Moderator

Michael Deane

Michael Deane
Chief Sustainability Officer, Turner Construction

Michael Deane is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at Turner Construction Company and a LEED Fellow. His responsibilities include developing and implementing sustainable policies and procedures for Turner’s national and international operations, green building training, operational oversight and sales.

Michael has an MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University and 25 years of construction management experience including K-12 schools, libraries, cultural institutions and hospitality. He is a founding board member and past chair of the USGBC New York Chapter and served on the USGBC National Board of Directors from 2005 through 2008. In 2014 he was re-appointed to a second term on the Federal GSA Green Building Advisory Committee and he leads the Committee’s Building Labeling Task Group. He is on the Board of Governors of the Design Futures Council and the Board of Directors of the Recycling Certification Institute. In 2013 he was re-appointed to the Board of the Urban Green Council.

Michael writes and speaks frequently about sustainability and in particular the builder’s role in delivering green buildings. In 2009 he taught a graduate level course on Sustainability and LEED at Columbia University. In 2012 Michael was named Recycler of the Year by the Construction Materials Recycling Association. In 2013 Michael was named a LEED Fellow, the most prestigious designation of LEED Professionals.

Turner Construction Company is the largest general builder in the US and has been named the #1 Green Contractor by Engineering News Record for the last 6 years (2007 – 2012). As of May 2014 Turner had 364 LEED certified projects and 261 LEED registered projects completed or under way totaling more than 115 million square feet and valued at more than $33 billion.

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