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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
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<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
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