Speakers
 
 
 
Richard Schoen is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and Research Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design where he continues to teach an annual Introduction to Sustainable Architecture and Community Planning course as well as occasional special seminars. One seminar was on the Implications of the Hydrogen Economy on Land Use and Built Form at the End of Oil, a Fall 2004 research practicum largely underwritten by the Advanced Technology Group of Toyota Motors, USA. He is co-founder and director of Building-Integrated Photovoltaics at Stellar Energy Solutions, a solar technology built-form and land-use systems integration firm in Healdsburg, California. Other past and current activities include: • NASA Faculty Fellow, Applications of NASA Technology to Housing, Johnson Space Flight Center, 1972 • JPL/EQL-CALTECH Solar Energy Team, creator with the Southern California Gas Company Project SAGE, (Solar Assisted Gas Energy for Apartment Water Heating) 1970’s • Co-Author, New Energy Technologies for Buildings, Institutional Problems and Solutions, for the Ford Foundation Energy Policy Project, 1975 and 28 other papers since • Creator of the ARCO Solarelectric Roof, “the world’s first architecturally – integrated solar photovoltaic roof” (JPL) 1978 • Co-team Leader on Gov Schwarzenegger’s California Hydrogen Highway Implementation Team 2004 • Director, Building Integrated Photovoltaics, Stellar Energy Solutions, Healdsburg, CA • Member of the Board, US Green Building Council, Los Angeles Chapter • Member of the Board, UCLA Institute of the Environment • Member, American Institute of Architects and founding co-chair of the LA AIA Energy and Environment Committee, now AIA-LA Committee on the Environment • Member, California Hydrogen Business Council Mr. Schoen earned a BA in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and his MA in Architecture from UCLA. He continues consulting and solar-related product development and its systems integration and sales at the scale of buildings and communities.
Richard Schoen, FAIA