USGBC names senior VP LEED

The U.S. Green Building Council has appointed Scot Horst to the new position of senior VP for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), effective April 1.

During his LEED Steering Committee chairmanship, Horst has overseen the development of LEED for Core and Shell, LEED for Schools, Revisions to LEED for Existing Buildings, LEED for Neighborhood Development, LEED for Homes, LEED for Healthcare and LEED 2009. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and has worked on more than 70 LEED projects. He has been a LEED faculty member, a LEED reference guide author and chair of the PVC Task Force of the Technical and Science Advisory Committee.

“Scot‘s visionary leadership has been much in evidence in his role as chair of the LEED Steering Committee these past three years,” said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of USGBC and board chair of GBCI. “The evolution of LEED under his watch culminates with the launch of LEED v3, which sets a new benchmark for high performance buildings.”

In addition, Horst is a partner in 7group, a green building consultancy, and president of the Athena Institute International.

“Scot rounds out USGBC’s management ‘dream team’ that includes Chris Smith, Rebecca Flora and Michelle Moore and Peter Templeton at GBCI,” Fedrizzi added.