Sustainable Design Leader at HKS - Miranda Gardiner

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With more than 14 years of experience, Miranda’s portfolio ranges from research of corporate water footprinting and review of financing options for energy efficient homes to sustainable master plans. She has worked for internationally recognized organizations, such as the US Green Building Council and KfW, and within city governments in Germany and the UAE. In 2020, she was recognized for her ongoing sustainability work with the distinction of LEED Fellow from GBCI/USGBC.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her passion for the environment drives her to improve sustainability practices through local engagement and on the global scale. While at USGBC, she launched the LEED Pilot Credit Library and was the technical manager for LEED for Retail and LEED for Healthcare. Miranda’s clients have implemented and achieved a variety of green building certifications including BOMA BESt recertifications and Estidama Pearl Ratings.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additionally, Miranda is a distance running coach and cycling instructor, who believes that caring for oneself resonates in caring for the planet</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></h2> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The education traveling has on your career to blend experience that will help you understand different approaches in sustainability tactics</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Miranda’s experience in Germany during an immigration crisis and how they maintained their sustainability agenda to integrate people and values into their culture. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to keep pushing the sustainability line forward when you are being tested.  Forming “how” and not “can” questions</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">LEED Fellowship honors the people who made sure Miranda was moving the buck forward</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 4