Katrin Scholz-Barth is an internationally recognized expert in Green Roof technology. She received her Masters of Science in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Rostock, Germany in 1992 and has practiced for over 16 years in the United States of America.

Noticeable projects in the US include the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond in Charlotte, North Carolina, Queens Botanical Garden in New York, O’Hare Airport in Chicago, the World Bank headquarter office in Washington, DC, and Johns Hopkins University. Her work was recognized with a green roof award of excellence in 2003.

Ms. Scholz-Barth’s 16 years of experiences and expertise focus on sustainable buildings and landscapes, green infrastructure and low impact development for water conservation, energy efficiency, and air quality control – to reduce the ecological footprint of the built environment – subjects she has taught at Harvard University and at the University of Pennsylvania and has presented at numerous international conferences.

Her book, coauthored with Susan K. Weiler, Green Roof Systems: A Guide to the Planning, Design and Construction of Building Over Structure, was published by Wiley and Sons in April 2009.

Prior to starting her own business, she was Director of Sustainable Design for the HOK Planning Group, a business unit of Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum (HOK), the world’s largest architecture firm. Ms. Scholz-Barth practiced civil and environmental engineering in Minneapolis, Minnesota for seven years, where she gained extensive design expertise in constructed wetlands and in bio-remediation for wastewater treatment.

Ms. Scholz-Barth moved to the Middle East, to Doha, Qatar, in August 2008 and has since become the first president of SustainableQatar, an organization that promotes environmental awareness and action within the community. She is a member of the Qatar Green Building Council and a contributing author to the Qatar Better Building Guidelines by the UNESCO. 

 

Please find her Curriculum Vitae here [Acrobat pdf format]