Phil Kaplan

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Born and raised in Baltimore, Phil attended Boston University, received his B.Arch. from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in 1991, and moved to Maine in 1997. He is a Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire Licensed Architect, a member of the AIA, and a LEED Accredited Professional. He gives talks about his firm’s work and sustainability efforts throughout the Northeast and has served as an exhibition juror, guest critic, and Adjunct Professor. He was a founder, in 2006, of The Portland Society for Architecture (PSA), a local design advocacy group. He is the former Board Chair of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, which helps high-performance and energy efficiency professionals improve their practices through collaboration and learning throughout New England and beyond, and he has also served on local boards in his current hometown of Falmouth, Maine. His podcast, Green Architects’ Lounge, is featured on the Green Building Advisor website. He has been lead designer on multiple AIA, PSA, and LEED Award winning projects since 2003.

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