LEED Pioneer in the Philippines - Alvin Tejada

<p><strong>Alvin Tejada</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a LEED Fellow, an Architect, Project Management Professional (PMP), a pioneering LEED & WELL Accredited Professional, and TRUE Advisor in SE Asia; He is also USGBC and IWBI Faculty. Alvin has acquired more than 25 years of experience in architectural and interior design, corporate real estate, construction, property and facilities management. He has advanced his career as an independent practitioner and a team player in multinational companies.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Specialties: Construction and Project Management, Sustainability/ LEED, WELL, TRUE, EDGE Consulting, Property and Facilities Management, Architectural Design and Space Planning</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Challenges with LEED and green building in the Southeast Asia region. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Partnership with USGBC & higher education to develop a center for sustainability learning in the Philippines. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Grooming future architects on key sustainability practices as part of their design process.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Heightened alertness and awareness of carbon footprints has pushed the standards for practice and reporting to become a normal requirement for the built environment.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How the market has been transformed to adopt green building practices.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Academia has to catch up to train students in taking the correct mindset and practices to drive the change needed for the world.  </span></li> </ul> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“There's