John A. Boecker, AIA, LEED Fellow

Architect, Integrative Design and Regenerative Development and LEED^® Consultant

Selected Experience and Bio

John Boecker is a founding partner of 7group and serves as an internationally recognized, multi-disciplinary consultant focused on integrative design and regenerative development. As an architect, his practice has worked exclusively on green buildings since 1996. He designed two of the world’s first 13 LEED certified projects, taught as LEED Faculty^TM from 2001-2013, served on the LEED Steering Committee from 2002-2009, and he chaired the USGBC’s national LEED Curriculum Committee from 2002-2007. Along with his 7group partners and Bill Reed, he co-authored The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building:  Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, the seminal text book for guiding integrative design and construction published by John Wiley & Sons in April 2009. As a highly sought keynote speaker and educator, John has facilitated hundreds of workshops on the benefits of integrative design and regenerative development in 36 states and 14 countries.

Selected Sampling of Integrative Design and Regenerative Development Consulting Experience

• Metro Vancouver Lions Gate Wastewater Treatment Plant Integrative Process Facilitator, Vancouver, BC
• Golisano Center for Sustainability at RIT (Consultant), LEED Platinum (NC), Rochester, NY
• Syracuse Center of Excellence (Consultant), LEED Platinum (NC), Syracuse, NY
• Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes (Consultant), LEED Platinum (NC) & LBC, Pittsburgh, PA
• King and King Architects Office (Consultant), LEED Platinum (NC), Syracuse, NY
• Citylife Isozaki Tower (Consultant), LEED Gold Precertified (CS), Milan, Italy
• UNIPOL Tower Via Larga (Consultant), pursuing LEED Gold (CS), Bologna, Italy
• ABN AMRO DOZ Interior Works (Consultant), LEED Gold (CI), Dubai, UAE
• Sabah Al Ahmad Intl Financial Centre (Consultant), LEED Gold Precertified (CS), Kuwait City, Kuwait
• Capital Health System Mercer Hospital (Consultant), LEED Gold (NC), Hopewell Township, NJ
• Chartwell School (Consultant), LEED Platinum (NC), Monterey, CA
• Winston Preparatory School, LEED Platinum (LEED for Schools), Norwalk, CT
• Yestermorrow Design/Build School Master Planning, Regenerative Approach, Warren, VT
• Over 70 additional LEED certified projects, plus another 80 LEED registered projects
• Over 25 Citations for Design Excellence, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) as Project Architect
• Consultant on 3 AIA/COTE National Top Ten Green Projects – 2000, 2009, 2016

Selected Sampling of Publications and Presentations

• The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability, John Wiley & Sons, 2009, co-author
• Integrative Process ANSI Consensus Standard Guide 2.0 for Design and Construction of Sustainable Buildings and Communities, principle co-author
• Building Deeper Green:  Reframing Sustainability, national Voice America radio program, co-host with Bill Reed
• Over 300 workshops on integrative design and regenerative development in 35 states and 14 countries
• Living Future Conference, Integrative Process and Regenerative Workshops 2012, 2013, 2014
• USGBC Greenbuild Conference, Speaker/Workshop Facilitator annually 2001-2013

Professional Affiliations

• LEED Fellow 2011 (inaugural class)
• International Living Future Institute
• Penn State Sustainability Institute Advisory Board
• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) National Peer Professional (focus on Sustainability)
• LEED AP^® 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009, LEED AP BD+C 2010-present
• Green Business Certification, Inc., LEED Project Reviewer Certificate, 2010-present
• Environmental Building News Advisory Board Member
• AIA Pennsylvania (AIA PA) Committee on the Environment, Founding Chair, 1997-2002
• USGBC Central PA Chapter, Founding Vice Chair and Past Board Chair, 1999-2005
• Carnegie-Mellon University: Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, 1985-1987
• University of Pennsylvania: Sustainable Architecture and Integrated Design Instructor, 2007
• Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Guest Lecturer on Integrative Process, 2006, 2007

Education

• Bachelor of Architecture with High Distinction, Penn State University, 1979
  First in Graduating Class Ranking
• Master of Architecture, Yale University, 1982