Kristen Fritsch AIA LEED Fellow  WELL AP is the Director of Sustainability at Elkus Manfredi Architects where she has been implementing initiatives related to the AIA 2030 Commitment, healthy materials and embodied carbon. Her role also involves advising and assisting design teams with LEED, WELL, materials and systems research, and performance analysis such as solar mitigation and daylighting concepts. She has led firm-wide training on sustainable design practices and the greening of office operations and practice. Outside the office she has taught design studios at the Boston Architectural College on using biomimicry in the design process. She also volunteers as a member of the USGBC LEED Materials TAG and as Chair of the Board of Directors for Built Environment Plus, the Massachusetts affiliate for USGBC.