Sam Culpepper, AIA, HERS Rater

Program Manager & Design Consulting, Southface Institute

Sam is a technical building design expert with more than a decade-long career as a commercial architect, shaping projects as varied as rowhome renovations for affordable housing in Baltimore to the 16-story Omni Hotel at the Battery Atlanta, and is currently renovating a 1927 house to be net-zero. Sam has a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to high-performance design and construction and enjoys the challenge of balancing the realities of construction with the necessity of progress towards a net-zero future. Sam applies this skillset as the Program Manager of Design Consulting and provides charrette services, design review, energy modeling, and consultation to help owners and developers meet a wide range of sustainability goals.