Lee Gros Architect and Artisan, Inc.
is a specialty green building consulting firm providing the following services:

SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING SERVICES
  • Provide collaborative and creative project consulting for design and delivery of sustainable
    solutions
  • Provide LEED project representation from design through construction and certification
  • Provide design team, building owner, developer and contractor expertise with requisite
    green building documentation
  • Deliver effective interpretation and training related to LEED and other Green Building
    Program rating tools
  • Provide Owner representation and documentation of projects during construction

ARTISAN SERVICES

GREEN BUILDING/ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
    Project Manager/Architect, Commercial Green Building Program, Austin Energy
  • Coordinate Commercial Green Building Program and deliver Green Building education,
    training and marketing solutions to architects, owners, contractors, and the community
  • Revamp the Commercial Green Building Program rating tool
  • Provide expert consulting services to design and building professionals throughout the
    country, modeling Best Practices developed with the Green Building Program  

    Program Manager/Architect, State Energy Conservation Office
  • Create and manage sustainable demonstration projects for Roy Lee Walker Elementary
    School and Pickle Elementary/St. John Community Center
  • Advise in activities related to sustainability for new construction of state facilities
  • Coordinate activities related to energy efficiency services for school districts, hospitals, and
    local governments yielding cost effective O&M retrofits
  • Manage activities of consulting engineers and provide construction monitoring services
  • Prepare, review, and present material for energy manager training sessions
  • Planning, coordination, implementation, and administration of energy conservation measures
    for numerous state buildings within the Capitol complex
  • Planning and development of long range energy conservation goals and master plan for the
    energy manager and building maintenance division staff
  • Develop and manage State energy conservation programs, including the State Energy
    Conservation Design Standard for New State Buildings, the energy intern program, and
    energy manager placement and training in State agencies
  • Represent the Governor's Energy Office and provide guidance as a member of the advisory
    committee for the biennial symposium on improving building systems
  • Participate as a member of the advisory committee for Texas Energy Education Development
  • Successfully manage the design review of the Capitol Preservation and Extension Project for
    optimization of energy efficiency and secure funding through LoanSTAR for over $2.5 million
    in energy conservation projects

    Assistant Manager, Construction Contract Administration, Graeber, Simmons & Cowan, AlA
    Architects,
  • Perform full time on-site project representation for the fast-track construction of a 60,000 sq.
    ft. Class 100 Clean Room and 170,000 sq.ft. mechanical and laboratory support space for the
    Sematech Consortium

ARTISAN EXPERIENCE
  • Part time baker at Central Market
  • ACC classes for Blacksmithing and welding
  • Designed and built own wood-fired brick oven and outdoor kitchen
  • Designed and built salvaged iron palm tree sculpture
  • Fabrication and welding of custom stands for Austin Homebrew Supply
  • 12 years of custom woodworking experience
  • Design and fabrication of metal railing for boat dock deck

PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
  • Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, Registered Architect
  • LEED Accredited Professional

SPECIALIZED TRAINING
  • Designing Low-Energy Buildings Workshop featuring Energy-10 software
  • Texas Sustainable Building Professional Training Seminars, 1997
  • Lumen Micro lighting analysis software, 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
  • Member of the American Institute of Architects
  • Member of the Committee on the Environment with the  Austin Chapter of the AIA
  • Member of the United States Green Building Council
  • Member of the USGBC Material and Resource Technical Advisory Group

EDUCATION
  • Bachelor of Architecture, 1978   University of Houston