Gideon’s mission is to enable a low carbon transition through high performance building and city design. As Director of Energy and Sustainability at tk1sc-WSP, he leads sustainable design and low energy projects, at all built environment scales, in Southern California and around the world. Gideon has led the sustainable design of over fifty buildings, including net zero energy, LEED platinum, and Living Building Challenge projects. His doctoral research, on phase change materials, resulted in an award-winning cooling system (NewMass) and he has personally managed research projects worth over $1.3 million. Gideon is passionate about making sustainable design accessible to all people and organizations that need it. In 2019 Gideon founded his own practice to address sustainability and climate justice issues in residential and non-profit sectors. He serves on the boards of the LA EcoVillage Institute and LifeKit LA, a homeless services non-profit. He has taught Sustainability and Green Construction at California State University, Long Beach and has lectured at many universities, including the University of Arizona, Woodbury University, the University of Surrey, and London Metropolitan University.