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WALKER WELLS AICP, LEED AP, EcoDistricts AP <br /> PRINCIPAL <br /> Walker Wells is an industry-leading expert in urban sustainability, green building, <br /> and renewable energy. He has 25 years of experience working with local <br /> governments,affordable housing developers, and non-profit organizations across <br /> the country to further sustainable development practices via technical assistance, <br /> charrettes, workshops, and developing public policy. He is a lecturer in green <br /> urbanism at the Claremont Colleges and the UCLA Urban Planning Program. <br /> Walker holds degrees from UC Santa Barbara and California Polytechnic State <br /> University San Luis Obispo, he studied at Lund University and Lund Polytechnic <br /> School of Architecture in Sweden. <br /> EDUCATION KEY PROJECTS <br /> Fulbright Fellow,Sustainable Urbanism, • Beverly Hills Climate Action and Adaptation Plan(Beverly Hills,CA) <br /> Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Led the development of GHG mitigation measures and the quantitative <br /> Sweden 2015 technical analysis of the impacts of the potential strategies across clean <br /> energy,buildings, transportation, water and wastewater,solid waste, and <br /> Master of City and Regional Planning, municipal sectors. Convened the CAAP citizen advisory committee to guide <br /> California Polytechnic State University, the CAAP development process. <br /> San Luis Obispo, 1993 <br /> • Western Riverside COG Energy Resilience Plan(Riverside County,CA) <br /> Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies R+A is part of a team that prepared recommendations for strategies to <br /> and Sociology(Double Major with increase community resilience to heat, wildfire, and other climate hazards <br /> Honors)University of California Santa through strategic retrofits to civic facilities. R+A conducted a literature <br /> Barbara 1989 review of microgrids, battery installations, and neighborhood resilience <br /> hubs, developed the stakeholder engagement strategy, and prepared equity- <br /> AFFILIATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS related facility evaluation metrics. <br /> LEED Accredited Professional and <br /> • City of Huntington Beach Sustainability Master Plan(Huntingon Beach, <br /> Certified Green Rater CA) <br /> American Institute of Certified Planners Supported the creation of an internal City working group to identify and <br /> implement municipal sustainability strategies. Worked with the Environmental <br /> Los Angeles Regional Collaborative and Sustainability Board to define community sustainability priorities.Aligned <br /> for Climate Action (LARC) Executive the City's sustianability efforts with LEED for Cities for future certification. <br /> Committee Member • Climate Smart San Jose(San Jose,CA) <br /> Chair, LEED for Cities and Communities Serving as project manager to update the Climate Smart San Jose model and <br /> Working Group Plan, coordinating with the City and subconsultants. Updating the Plan to <br /> integrate new elements, updated data sets, and identifying new KPIs to align <br /> EXPERIENCE with the City's goal of carbon neutrality by 2030. Supporting ESA in the <br /> Raimi + Associates incorporation of corrections, adjustments to emissions factors, and level of <br /> Los Angeles, CA impact of various actions, and improving the usability of the data model. <br /> Principal, 2018-present • San Jose Existing Building Benchmarking Ordinance(San Jose,CA) <br /> Global Green USA Oversaw the stakeholder engagement process and policy development for <br /> Santa Monica, CA the benchmarking ordinance that requires annual reporting and five-year <br /> Executive Director, VP of Programs evidence of energy savings for all buildings 25,000 sf or larger. Project <br /> 1999-2018 included facilitating eight stakeholder workshops that were used to shape <br /> the ultimate policy and coordination with CA CEC. Coordinated with the City <br /> City of Santa Monica Environmental Programs Department staff to align with the Climate Smart <br /> Santa Monica, CA San Jose plan and efficiency incentive programs administered by the City. <br /> Associate Planner, 1998-1999 <br /> • <br /> Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority Electrification Policy <br /> Gruen Associates Experimentation Program Design(Bay Area,CA) <br /> Los Angeles, CA Conducted interviews with key stakeholder groups in SVCE jurisdiction <br /> Senior Urban Designer, 1993-1998 around electrification of buildings and transportation to help prioritize policy <br /> options for the policy experimentation program. <br /> City of Malmo <br /> Malmo, Sweden <br /> Urban Planner, 1990-1991 <br /> ; , raimi+ <br /> ;�� associates www.raimiassociates.com <br />