Lisa Matthiessen

Regional Discipline Leader for Sustainability in North America

Through her groundbreaking research and analysis of the financial costs and benefits of building green, Lisa Fay Matthiessen has transformed construction markets worldwide and advanced public policy and the evolution of environmentally responsible design.

Lisa is an architect with over 23 years' experience in design and construction, with an emphasis in sustainable design. She has experience in delivering a variety of services, from multi-disciplinary engineering and sustainability services on individual buildings to policy development and sustainability master planning on the city and university level. Her goal is to meet the needs of all stakeholders to the greatest extent possible – financially, socially/culturally, economically, and environmentally – and provide for the highest quality, flexible, functional and reliable systems within budget and schedule.

Lisa utilizes the Buro Happold holistic approach, working directly with colleagues on an individual project level to enable the team to attain higher levels of sustainability than originally imagined. And her work with the continuous development and improvement of sustainability metrics ensures that the best possible tools are available to the industry. She is currently serving on the GSA’s National Registry of Peer Professionals, as Vice Chair of the LEED Market Advisory Committee, and as Technical Advisor to the Clinton Climate Initiative.