Aaron Ackerman Email & Phone Number

Aaron Ackerman brings over 18 years of Architectural and Regenerative Design experience to Bowers + Kubota. Mr. Ackerman received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design with a special emphasis in Architecture from Boulder Colorado. As Sustainability Team Leader at B+K, Mr. Ackerman is a crucial leader in the firm’s coordinated approach to environmental stewardship, and is the lead on projects striving for sustainability. Mr. Ackerman approaches projects from a multi-disciplinary perspective striving to identify and choreograph equilibrium between economic, environmental and social priorities. He has made it his responsibility to identify creative and sound opportunities to work within the budget to accommodate the project’s sustainability goals while still maintaining functionality and efficiency within the built environment. Reverence to place and Aloha Aina will always guide and inspire the Architecture he creates. Driven by innovation and utilizing his past experience as a carpenter, Mr. Ackerman is currently pursuing certification of his own residence through the International Living Future Institute’s Living Building Challenge Certification Program, recognized by many in the Industry as the most stringent and progressive green building programs in the world. More information on the project can be found at www.livingbuildingchallengehawaii.com Aaron brings to the table a unique perspective to realizing visions, having worn the hats of all stakeholders involved to get a Living Building Challenge project off the ground. As the owner, fund raiser, borrower, designer, builder, advocate, educator and O&M operator Aaron’s multi-disciplinary approach bridges the gap between vision and reality.Aaron has won awards at the local State, National and International arenas spreading his influence and inspiration from his own backyard in Palolo Valley on the Island of Oahu to the desert sands of Dubai in the UAE.

Listed skills include Project Management, Autocad, Biophilic Design, Freestyle Motocross, and 10 others.

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  Architect, Sustainability Facilitator

  Bowers + Kubota Consulting

  Jan 2004 - Present - Waipahu, Hawaii