Sustainable Principal Jean Hansen of HDR Architecture

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jean is HDR’s Sustainable Principal for the firm globally. She is</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">based in San Francisco, California with 30+ years of experience in interior</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">design, departmental planning and sustainable design. Ms. Hansen is</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">responsible for advancing HDR's sustainability initiatives in project and</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">research work for healthcare, commercial and institutional environments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She served on Kaiser Permanente’s High Performance Building Committee to develop national sustainable design standards, led a team in the development of a USGBC Volume Build Pilot Program for Wells Fargo Bank in 39 states and was a green consultant with the University of New Mexico’s new Children’s Hospital and Critical Care Pavilion. She led sustainable research in the textile industry for Kaiser Permanente and co-authored a white paper on the</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">research, titled, Future of Fabric: Healthcare. She was a core committee</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">member in the development of the USGBC’s LEED Healthcare rating system and more recently is a pilot committee member in the development of the HealthProduct Declaration (HPD). She is past president of IIDA (International Interior Design Association) for the Northern California Chapter, IIDA Fellow and past board member and secretary of the USGBC Northern California Chapter.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jean is working on or has worked on over forty LEED projects, developed</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">sustainable guidelines and led sustainable research for healthcare</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">organizations and manufacturers, provided sustainable training for a variety</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of clients, including the U.S. Army and in-house staff; she has inspired many</span> <spa