About the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)

The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization, structured to develop and maintain a sustainability rating system for civil infrastructure in the United States. That system, called Envision™, is a collaboration between ISI in Washington. D.C., and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

ISI was founded by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Public Works Association (APWA), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ISI is governed by a nine member Board of Directors, appointed by the founding organizations for three-year terms. A third of the board rotates each year.

Board of Directors 2013

D. Wayne Klotz, P.E., D. WRE, Chair Klotz Associates
Karen Kabbes, P.E., D. WRE Kabbes Engineering, Inc.
Howard B. LaFever, P.E., BCC GHD, Inc.
Terry F. Neimeyer, P.E., BCEE, FACEC KCI Technologies
Timothy Psomas, P. E. Psomas Engineering
Vicki Vickery Quiram, P.E. NH Department of Environmental Services
James A. Rispoli, P.E., BCEE Project Time & Cost, Inc.
Larry Stevens, P.E. HR Green, Inc.
Gerald Stump, P.E. Volkert, Inc.
William J. Bertera, Executive Director (non-voting)

Membership

ISI is open to both public and private sector members and offers two types of memberships; Charter Memberships and Sustaining Memberships. Employees of public sector agencies, upon application, receive complementary memberships with full membership rights and privileges.

Committees

  • Accreditation Committee (Chair: Anastasia Harrison, Gensler) Establishes criteria and qualifications for Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) designation; manages credentialing process.

  • Economics Committee (Chair: John F. Williams, Impact Infrastructure) Develops economic metrics supporting the business case and investment incentives for sustainable infrastructure development.

  • Professional Development Committee (Chair: Tom Pedersen, CDM Smith) Designs, produces and delivers educational and training products for members, the general public and public officials, to include webinars, educational modules, conference sessions and symposia; produces education and training programs for the accreditation function on behalf of the Accreditation Committee.

  • Intergovernmental, Nonprofit and Global Affairs Committee (Chair: Diane M. Linderman, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.) Responsible for intergovernmental coordination with federal, state and local agencies and organizations; international and global development; relationships with not-for-profit organizations; public testimony and general speaking engagements; organizes the Executive Forum for Sustainable Infrastructure series.

  • Recognition Committee (Chair: Nathan Beil, KCI Technologies) Develops and oversee the establishment of awards, criteria of eligibility, the management of the project application process and the designations associated with recognizing individual projects as qualifying sustainable infrastructure within the parameters of the ISI rating tool.

  • Research and Resource Committee (Chair: Cameron Thomson, Arup) Responsible for research associated with the development of the rating tool and related infrastructure subjects; oversees ISI relationships with academia and research contracts; directs ISI sustainable infrastructure resource center.

  • Technical Committee (Chair: Michael Cline, Hannum, Wagle & Cline) Responsible for the design, content, development and continuous improvement of the ISI rating tool. The committee is organized by infrastructure sectors and by disciplines. The Committee has several subcommittees.

Charter Members

American Concrete Pipe Association
American Society of Landscape Architects
American Water Works Association
Arcadis
Arup
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association
Asphalt Paving Alliance
Autodesk
Berger Group Holdings, Inc.
Burns & McDonnell
CDM Smith
CH2M HILL
Clark-Nexsen, PC
CME Associates, Inc.
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
Dewberry
Diaz Yourman & Associates
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.
Economides Consulting
exp Global
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Fukunaga & Associates, Inc.
Fuscoe Engineering, Inc
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
 GHD Inc.
Granite Construction Inc.
Greeley and Hansen
Green Agenda Committee, N. Little Rock, AR
Greenwerks, LLC
Gresham, Smith and Partners
Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Hanson Professional Services
Harris & Associates
Harvard University
HDR
HNTB
HR Green, Inc.
J-U-B Engineers, Inc.
Kabbes Engineering, Inc.
KCI Technologies, Inc.
Klotz Associates, Inc.
Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center
Lawson Fisher Associates
Merrick & Company
MS Consultants, Inc.
MWH
National Clay Pipe Institute
Nitsch Engineering 		NV5, Inc.
OTAK, Inc.
Pakpour Consulting Group
Pinyon Environmental, Inc.
Portland Cement Association
Power Engineers, Inc.
Psomas
Ridolfi, Inc.
Short-Elliott-Hendrickson, Inc.
Shrewsberry & Associates LLC
Smith Gardner, Inc.
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
SSFM International, Inc.
Stanley Consultants
Stantec
Strand Associates
The Kelly-Buck Company
Thompson Strategy Consulting, Inc.
U.S. Botanic Garden
University of Florida
University of Texas at Austin
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Verdunity, Inc.
Walter P. Moore and Associates