Fiona Cousins elected to U.S. Green Building Council board

Arup principal Fiona Cousins has been elected to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) board of directors in the ‘Designer of Buildings’ seat.

A mechanical engineer with over twenty years of experience, Fiona was a founding board member of the USGBC’s New York chapter, for which she subsequently served as chair. She has led multidisciplinary Arup teams for a number of ambitious, highly sustainable buildings, including the LEED® Platinum Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Princeton University Frick Chemistry Laboratory.

Founded in 1993, the USGBC has played a key role in raising the profile of sustainable building design around the world. Through its LEED rating system and initiatives such as educational programming and industry outreach, it is a major force in making environmentally responsible design part of mainstream practice.