Architecture at Zero 2021-22

Lance COLLINS, AIA
Mr. Collins is a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional, and is currently a Director at Partner Energy, in charge of the Sustainability team providing design consulting, and project management for projects pursuing green certification such as LEED, GreenPoint Rated and others; Zero Net Energy, energy modeling, commissioning, and HERS verifications. He has over twenty years of experience in architecture, urban design, and sustainable design consulting, his experience includes design, construction administration, building energy / water benchmarking and analysis, resource conservation measures, and green certification project management. Mr. Collins is also a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, a Green Globes Professional, a Green Globes Assessor, and an ARC Performance professional. He has provided design and consulting solution for various types of buildings including institutional, office, mixed-use, retail, schools, and multifamily residential properties. Mr. Collins has led the completion of more than 50 Green certified projects including LEED Platinum and Net-Zero projects for new buildings and existing construction for Partner Energy clients.

In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Collins is the President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA), on the Homefree Champions Advisory Board for the Healthy Buildings Network, a member of the AIA-LA committee on Affordable Housing, and was the founding Co-Chair of the US Green Building Council Long Beach Branch. He also lecturers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and is a design juror at the USC School of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), and at Cal Baptist University. He has also been an adjunct professor at Long Beach City College and has been a guest speaker at many local colleges, for professional organizations, and at national conferences teaching green building principles and sustainable design strategies. His work and writings have been featured in multiple publications including, Metropolis Magazine, Sustainable Industries, and Commercial Observer.

Mr. Collins was born and raised in Seattle Washington and is a graduate of the Cornell University school of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the University of California Los Angeles School of Architecture and Urban Design. He currently resides in Long Beach, California.

Mary ANN LAZARUS
Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED Fellow, is a consultant with the firm of Cameron MacAllister Group, advisors to the design and construction professions. As a member of the CMG team, Mary Ann works with design and construction firms to integrate greater sustainability and resiliency outcomes throughout their practice. Mary Ann also is an adjunct faculty and sustainability program coordinator at Washington University in St. Louis. Mary Ann is an At-Large Member of the AIA Strategic Council and sits on the new AIA Board Climate Change and Design Excellence Committee. She served as the AIA Resident Fellow for Sustainability from 2013-2015 where she authored the Sustainable Leadership Opportunity Scan, a foundational document for the AIA’s recent commitment to climate action. Mary Ann was also 2017 Chair of the AIA Committee on the Environment National Advisory Group. Mary Ann’s architectural career was primarily at HOK for over three decades where she served as the first Firmwide Sustainable Design Leader for 10 years. Mary Ann’s devotion to sustainability and resilience has extended through her role as an author, lecturer, community advocate, and volunteer.

Paul TORCELLINI, PHD PE
Paul Torcellini is a Principal Engineer for Commercial Buildings Research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a DOE laboratory. Paul is a key contributor in the development of the Advanced Energy Design Guides (ASHRAE/AIA/IES/USGBC) including chairing the technical committees that produce the zero energy AEDGs. Paul has been at NREL for 26 years and is a registered Professional Engineer holding a PhD from Purdue University. He is an ASHRAE Fellow and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer. Paul has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers and articles related to energy efficiency and zero-energy commercial buildings—both residential and commercial. Paul lives in a zero energy home that he designed.

Allison GRACE WILLIAMS, FAIA
Allison Grace Williams FAIA, an architect and urban designer has amassed an international portfolio of large scale civic, cultural and research facilities. In practice at SOM, Perkins+Will and AECOM, Williams’ inventive instincts and inspiring, interdisciplinary design leadership have generated authentic, relevant buildings that bridge between culture, technology and the environment and that convey the values and traditions of their audience and place.

In 2017, with this 35-year foundation in corporate practice, and from an uncommon perspective, Williams established AGWms studio as the first step to attract provocative design partnerships that prioritize art form and design process in relevant, cross- disciplinary venues, and to formalize academic involvements.

Williams is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University, and a frequent academic critic and design competition juror. A Loeb Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Allison earned both her B.A. in the Practice of Art and M.Arch (and named 2015 Distinguished Alumnus in Architecture) from University of California, Berkeley. Williams is featured in a curated exhibition Celebrating Excellent Black Architects, as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2017, and in 2016 by Architizer News, From a to Zaha: 26 Women Who Changed Architecture.