Advisory Council: David Johnston
The Green Depot Advisory Council is comprised of experts from a broad range of disciplines, including health, education, energy, real estate development, and architecture. This consultative group helps to ensure that our offerings are always in line with the latest in sustainability and green business practices.
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David Johnston
Author and Green Building Expert
Author, trainer and consultant, green building expert David Johnston, is a leading thinker behind the green building movement. Over the last 30 years he has transformed the way we build homes in the US. His approach to green building has been embraced by states, municipalities, building professionals, homeowners, and sustainability advocates nation-wide. Johnston’s award-winning book, Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time has been hailed as the definitive guide to green remodeling techniques. His previous book, Building Green in a Black and White World was published by the National Association of Home Builders Press. He just completed a new book, Green From the Ground Up, to be published by Taunton Press early 2008.
He has received numerous awards for his work, including the prestigious SAM International Sustainability Pioneer Award in Zurich Switzerland for 2007, “Corporate Excellence Award for Sustainable Development” from the University of Colorado, and the “Environmental Hero for 2004” by Interiors and Sources Magazine. Johnston was also named “Builder of the Year” by the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and has been inducted into the Remodeling Magazine Hall of Fame.
Johnston is a much sought after lecturer and keynote speaker internationally. He has addressed most of the major building industry trade associations and global organizations such as the Parliament of the World’s Religions. He represented the United States at International Energy Agency meetings to develop international research agreements in the area of sustainable construction.
As founder of What’s Working, Inc., a green building consultancy that provides socially and ecologically responsible guidance to businesses, agencies and communities around the world, Johnston is committed to radically transforming the way America builds to meet the climate challenges ahead. Johnston is also the founding designer and consultant to the California Build It Green program that stimulated market transformation programs in California and is at work to implement similar programs nationwide. He was the co-designer the Denver Metro Home Builders Association’s Built Green Program and the Boulder Green Points Program, which encourages the use of cost-effective and sustainable building practices.
