West Sustainability Services Leader at Arup and LEED Fellow Lynn Simon

The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Lynn N. Simon, FAIA, LEED Fellow, Principal and West Sustainability Services Leader at Arup, is a Global Sustainability & ESG leader, with more than two decades of influencing behaviors, shifting mindsets, and co-creating to reach climate and equity goals across tech, real estate, and AEC sectors.

She excels in developing and retaining client relationships, convening stakeholders to Board level, driving cross-functional programs in matrix organizations, and building multi-disciplinary global teams with a focus on carbon, waste, water, ecology, health, and DEI.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Led a global, cross-functional team at Google on KPI setting and 1-5 year goals for carbon, water and waste

• Positioned Google to meet its 2030 public commitments and Scopes 1, 2, and 3 across the portfolio

• Converted underutilized global sustainability team by nurturing relationships and creating new organizational structure

• Co-created and facilitated a community of 100 industry leaders, disruptors, and trailblazers at the Regen Lab@Google

• Led a team that retained 250+ client relationships across commercial, residential, education, hospitality, civic and culture, government, health and transportation sectors.

PRO BONO LEADERSHIP

• Trustee on the Board of Directors of the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation

• Member, Sustainability and Climate Committee at Bet Haverim in Davis, CA

• Mentor, New Buildings Institute Next Gen Program

Show Highlights

• Lynn emphasizes the importance of diversifying clients and projects in consultancy.

• Entrepreneurship in this green building movement.

• Sustainability impact through projects, energy savings and practices.

• Addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) in your work.

• Discussion on the importance of addressing scope three embodied carbon work on the future of green building.

• The importance for young professionals to get involved in industry organizations and the significance of knowledge sharing.

• Challenges faced during the early days of USGBC and the development of the LEED rating system.

• Implementation of building lifecycle modeling and sustainability best practices

• Tips on authentic listening and client engagement strategies.

• Market transformation and policy requirements in sustainability consulting.

“‘...My only piece of advice for you is to know when to talk less, know when to put a period on what you're trying to communicate or sell.’ I've taken that advice with me and I don't always listen to it for people who know me, but I found it invaluable that he, one, was willing to take the time to come share his observation, but to also just think about when is it good to just be? That goes to the authentic listening piece; know when to stop presenting, to listen to what is happening in the room.”

-Lynn N. Simon

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