth”
Date & Time – March 28th, 2013 8:30am – 3:00pm
Location – Montana State Fund Building 855 Front Street, Helena, MT

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 Go Beyond Awards


The Blackfeet Community College Math/Science Building was selected by the award evaluation committee of International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) to receive a 2012 Go Beyond Award for a New Construction Project.

This achievement recognizes the Blackfeet Community College Math/Science Building’s outstanding efforts to minimize the environmental impact of its facilities. These efforts demonstrate extraordinary leadership, innovation, and achievement in sustainable high-technology facility design, consistent with I2SL's mission.

I2SL and R&D Magazine presented BCC President Billie Jo Kipp, BCC Development Director Terry Tatsey, and Kath Williams with a plaque at the special Go Beyond Awards ceremony held during the Labs21 Luncheon on October 4. The Blackfeet Community College Math/Science Building, along with other Go Beyond awardees, were recognized during the luncheon.

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LEED Fellow Color for Website
                   
Kath was selected for the inaugural class of LEED Fellows 2011.
The LEED Fellow is the most prestigious designation awarded by GBCI. This designation honors outstanding professionals who have demonstrated mastery-level technical knowledge and skill; exceptional leadership in the green building community; sharing of best practices through teaching, mentoring, or research; and an ongoing commitment to service and advocacy for green building and sustainability. As a LEED Fellow, Kath will serve as an ambassador applying her knowledge and experience to advancing the vision of green building for all within a generation.
http://www.gbci.org/org-nav/announcements/11-09-06/GBCI_Announces_LEED_Fellow_Class_of_2011.aspx

   

  “LEED Fellow” and the LEED Fellow logo are trademarks owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and awarded to individuals under license by the Green Building Certification Institute.


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Green Building Councils of Cental and South America

The Green Building Councils of Central and South America came together for a two-day conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Kath Williams was one of the keynote speakers and she participate in World Green Building Council events April 7 to 14, 2012. Link below shares some of the great responses to the Congress.

As a special event of the conference, Kath presented a LEED-CI plaque to the Puma's Energy's corporate manager and the entire LEED team. Puma Energy Corporate Headquarters was the first project in Guatemala to earn certification under LEED. The team with design led by StudioDomus, and LEED docmentation by 1/2
Ambiente of Guatemala City and Kath Williams, achieve LEED-GOLD under version 2.2 for Commercial Interiors.


ttp://americas.org.gt/

http://youtu.be/OUGkltCs-p8

 

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World Green Building Council
Recognized WGBC Founding Leaders

Kath Williams was one of three early officers/leaders of the World Green Building Council at a ceremony in Toronto October 2011.  Chairman Tony Arnell from Australia presented each with the council's CHAIRMAN'S AWARD for services and support of the council during its formative years.


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BREDD logo

Kath Williams + Associates partnered with BitterRoot Economic Development District, Inc. (BREDD) to research, develop and present a one-day workshop on Sustainable Manufacturing to manufacturers in the region. This was the first of a two-phase Sustainable Manufacturing Project for the region. Technical assistance during phase two will provide assistance to participating manufacturers to help implement changes to become more competitive in green markets. 
For more information and to view content of the workshop visit:
www.bredd.org

Kath is now providing sustainable marketing analysis support for Bad Goat, Good Wood, a small sustainable wood products company as part of the BREDD grant's Technical Assistance Program.  
 

The sustainable manufacturing workshop was prepared by Kath Williams for BitterRoot Economic Development District, Inc. under an Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, Award Number 05-46-05030.  The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Economic Development Administration.



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Boston Architectural College Logo

Kath Williams is pleased to be a member of the faculty at Boston Architectural College teaching the online course, Global Perspectives on Sustainable Design. 
 To be offered again in Spring 2013, the course description and registration information is:

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Design (TM 7247)
1.5 credits/RIBA CPD-approved course;  LEED-AP CEU approval in progress with GBCI 

It didn’t all start with LEED. Efforts to reconcile the demands of the contemporary built environment with the demands of the natural world and finite resources have been going on around the world for at least the last fifty years –in some places they have been going on for millenia. For at least the last thirty years, significant green advances in building products, systems, planning and design, and design theory have been going on in Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia-New Zealand as well as in North America. This course will examine the most innovative and exciting green design approaches, projects, policies and programs from around the world. While not all of these are transferable across cultural and geographic boundaries, this course is offered in the belief that as we face the increasingly urgent need to build sustainably, we can all learn from each other.
Online Instructor: Dr. Kath Williams


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India Green Building Congress

Kath Williams will be a keynote speaker for the India Green Building Congress 2013. The three-day event will be the 10th annual conference for India Green Building Council and was attended by 2,000 people.
http://www.igbc.in/site/igbc/index.jsp

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Taiwan ITRI-PRIE

Kath Williams was a keynote speaker for Taiwan's ITRI-SPRIE conference in Fall 2010. The conference, which was by invitation only, was hosted by two research institutions--Stanford university's Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurialship (SPRIE) and the Idustrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan. The focus was industrial technology and eco-cities of the future.
http://sprie.stanford.edu/
http://www.itri.org.tw/

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Artemis Institute


Kath Williams continues to serve on the National Board of Advisors for Artemis Insitute, an educational institution located in Livingston, Montana and Jackson, Wyoming. Students from around the world come together in an unsurpassed educational opportunity in design/build. Check out the outstanding Remote Studio opportunity as well as others on the following...

http://www.artemisinstitute.org/

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Spectral Logo

Kath Williams is proud to serve on the Board of Advisors for Spectral Services, Inc., the premier green design and engineering firm in India and Southeast Asia. Now an AECOM company, the firm will continue its world-record accomplishments of  the outstanding LEED certifications, including 21 LEED Platinum projects.

http://www.spectralservices.net/


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I2SL Logo


Kath Williams served for ten years as executive vice president of I2SL, a non-profit organization that is the co-sponsor of Labs21, the US Department of Energy and US Environmental Protection Agency's sustainable laboratory initiative. She retired in the fall of 2011 however continues to be a strong supporter. Become a supporter of DOE/EPA's Labs21 at

http://www.labs21century.gov/
http://www.i2sl.org/

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Living Building Challenge

Kath Williams strongly supports the Living Building Challenge and the activities of the International Living Building Institute. This leadership organization lives up to its name in putting forth green building standards beyond any currently known or practiced. Kath serves as a LBC "Road Show" faculty member. 

http://ilbi.org/

http://ilbi.org/education/road-show/road-show-faculty

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Special Visitor to KW+A Project

Hillary Clinton ITC

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton chose the LEED Platinum rated ITC Green Centre to announce a vision for Indo-US collaboration on climate change. Secretary Clinton, after a tour of ITC’s green building, said that, “The ITC Green Centre is a monument to the future. This Centre is a model of environmental stewardship and economic development, which provides inspiration as we approach the Copenhagen discussions.” Secretary Clinton said that if buildings across the globe replicated ITC Green Centre’s example, global energy use would be reduced by 20 %. She expressed her admiration for ITC’s commitment and work on sustainability issues which underscored the fact that there was no conflict between poverty and economic development.
 

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Special Recognition
 
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Washington, DC

NMAAHC

Kath Williams + Associates competed as one of the six finalists to design the new Smithsonian Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. In partnership with Moody-Nolan, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, and Antoine Predock of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the team developed their concept and model for the green building which will house the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Although not ultimately chosen by the jury, this concept design was highly acclaimed by the public and the jury, who gave the team a standing ovation.