Bob Kreger has been practicing architecture for over 40 years, beginning in Boston Massachusetts andrelocating to Taos NM in 1992 and then to Santa Fe NM in1997.Following a classic yet unique path within the profession, Bob attended the Boston Architectural College(B. Arch 1980) where students must work full-time and attend BAC at night. Bob worked mostly in construction documents for architecture firms of all sizes throughout the greater Boston area while pursuing a B. Arch at BAC.His experience included site design, new construction, adaptive reuse, forensics, and historicpreservation. He worked within small and large teams on a variety of building types.The oil embargo of ’73 sharpened his interest in energy consciousness and sustainability.This interest morphed into a passion for all-things-green and sustainable to this day.Eventually, Bob transitioned from pure architecture to production housing management and finally into passion-driven self-employment producing custom residential design/build with third party sustainability verifications. Embracing his decision to specialize in custom residential design/build starting with EnergyStar, then LEED for Homes as well as NAHB’s National Green Building Standard, Bob advocates forthese performance standards and allows them to inform his solutions. Bob designed and built the first LEED Platinum CUSTOM home in New Mexico. His most recent design/build is certified NGBS “Gold”.The ultimate challenge to architects and builders todayis to address the “new accountability” of Climate Chaos.Specializing in custom low-carbon residential solutions,Bob balances customers’ dreams and needs with all the classic professional design responsibilities:site response, views, comfort, style, delight, and durabilityas well as enabling each client’s unique way of lifeinto a statement that speaks to their values.Integrating this environmental imperativewith contemporary residential “High Design”really does create a “new synergy”.How? - By informing the design/build processes with current and rapidly evolving energy modelingoffered by programs such as the Passive House building design technologies.Bob is a PHIUS CPHC - https://www.phius.org/ - "Certifid Passive House Consultant".Passive design & construction protocols are the world’s most ambitious standard for building energy performance, harnessing 21st-century building science to revolutionizethe comfort and efficiency of buildings – cost-effectively.