Meet the initiator Edward Mazria

“With 80% of greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the built environment, addressing climate change is the architecture, planning, and design community’s most urgent and far-reaching challenge.”
Curriculum vitae of Edward Mazria
Edward Mazria, founder of Architecture 2030, is an internationally recognized architect, author, educator and visionary with a long and distinguished career. His award-winning architecture and planning projects span a thirty-five year period, each employing a cutting-edge environmental design approach. He is the author of numerous published works, including the ‘bible’ of solar design, The Passive Solar Energy Book.
Mr. Mazria’s research has reshaped the international dialogue on climate change to incorporate the Building Sector. With his colleagues he developed the INNOVATION2030 Student Design Studio Competition; 2030 Challenge; Roadmap to Zero Emissions; China Accord; 2030 Palette; 2030 Districts; Zero Cities; and the recently released ZERO Code among many other groundbreaking initiatives.
Mr. Mazria’s awards include:American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Awards
American Planning Association Award
American Solar Energy Society Pioneer Award
Equinox Award
NWF National Conservation Achievement Award
Mumford Award from Architects/Designers/Planners for Social
Responsibility
Inaugural 2009 Hanley Award
The 2011 Purpose Prize
Game Changers Award from Metropolis Magazine
American Institute of Architects 2015 Kemper Award
World Green Building Council 2015 Chairman’s Award
2016 PLEA Award
American Solar Energy Society Horace Greely Abbott Award 2017
National Council for Science and the Environment, 2018 Lifetime
Achievement Award
Mr. Mazria’s awards include: