Sustainable design incorporates the opportunities of the natural place – combining economy, community and the environment in a mix that is mutually beneficial.

Daniel William s, is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. He is internationally recognized for his work in sustainable architecture and planning and is the present chair of the AIA Board Knowledge Committee's Sustainability Task Group and serves on the national advisory council for EPA.

His projects range in scale from “off the grid” residences to regional master plans that integrate issues in ecology, economic development, transportation, agricultural preservation, education and water resource protection. He has worked with dozens of communities around the country, creating master plans with the residents – these designs assist the rebuilding of towns and cities after natural disasters.

In 2003 he chaired the national Committee on the Environment, COTE , for the American Institute of Architects and chaired the Task Force on the Environment and Energy for the Congress for the New Urbanism from 1996 – 2000. He won the first passive design award in Architecture from NASA in 1980 and his work on sustainable design on the regional scale won the 1999 and the 2000 American Institute of Architects' National Honor Awards for Urban and Regional Design and the Catherine Brown Award for Urban Design in the American Landscape in 1999.

His book “Sustainable Design: Ecology, Architecture, Planning” published by John Wiley & Sons is due out spring of 2007.

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