Scott Bowman (BSME’82) recognized for exceptional contributions to green building
After he was introduced to the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard, Scott Bowman’s career took a different direction.
“The organization and the standard aligned with my personal beliefs and engineering practice to increase energy efficiency in buildings. I have embraced and encouraged sustainability ever since,” he said.
And now, Bowman, who graduated from Iowa State’s mechanical engineering department in 1982, is getting well-deserved recognition for his life’s work.
He was recently selected as a 2014 LEED Fellow by the USGBC for his extensive experience in green building.
LEED Fellows are recognized for the achievements as LEED Professionals and the green learning community. Bowman is the first LEED Fellow from Iowa and will be recognized at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo on October 22-24 in New Orleans.
He is the head of his own sustainability consulting business, Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, and serves as Sustainability Circle coach with True Market Solutions. Bowman also worked with KJWW Engineering Consultants for 25 years, which is considered a Top 100 Greenest Design Firm by ENR. He recently retired from the company as principal and corporate sustainability leader after guiding the firm to more than 100 LEED certified projects.
“Being named a LEED Fellow was a dream of mine since they announced this designation. Energy efficiency has always been a core value of mine, ever since my time at Iowa State,” Bowman said. “You cannot underestimate the value of the foundation that Iowa State and the mechanical engineering department gave me.”
Bowman still works with several groups at Iowa State; he served as council member for Iowa State’s mechanical engineering industrial advisory council and currently is an advisory board member for Iowa State’s program for women in science and engineering. He also serves as subject matter expert for Iowa NSF ESPCoR energy utilization platform and was awarded a Professional Award Citation in Engineering (PACE) in 2011.