NSI is pleased to announce that we have hired a new senior engineer. The biography of Peter Muñoz follows below.

Peter A. Muñoz, P.E., LEED AP

Pete is a licensed Professional Engineer and Certified Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator. He has a B.S. in Biosystems Engineering from Michigan State University and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Vermont

Pete brings more than a decade of diverse engineering and sustainability consulting experience to NSI. He has managed wastewater research projects for two major universities, served as Biosystem Engineer at Global Remediation Technologies, one of the premier remediation firms in the US, and Co-Founder and Director of Engineering for SEEDS, a national recognized sustainability consulting non-profit.

Most recently, as the Director of Engineering at SEEDS, Pete managed all of the engineering and design under the SEEDS design arm, the Ecological Design Collaborative. He was involved in all levels of project management including, funding, project team development, community involvement, conceptual design, design development, bidding, construction, operations, maintenance, decommissioning, project analysis and effectiveness. He brings a wealth of experience from a variety of disciplines.

Pete has been asked to speak around the country on a variety of topics including decentralized wastewater management, constructed wetlands, ecological design, eco-footprinting, and climate change solutions.

As a Senior Project Engineer at NSI, Pete will oversee all of NSI’s engineering and design projects in the United States and abroad. As one of NSI’s LEED Accredited Professional he will supervise a range of sustainability projects, including LEED-NC, LEED for Homes, LEED for Neighborhoods, and LEED for Schools.

Sidwell Friends Middle School is awarded a LEED Platinum Rating

Sidwell Friends Middle School has been awarded a LEED Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first Platinum-rated K-12 school in the world and the first Platinum building in Washington, DC. Please visit the partner sites below for further information on the Sidwell Friends Middle School.

http://www.sidwell.edu/about_sfs/greenbuilding.asp

http://www.kierantimberlake.com/pdf_news/sidwell-friends-school.pdf

http://www.kierantimberlake.com/featured_projects/sidwell_school_1.html

http://www.kierantimberlake.com/pdf_news/sidwell-friends-school.pdf

http://www.andropogon.com/home.htm

http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=775

http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/grid2007.cfm?project_id=775&section=7

http://greensource.construction.com/projects/0707_sidwell.asp

http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2877

The Willow School is Awarded a LEED Platinum Rating

The Willow School has been awarded a LEED Platinum rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Willow School is the first school in New Jersey to receive a Platinum rating and the third in the country. The achievement is substantial. Visit the partner links for additional information.

http://www.willowschool.org/

http://www.scbp.org/member/documents/willow.pdf

http://www.backtonature.net/

Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape in Chinese

Constructed Wetlands in the Sustainable Landscape is a crucial guide for environmental engineers, planners, developers, and others responsible for the design and management of our built environment. The text is co-authored by Craig Campbell, FASLA, and Michael Ogden, P. E., LEED AP.

This book, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 1999, represents the first effort to integrate aesthetic design and planning issues with the technical aspects of wetlands engineering. With examples of creative stormwater management, wastewater treatment, pond design and wildlife planning, and integration of interpretive work by artists, this volume has received national recognition and fills an important niche in the existing literature on constructed wetlands. Recently the book was published in Chinese to make the text accessible for the Asian Design Community. Dr. Jiang Lijuan was responsible for the translation. As the world moves to global sustainability information exchange will aid the positive growth process.