Leading with Care: How Women Around the World are Inspiring Businesses, Empowering Communities, and Creating Opportunity

Designing Green to Save Resources

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, as standard energy sources became more expensive, Nancy’s firm began to introduce passive solar design into their buildings. And today, in designing a sustainable building, Nancy and her staff consider everything from sustainable sites for the structure to indoor air quality and efficient use of energy and water.

Scarcity of water is not limited to remote locations like Albertina’s village. As clean water becomes less and less available around the world, Nancy understands the urgency of focusing on ways to conserve its use. As an indication of the environmental focus of her company, one of Nancy’s first commissions in 1978 relied heavily on her ability to manage water quality. ...