Christopher Smith Joins Cadmus to Expand Green Building Work
The Cadmus Group, Inc., announced today that green building industry leader Christopher Smith has joined the firm and will spearhead its efforts to establish global leadership in consulting services to clients in the high performance building market. Formerly the chief operating officer (COO) of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Mr. Smith is well known in the sustainable building community, domestically and internationally. He will provide executive leadership to Cadmus’ 50-plus person staff of engineers, architects and expert consultants serving the green building market.
“We couldn’t be happier that Chris has decided to join our team,” said Cadmus CEO Ian Kline. “Cadmus has the technical capabilities and expertise to help our clients achieve their energy-efficiency and sustainability goals, now and far into the future.” Mr. Kline continued. “We are working aggressively to build a best-in-class consulting practice that provides strategic and technical advice to commercial and government clients who value sustainability and high performance in their built environments. Bringing Chris on board is another important step in that effort.”
“I am excited to join Cadmus, where I will remain a member of the green building community and thus continue to support our shared and vital mission of minimizing the built environment’s impact on the planet and its inhabitants,” said Mr. Smith.
During the five years Mr. Smith was USGBC’s COO his responsibilities encompassed much of the organization’s operation, including at various times LEED certification, credentialing, membership, education, finance, human resources and technology. In this period, USGBC quintupled in revenue and staff and LEED became a global brand.
Mr. Smith will be based in Cadmus’ Arlington, Va. office.
About The Cadmus Group, Inc.
Cadmus (https://cadmusgroup.com) helps government, non-profit, and corporate clients address critical challenges in the environmental and energy sectors. We provide an array of research and analytical services in the United States and abroad, specializing in solving complex problems that demand innovative, multidisciplinary thinking. Our major service areas are Water, Energy Services, Social Marketing and Market Transformation, Health Policy and Communications, Green Building, International Development, and Strategic Environmental Consulting.
Our staff includes scientists; engineers; statisticians; economists; MBAs; marketing, public relations, and communications professionals; attorneys; information technology specialists; and public policy analysts. Many of our senior consultants are nationally recognized experts in their fields, and several serve on high-level U.S. government science advisory boards.