Paula Zimin is the Director of the Sustainable Building Services group at Steven Winter Associates, Inc. Her focus is on healthy living, decarbonization, and equity in our buildings and communities. Her extensive leadership includes over 20 years developing, testing, and applying sustainable building and energy efficiency strategies for the new construction and renovation market. With a professional background in professional architecture and design, she has developed expertise in high performance design for both commercial and residential sectors. Paula’s team includes energy engineers and sustainable design consultants who support a wide range of commercial, industrial, civic, K-12 and higher education, healthcare, and residential projects in pursuit of resource efficiency and carbon reduction. She has lead research efforts to support deep energy reduction standards and policies in existing buildings and new construction at the local and state levels. Paula has also participated in several professional organizations to support further market transformation in third party certifications and codes applied nationally.