Daniel A. Huard Appointed CEO of Global GreenTag Americas

Global GreenTag International is proud to announce the appointment of Daniel A. Huard as CEO of Global GreenTag Americas. Daniel is one of the most accomplished sustainability practitioners, experts and advocates in the US green building industry today – a significant player who is not only a global LEED Fellow, Daniel was also elevated in November to the International WELL™ Building Institute's WELL Faculty.

Pictured, left to right, David Baggs - CEO & Program Director, Global GreenTag International (GGTI), Daniel A. Huard (CEO, Global GreenTag Americas), Mary-Lou Kelly - Managing Director, GGTI and Brett Hazlett - Global Certification Strategist, GGTI

David Baggs, Global GreenTag International's CEO and Program Director says: "We are delighted to have Daniel on board to lead the way for us in the Americas. His body of work is extraordinary, he is a true disruptor and doer in the sustainability space. His accomplishments have earned him a prestigious position as one of 283 LEED Fellows on the planet in addition to a dozen other professional designations, which now also includes his exciting new appointment to the WELL Faculty, a great honour to Daniel's work and also for Global GreenTag International whose certification standard is formally recognised by WELL globally."

Daniel's appointment as CEO of Global GreenTag Americas was first announced when Global GreenTag International launched its services into the Americas (Canada, North and Latin America) at the 2018 USGBC GREENBUILD Expo in Chicago. He is affectionately known in US green building industry circles as the 'Godfather of Sustainability.' Backed with degrees in Mechanical Engineering, a Bachelors in Architecture, a Masters of Architecture and Masters of Urban Planning, Daniel has contributed to numerous US domestic and international High‐Performance Building, Sustainable and Restorative Development projects.

Of his new appointment as CEO of Global GreenTag Americas, Daniel says:

"I am proud, honoured and humbled to be overseeing the rollout of Global GreenTag Americas. It is the Impact Opportunity I have been looking for - a long time. I am now able to directly support organizations who are designing and manufacturing the best sustainable products in the world today concurrently with those designing, constructing and certifying the greenest buildings on the Planet. I am also honored to be now a member of the IWBI WELL Faculty, providing additional education, support and advocacy beyond what I was able to do as a WELL AP.

"My interests with WELL and healthier places for people align perfectly with the work that Global GreenTag International has invested in to enhance the role of health in its certification systems. In essence and practice, the Global GreenTag Standard is beautifully aligned to the vision and mission of WELL. It is going to be an exciting journey to see how much further we can go to champion and help accelerate and mainstream the uptake of certified, healthier products in the market - that's certainly one of our goals!"

Where he would like to help take Global GreenTag, Daniel says:

"Assuming this leadership role for Global GreenTag Americas builds further on my work to improve the built environment. This role allows me to help to contribute further to the healthy materials dialog and the necessary improvement to product transparency that benefits everyone"

Daniel currently is a member of the USGBC's LEED Technical Committee, having contributing to the development of LEED v4, more recently the beta version of LEED v4.1 and planned future LEED V5 Standards. He is also Chairperson of the LEED Water Efficiency Technical Advisory Group.

Mary-Lou Kelly, Managing Director of Global GreenTag International who also welcomed Daniel to the business in Chicago last month says "Daniel is a force to be reckoned with. His hands-on expertise and accumulative knowledge in the field of sustainable development is going to serve Global GreenTag International for many years to come. Most importantly, Daniel has a sustainability heart as big as a whale and our corporate team is very much looking forward to working with Daniel to open up Global GreenTag International certification services to some very big markets in the Americas."

MORE ABOUT DANIEL A. HUARD

Daniel's body of work and advocacy in green building goes back over 20 years – and beyond. He started as an Engineer with General Motors Environmental Compliance Reporting in 1989 and has continued this dedication and focus with every organization desirous of demonstrating environmental leadership since.

In 1998, Daniel drilled down his passion for green development, becoming a Founding Principal of Humann Building Solutions, a registered Professional Engineering firm in which he has led restorative development work on diverse specialty purpose facility projects to design and construct buildings and infrastructure for improved sustainability, efficiency and operability. His global project expertise includes offices, resort and hospitality buildings, government facilities, museums, cultural, education facilities and sustainable improvements to historical restorations and landmarks.

Beyond providing Executive and Operational Level Program Management, Facilitation, Planning, Project Management and Administration, since 2001 Daniel has also served as a Corporate and Organizational Governance Expert, incorporating Organizational Best Practices into Leadership, Organizational, Operational Structure and Strategic Planning. He has provided his professional expertise in sustainability to numerous international events as well, including Greenbuild, WaterBuild, Living Future unConference, WaterSmart Innovations, Advanced Energy Conference, Energy Management Congress, CAPAC and Global Gaming Expo to name a few.

Daniel also has an ongoing commitment to mentoring, service and leadership within the green building industry, contributing in an ongoing basis to the National Fenestration Council, International WELL Building Institute, Association of Energy Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air‐Conditioning Engineers, USGBC Nevada, USGBC Western Regional Council and USGBC National and as well founded the Las Vegas Valley Living Building Challenge Collaborative serving as Nevada's inaugural ILFI Ambassador.

In addition, Daniel has also served as a former League of Indian Nations of North America Ambassador to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where he focused on international sustainability programs, social and educational programs and native rights recognition and advocacy.

Beyond his professional degrees in the fields of architecture, mechanical engineering and urban planning, Daniel holds multiple other professional accreditations including: LEED AP O+M as well as LEED AP BD+C from Green Business Certification Inc. and was elevated to LEED Fellow in 2017, PMP from Project Management Institute, Living Future Accredited from International Living Future Institute, GGA, GGP and GPCP from Green Building Initiative, WELL AP and WELL Faculty from the International WELL Building Institute in addition to ASHRAE Commissioning Process Management Professional.

GLOBAL GREEENTAG

Global GreenTag International Pty Ltd is an internationally recognized, multi-award-winning Type 1 (Third Party) Ecolabelling, Product Certification, Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and Product health Declaration (PhD) program operator based in Australia, but with offices and representation also in South Africa, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia as well as the Americas (Canada, North and Latin America). Global GreenTag programs are formally recognized in WELL™, BREEAM International, EarthCheck®, Green Star®, LOTUS® and the Malaysian Government's MyHIJAU program and compliant with credit requirements in LEED® (PhDs and EPDs), and BREEAM® (EPDs).