Kevin Pierce

Kevin Pierce is Managing Director of Shaw Sustainable Design Solutions of Illinois, LLC, — an integrated architecture firm providing comprehensive sustainable design services — and the Midwest Director of Sustainable Design for Shaw Environmental, Inc. a leading provider of environmental solutions worldwide. Both companies are part the Shaw Group, a Fortune 500 Company with 25,000 employees and 300 offices and locations in the US and abroad. 

Kevin is a registered architect in Illinois and Florida and has over 20 years experience in architecture and planning. Hehas spent the past ten exclusively on sustainable design. He's a key player in sustainable projects in throughout the region including the Chicago Center for Green Technology, the City of Chicago's flagship green building and the first LEED Platinum municipal building in the US.  As Sustainability Consultant for the Green Exchange he's helping create  the country’s first commercial real estate development designed for the advancement of green business.

In addition to design and architecture Kevin is involved in projects in city-wide green infrastructure, clean energy, and green building finance, and is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Certified Energy Manager.

Kevin chairs the board of the Resource Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit focused on urban agriculture and extreme recycling. He is a board member of the American Institute of Architects, Illinois. He's adjunct associate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and has taught at the University of Oregon, the University of Illinois, Chicago, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

A member of the US Green Building Council, the American Institute of Architects, and the American Planning Association, Kevin is regularly invited to speak at national and regional conferences on architecture and sustainability.