M.Arch., Ann V. Edminster

Ann Edminster is a recognized national expert on green home design and construction. She is a principal author of the LEED for Homes Rating System and consults to builders, owners, developers, supply chain clients, design firms, investors, entrepreneurs, non-profits, and public agencies. She sits on advisory boards of a number of green building companies, is a contributing editor to GreenBuildingAdvisor.com and Ultimate Home Design, and has consulted on numerous LEED Platinum Home projects that are targeting multiple high-performance ratings and certifications, including net-zero energy. She is a widely acclaimed green building educator and facilitator and has been a co-organizer of three international peer-to-peer green building conferences, the most recent of which is Build Well 2010. Her new book, Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet, is based on the work of scores of national experts and leading organizations and offers guidance on net-zero energy home design.

Ann lives and works from home in Pacifica, California, just south of San Francisco, and can see a tiny bit of ocean from her office window. She shares this little slice of paradise with her husband, son, and two cats.