Paul Shahriari – Paul Shahriari

Paul is an authority on sustainability, high performance green building and the application of technology to the design and construction process. He has been a visionary in field of sustainability through his consulting practice GreenMind Inc. and has served over 150 clients since 2000. He founded 3 technology companies: ecologic3 (2005), the first project management software that produced cost benefit analysis for green building projects, ecoScorecard (2007), the first web-based environmental documentation software for manufacturers positioning products into the residential and commercial building markets and ecomedes (2014), a SaaS platform that leverages product performance data during decision making. ecomedes simplifies and streamlines the analysis of economic and environmental impacts for building owners and facility managers.

His services are sought by owners, architects, engineers, contractors, product manufacturers, venture capitalists, start-ups and NGOs, both nationally and internationally. He is frequently asked to discuss how trends in sustainability and technology will affect the marketplace. He has spoken at over 500 events around the world and has been a master speaker at the USGBC’s GreenBuild.

Paul a former co-chair of the USGBC GreenBuild Conference 2004-2009 and was one of the youngest LEED Faculty Members (2003-2008). He has trained over 25,000 professionals about sustainability, high performance building and LEED. He is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Master of Engineering and has been dedicated to simplifying and sharing sustainability for over 15 years.