Ramana founded TerraVert in 2024 to fill the process gaps that hold sustainability and design excellence back. Ramana brings proven expertise, 20 years of green building experience, and a commitment to process.

During his days at firms such as BNIM, Lord Aeck Sargent, and HKS, Ramana helped certify Living Building Challenge, LEED Zero and LEED BD+C projects.

Ramana currently serves as a volunteer with the AIA 2030 Commitment National Working Group, USGBC, and Southface.

Some samples from Ramana’s recent and past work:

• Rethinking Sustainable Architecture for 21st Century’s Challenges (2024)

• ‘Operating and Certifying a Net Positive Energy Building During a Pandemic,’ technical paper published at the ASHRAE/IBPSA Building Performance Analysis Conference (2022)

• How to design sustainability into an architecture practice, published by Kendeda Fund’s Living Building Chronicle (2017)