Steve Scribner is a licensed architect, educator, and certified Passive House Designer, with over 15 years of experience ranging from educational and cultural buildings to custom mountain homes to independent design-build projects.Steve worked for leading firms in New York, Massachusetts and Colorado overseeing design and construction on complex facilities for schools, libraries, and universities. He has also designed and built affordable housing projects using local materials in Uganda and Nigeria.He has a Master of Architecture with Distinction from Parsons the New School for Design, where he was awarded the national Alpho Rho Chi Medal for leadership, service, and professional merit and a B.A. in Physics from Wesleyan University.Steve is passionate about advancing high-performance, low energy architecture that nurtures and inspires. He has been involved as Project Manager and Faculty in three Solar Decathlon competitions, where he guided students in designing and building innovative and affordable houses.