Urban Studies

Adam Maynard graduated from Brown in 2011 and has spent the past two and a half years at the U.S. Green Building Council working to improve sustainable urban development practice through the LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) rating system. While his role on the team has shifted during his time at the organization, he currently manages a portfolio of 223 registered LEED ND projects around the world. Adam helps these teams navigate the requirements of the rating system and certification process within the context of local land use and urban development practice. He also aids in the technical development of the rating system criteria itself, which is based generally on the principles of smart growth, new urbanism, and green building. Adam draws on the strong land use practice and planning theory he learned as an Urban Studies concentrator in his everyday work at USGBC.