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David Gottfried
American real estate developer, author and green building activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Gottfried is an American real estate developer, author, and green building activist. As the founder of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the World Green Building Council,[1] he is known as the father of the green building movement.[2]
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Green Building Councils
In April 1993, Gottfried, at the time a construction manager and real estate developer,[3] along with Michael Italiano, an environmental lawyer, and Rick Fedrizzi, head of environmental marketing at Carrier at the time, founded the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in order to promote sustainable practices in the building and construction industry[4][5] with the aim of improving building performance.[6]
They eventually went on to create the LEED building certification system in 2000.[7] Through the USGBC, LEED has grown into the most widely used and well recognized green building rating system in the world[8][9] with 197,000 LEED projects in 186 countries and territories and covering over 29 billion square feet as of 2024.[10]
Gottfried created and managed the formation of the “United Nations of the Green Building Councils” with the founding meeting of the World Green Building Council held in California, US in 1999. In 2002, the WorldGBC was officially formed with the countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and US.[11][12] There are now Green Building Councils in over 100 countries.[13]
Other work
Gottfried currently serves as the chief commercial officer for Blue Planet Systems, which creates Synthetic Limestone aggregate with a potential to permanently store gigatons of carbon dioxide in carbon negative concrete.[14]
He founded WorldBuild Technologies Inc, a San Francisco sustainable development consultant firm,[1] with clients such as Yahoo, Starbucks, DreamWorks SKG, Stanford University, Williams-Sonoma, Genentech, the State of California and San Diego Gas & Electric,[15] and was previously the CEO of Reset360, Regenerative Ventures and its RegenNetwork.[16][17] He has also held senior positions at Thomas Properties Group, SIGAL Construction Corporation, Intertech Development Company, and Sigal/Zuckerman Company.[18]
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Personal life
Gottfried graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Engineering and Resource Management.[19]
Gottfried is a modern art painter.[20] He was previously married to Dr. Sara Gottfried, a scientist, researcher, MD, and author[21][22] and is father to two daughters.[23]
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Books
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- Greed to Green: the Transformation of an Industry and a Life (2004) ISBN 978-0974432601
- Greening My Life: A Green Building Pioneer Takes on His Most Challenging Project (2010) ISBN 978-0692008898
- Explosion Green: One Man's Journey to Green the World's Largest Industry (2014) ISBN 978-1630470227
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