Kiersten Washle, LEED Green Associate, EcoDistricts AP, CEM is a Building Science Engineer with CMTA’s Boston Office. Ms. Washle has a B.S. in Systems Engineering & Sustainability, an M.S. in Engineering Management, and an MBA. She collaborates with building owners, utility companies, and third parties to benchmark, analyze, and design both new and retrofitted high performance buildings. She has been featured at national conferences, most recently the 2022 ASHRAE Winter Conference, where she has spoken on sustainable design topics like Zero Energy and Decarbonization. She was recently named Emerging Change Agent of the Year by Built Environment Plus. She has always loved the natural world so her life goal is to continuously bring the built and natural environments into greater harmony.