Stantec’s Sustainability Design Leader: Blake Jackson

<p><strong>Blake Jackson</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a licensed architect (RI) with over 18 years of industry experience in various roles, having obtained a B-Arch from Kennesaw State University (2005) and an M-Arch in Sustainable Environmental Design from the AA Graduate School in London (2008).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is an Associate and the US Northeast Sustainability Design Leader with Stantec, a global built environment practice, working out of Boston, MA. His focus is on the nexus between sustainability, well-being and resiliency, serving as a company-wide resource, particularly with projects seeking third-party certifications.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s active within the northeast regional design community, including being a past board member of A Better City, as former co-chair of the BSA COTE, as a former BSA VP of Advocacy, and as an adjunct faculty at both the Boston Architectural College and Mount Ida College (now UMass Dartmouth). In 2015 He was honored as one of BD+C Magazine's "40 Under 40" Class.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Leapfrog US sustainability academic options and experience. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unique approach to becoming an architectural entrepreneur.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stantec - sustainable design leader.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Create “Yes” opportunities to open doors. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Adaptive Reuse Projects break from traditional and typical.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Components every architect student should be exposed to.</span></li> <li style="font-we