Vice President - LEED for Communities
U.S. Green Building Council
Setauket, New York
Dr. Vatsal Bhatt works with the U.S. Green Building Council as the Vice President for LEED for Communities, where he helped conceptualize and make operational the LEED for Cities and Communities rating system. For 23+ years, he has worked as an urban planner and energy economist. At the Brookhaven National Laboratory for 17 years, Dr. Bhatt worked on low-carbon urban development and energy systems analysis, including U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S.-India-China EcoCities Partnership and US Department of State’s US-China EcoPartnerships. He has worked on National Institute for Standards and Technology led efforts for developing “IoT Enabled Smart Cities Frameworks”, serves on the technical advisory group for the ISO’s technical committee 268 for sustainable cities, peer reviewed the Future of Housing Roadmap for XPRIZE, serving on the Board of Advisors for the Wellbeing City Award at New Cities Foundation and Planning 2050 and participates on APA Divisions Council on Smart Cities.
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Thursday, September 28, 2023
11:15am – 12:15pm US EDT