Profiles

Title

Senior Green Building Consultant, LEED® AP

Job Category

Consulting

Phone Number

206.957.8569

Author Taxonomy

Vidhi Agarwal

Bio

Bio

Vidhi Agarwal has a background in architecture and building science and has been consulting project teams, developers and government entities on technical design and sustainability aspects of projects for 5 years. Vidhi supports organizations in their efforts to enhance the overall environmental and economic performance of their building portfolio and optimize sustainable design solutions for the built environment.

She provides technical design assistance to design teams on energy performance of their projects through an in-depth energy modeling and life cycle costing analysis. Vidhi conducts feasibility studies for projects in areas of energy efficiency and occupant comfort and further validates the technical design through prediction of economic, environmental and health performance benefits through Total Cost of Ownership studies. Vidhi also serves on Paladino’s technical consulting team to the U.S. Green Building Council, conducting LEED Application reviews for a variety of project types and sizes.

Vidhi received her Master of Science in Building Design at Arizona State University and her Bachelor in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology. While at ASU, Vidhi wrote and presented a number of research papers on mitigating urban heat islands through design and material choices. Her thesis explored the application of life cycle assessment to building rating systems.

Technical Specialties

Energy modeling, life cycle cost analysis, total cost of ownership studies, green building portfolio development and analysis, post-occupancy evaluations, team integration and project management

Selected Projects

• Buildings 37 and 99, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA - Targeting LEED Gold
• West Campus Commons, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA –Targeting LEED Silver
• Seattle Performance Evaluation Protocol, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
• Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, NV – LEED Platinum
• Corporate Portfolio Strategy, Vornado Realty Trust, Washington, D.C. - LEED-EB O&M