USGBC’s Director of LEED - Wes Sullens

<p><strong>Wes Sullens, LEED Fellow</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">has direct experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. He specializes in green building projects, policy, materials, and codes & standards development.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s been a LEED AP since 2002 and has worked directly on over 100 green projects seeking LEED and other environmental labels, including the coordination of the first LEED Version 4 Platinum EB project in the world (StopWaste Headquarters, 2014).</span></p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wes talks about technical committees, guidelines,  and tracking materials.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">All things LEED, upcoming version, and the big plans for the future.</span></li> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Criticism about what LEED needs to do in the future. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Solid climate focused solution.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Committees, volunteering, and technical advisory groups for LEED.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Carbon storing materials and the science of how you sequester carbon in products and materials.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Requirements about reducing embodied carbon.</span></li> </ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The ripple effect for creating buildings to be part of the solution for better environments and better communities.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Avoid being blindsided by climate change.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;