Heath Blount

LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, GPCP

Partner

415-230-2135 | heath.blount@brightworks.net | linkedin.com/in/heathblount

Offices: Oakland, Portland
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Heath's Role At Brightworks

Heath Blount manages Brightworks’ Northern California practice. As one of four Brightworks partners, he also performs governance duties for the business. He is a distinguished project leader in the San Francisco Bay Area, leading the implementation of sustainability programs for some of the most recognized developments in the region. Heath specializes in integrated design strategies for building projects, sustainable facility operations and maintenance, and ESG and sustainability program planning and design for enterprises.

Education

University of New Mexico
- Bachelor of Arts (Architecture and Environmental Design)
University of Miami
- Architecture

Technical Credentials

U.S. Green Building Council
- LEED AP Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C)
- LEED AP Operations + Maintenance (LEED AP O+M)
- Member
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
- Member
Permaculture Institute
- Certified in Permaculture Design
Arcosanti Urban Laboratory
- Alumnus

Heath is an alumnus of the Arcosanti Urban Laboratory, architect Paolo Soleri’s renowned experimental community in Arizona where residents explore new forms of urban design and development that minimize destructive impacts on the earth. Heath served as a field engineer for the design office and led a construction crew in the installation of earth-cast concrete construction.

Prior to joining Brightworks, he worked with Mazria, Odems, Dzurec, specializing in institutional passive-solar design projects, and participated in the early synthesis of Architecture 2030.