Profiles

Title

Senior Green Building Consultant, LEED® AP

Job Category

Consulting

Phone Number

206.957.8571

Author Taxonomy

Barbara Erwine

Bio

Bio

Barbara is a nationally recognized expert in lighting, daylighting and the integration of the two. For the past 20 years Barbara has consulted on over 150 projects, providing clients with highly productive, highly energy-efficient and cost-effective spaces. She has also created tools to assist in the design of well-daylit spaces such as a computer-based tool to predict daylight levels in commercial buildings. She directed the daylighting facility at the Lighting Design Lab in Seattle, a nationally acclaimed facility that performs extensive modeling and simulations. Barbara has also written and spoken extensively on the topic, and most recently authored the chapter on lighting for a book on Safe and Healthy School Environments and co-authored the Economics and Employment section of the UNEP Green Economy Report of Green buildings and the daylighting chapter of the California Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS).

In addition to running green building projects, Barbara also leads Paladino and Company’s research and post occupancy evaluation team. She participated in the seminal Heschong Mahone Group daylighting study, which directly correlated student achievement with the amount and quality of daylight. Barbara conducted applied research on building performance in her roles as a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Research Assistant and City of Seattle Building Energy Research Specialist. She also served as the lead consultant on the Washington Sustainable Schools Pilot Program research project into the cost effectiveness of a LEED-based sustainability protocol on schools.

Technical Specialties

Concept design, energy efficiency, daylighting, lighting, indoor air quality, site and stormwater management issues, team integration, meeting facilitation and project management

Selected Projects

• ShoWare Center, Kent, WA – LEED Gold
• Descanso Gardens, La Canada, CA, Sustainability Master Plan
• Tipton Meeting House, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA – Targeting LEED Platinum
• Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, City of San Jose, San Jose, CA – Targeting LEED Silver
• University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA – LEED Silver
• Seattle Performance Evaluation Protocol, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
• Washington Sustainable Schools Pilot Program, Olympia, WA
• Mary Lowell Center, Seward AK – Net Zero Investigation