Brendan Owens is the U. S. Green Building Council’s Director of LEED® Technical Development. He works with volunteer technical and product committees working to refine and evolve USGBC’s LEED Green Building Rating System. Brendan has led development activities for LEED for New Construction, LEED for Existing Buildings, LEED for Core and Shell and several market specific LEED Application Guides including retail, healthcare facilities and laboratories. The current focus of his work is developing the framework for LEED Version 3. He is a member of the ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA committee developing Standard 189p – Standard for High-Performance Green Buildings and the Green Guidelines for Healthcare steering committee. He represents USGBC on the steering committee for the Advanced Energy Design Guide series which is a partnership between the AIA, ASHRAE, IESNA and USGBC. Brendan is a LEED Accredited Professional, Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager and managed design and implementation of energy conservation measures in buildings prior to joining USGBC.