I’ve been involved with sustainable design and construction my entire career. I started on the owner’s side as Director of Sustainability for a development company, then transitioned into running the consulting firm Trident Sustainability Group, and now as the founder and CEO of Green Badger. I’m a huge proponent of not only sustainable design, but of the value of transparency and third-party verification. I’ve seen too many projects that say that they’re designing to a specific standard – but without that verification, guess what's first to go is when VE hits? The challenge, and the biggest reason that teams design to, instead of certify with, these certifications, is that the documentation process is a royal pain in the ass. If you ask anyone, they’ll say, “I love LEED, but I hate LEED documentation.” I have never heard anyone say how excited they were to dive into LEED paperwork. But after pounding my head against the wall too many times and seeing 100 column spreadsheets in my sleep, I knew there had to be a better way, and thus Green Badger was born. This is why Green Badger exists. When I was consulting, my theory was to make it as painless as possible – let’s make a building as green as we can, and I’ll work to eliminate the headache that comes along with the actual certification process. But after pounding my head against the wall too many times and seeing 100 column spreadsheets in my sleep, I knew there had to be a better way, and thus Green Badger was born. We exist to integrate our motto ‘Sustainability Simplified’ into everyday practice. We need more green buildings – we don’t need more paperwork headaches.