Bill Reed

Bill Reed Profile

Bill Reed is a planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer and author. He is the President of Integrative Design Collaborative and a principal of the planning firms, Regenesis and Integrative Design. He has served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee; he is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty and one of the first USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System. He is a founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council and he has served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee on the Environment. Currently he serves on the Board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and the Board of CitiLog, and as an advisor to Environmental Building News.

Bill has participated in over 300 presentations and workshops relating to sustainable, regenerative and whole system design, and he has consulted on over 200 green design commissions and dozens of LEED projects. He has also guest lectured at Harvard, MIT and the University of British Columbia. His clients include the New York City Department of Design and Construction, the U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Sidwell Friends School, the US Green Building Council, Genzyme Coporation, Teknion, the Willow Schoool, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and many more.

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  • An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner of sustainability, Bill is president of the Integrative Design Collaborative – a consulting organization working to evolve green building design practice into an approach that is fully integrated with living systems. He is a principal of the regenerative planning firm Regenesis and the strategic environmental planning firm Integrative Design.

  His work centers on managing and creating frameworks for integrative, whole-systems design processes. His larger vocation is to grow new capability in the design and construction industries to engage regeneratively with our environment. Ultimately, his objective is to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places.

  Bill served as co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003; is a member of the LEED Advanced faculty and one of the first of twelve USGBC trainers of the LEED Rating System; a founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council; and served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment. He currently serves on the Board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, as an advisor to Environmental Building News, and on the board of CitiLog.

  Bill is a planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, and author. He has participated in over 300 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable, Regenerative and Whole System Design. He has consulted on over two hundred green design commissions and dozens of LEED projects – achieving many certifications – the majority Gold and Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard and MIT to the University of British Columbia. His clients range from New York City Department of Design and Construction, U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Baja, Mexico, Sidwell Friends School, US Green Building Council, Genzyme Corporation, Teknion, LLC, the Willow School, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, various city planning agencies on the East and West coast, and many private development companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

  Relevant background:

  • • Founding Board Member of the US Green Building Council
    • Co-chair of the LEED Technical Committee from its inception in 1994 through 2003
    • Co-author with the Seven Group: The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: redefining the practice of sustainability
    • Served on the national executive committee of the AIA Committee On The Environment
    • Former Chair of the ANSI Committee on Whole System Integration
    • Served as a NESEA Board member
    • Former and original LEED Faculty
    • Advisory Board – Environmental Building News
    • Board Member of A.W.E, Inc. San Francisco and Ecological, Inc. NYC