Simon & Associates | Speaking & Teaching





Lynn N. Simon, AIA, has given numerous presentations, lectures, seminars, and professional training workshops throughout the U.S. and abroad. She has presented on a range of topics, including green building materials and product selection, LEED, greening affordable housing, integrated design, and commercial and institutional green building strategies, projects, and resources. She has presented for a wide variety of audiences, from design professionals to facility and project managers and agency staff. The following is a partial listing of her speaking experience: LEED Trainings Lynn is one of the original LEED Faculty members for the U.S. Green Building Council and she continues to give LEED training workshops around the country. Conferences • EnvironDesign 9 • AIA National Convention • AIACC Desert Practice Conference • PCBC (Pacific Coast Builders Conference) • CSI National Conference • CSI Western Regional Conference • C.A.S.H. Conference • YMCA Facility Managers Conference • Presidio Alliance Sustainable Products Training • Non-Profit Housing Conference • Affordable Comfort Conference • Habitat for Humanity Western Regional Conference • Mountain Brook Community Church Green Building Conference • LEES Carpet Sales Conference • Deutsche Bank Homebuilders Conference • Second Global Environmental Green Seminar, Japan Professional Organizations • AIA San Francisco • ASHRAE Redwood Empire Chapter • USGBC Cincinnati Chapter • CSI Santa Clara Valley Chapter • IFMA San Francisco Chapter • ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects) • Commercial Real Estate Women, San Francisco Chapter • Society of Marketing Professional Services, San Francisco Chapter • Japan Green Building Council Public Agencies/Venues • EPA Region 9 • State of California Department of General Services • Alameda County Waste Management Authority • City of San Francisco Bureau of Architecture • City of San Jose Lecture Series • City of Oakland Lecture Series • City of Santa Monica Environmental Programs Division • UCSF Facilities Management • PG&E Pacific Energy Center • Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Energy & Technology Center • Southern California Gas Energy Resource Center Firms and Companies • Genentech • BASF • LEES • Plant Construction • Various architecture firms throughout the Bay Area T E A C H I N G Lynn co-taught an "Overview of Green Building: An Integrated Approach to Design" course at the California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC) School of Architecture in San Francisco in 1998; it was the first green building course offered at CCAC. Lynn also taught "Introduction to Interior Design" at the California Academy of Art in 1995. Lynn has been a guest lecturer for classes at the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design (on Green Building Materials, and on Alternative Careers in Architecture: Green Building Consulting), a class at the University of California, Davis Interior Design department, and at the Stanford University School of Engineering's Product Design program. William J. Worthen's Educational Activities Public Speaking / Presentations • AIA National Convention 2002: "The Process of Costing Green" • National Real Estate Forum, San Diego, October 2005: "Sustainability and Healthy Design Practices" • Santa Cruz City Council and Planning Commission, September 2004: "Sustainable Design and LEED" • Ohio Design Studio Salon • Kimptons Hotels Design and Construction Group • Lundberg Design offices LEED Charrettes • SPUR Urban Center, San Francisco, CA • Department of General Services Pilot Projects, Sacramento, CA • Ritz Carlton Hotel & Residences at Northstar, Lake Tahoe, CA