Sustainability in Panama - David Rodriguez

<p><strong>David Rodriguez, LEED AP BD+C</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">has a philosophy that provides, in principle, buildable, practical projects with a sense of aesthetics and belonging.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">David grew up in Panama spending a lot of summers in Europe.  He received his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and his Master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.  He returned to Panama and eventually started Rodriguez and Toledo Architecture and Design in 2007.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sustainable architecture focuses on the commitment to minimize the environmental impact of the projects we design and develop on the environment for present and future generations. This commitment is applied at the urban level following the principles of design and development of communities according to the</span></em> <a href= "http://www.cnu.org/charter"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Charter of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU)</span></em></a> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and architectural level respect the success of the traditional architecture of each region and implement practices and materials that reduce the impact environmental project according to the parameters established by the LEED certification of the USGBC.”</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- David Rodriguez</span></p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Sustainability Minded</strong></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David was not really aware of sustainability when he was growing up.  While he studied at the University of Notre Dame, he became aware of varying levels of sustainability through the curriculum that was taught.  David became sustainability minded during his studies later in life.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If this awareness, this efficiency of how things are grown, how you have an alive city, etc. There was  varying reign as part of the culture of the curriculum in terms of trying to leave a better world that when you started with.”</span> <s