 Terry Hudgins is an Associate Principal of Green Ideas Environmental Building Consultants and provides significant expertise in charrette facilitations, LEED project management, training and Environmental Management Systems development. His involvement in the areas of land development, planning and zoning, and governmental affairs (federal, state and local) uniquely qualifies him as one of the most experienced green building consultants in the region. He represents Green Ideas in all markets where the company operates, but is the managing principal for the company’s Las Vegas location. Terry has spearheaded the LEED process for several high profile projects in Nevada including Lauth Development’s Montecito Point, Boyd Gaming Group’s Laundry Facility and Echelon Place, the single largest LEED project in existence. Terry has managed numerous other LEED for New Construction projects in Arizona, California and Nevada, as well as LEED for Core & Shell and LEED for Commercial Interiors projects.
He began his involvement with LEED in 1996 with the Canyon Forest Village project located at the south entrance of the Grand Canyon National Park. The project was a LEED version 1.0 pilot project and applied the LEED for Multiple Buildings and Campuses program. The project included 1,200 lodging units; 200,000 SF of visitor retail; 330,000 SF of museum/pavilion space; 1,500 units of housing; 40,000 SF of community retail, a community center; police station, fire department and other infrastructure. In this role, he coordinated a diverse group of consultants including architects, engineers, scientists, planners and designers, while interfacing with national environmental groups, federal and state agencies and numerous special interest groups. Terry headed the entitlements effort, successfully obtaining a rezoning of the property from the local county.
Terry has been involved in sustainable development projects for 23 years with Arizona Public Service (APS) Company where he was the Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety Initiatives. In this role he presided over the “greening” of the company through the introduction and roll-out of a formal Environmental Management System (EMS). The EMS targeted all company facilities ranging from the nation’s largest nuclear power plant to coal-fired oil and natural gas plants in addition to company facilities located throughout the southwest. He produced the first three Environmental Annual Reports for APS and was instrumental in the establishment of the Arizona Environmental Strategic Alliance between the Environmental Protection Agency, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and APS to advance environmental partnering including the APS Environmental Showcase Home.
The APS Environmental Showcase Home (ESH) was a sustainable construction project that consumes 60% less energy and water than a typical home, while showcasing over 150 sustainable technologies, strategies and materials. This project could arguably have achieved the USGBC’s LEED Platinum rating if the standard were in existence when the home was built in 1995. Over 40,000 people have toured the home since its completion. The home received over 26 major environmental awards, including an international award in 1997 as the top environmental project in North America. The ESH was the subject of an eight-part PBS television series titled This New House, and a book titled The Environment Comes Home, for which Terry was a contributing editor and author.
Education
- MS / BS, Biology, Northern Arizona University
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