Leandro Vigna

Leandro Vigna was born and raised in a small rural town called Justiniano Posse, in Argentina. He holds a degree in Architecture from the National University of Cordoba, where he focused on green buildings. Prior to his arrival at the Yale School of the Environment, Leandro spent almost two years working for an architectural office based in Cordoba, Argentina. During most of his time, he served as an In-house consultant, coordinating several projects from our clients’ offices in Seattle, Washington, and in Denver, Colorado. In addition, he was the green building appointee of the office, and as such, he created the “Green Initiatives” program, and gave lectures to prepare other colleagues for the “Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design” (LEED) Green Associate exam. Here at F&ES, Leandro is focusing his studies and research on green building certification systems, more specifically in the policy frameworks that lay behind them. His idea is to learn more about the policy foundations of these systems, and how to better adapt current existing green building rating systems to developing countries. For his internship next summer, Leandro am planning on working for the South African Green Building Council. South Africa is one of the best examples of a developing country that has successfully developed its own certification system, and he wants to learn from the experience of the professionals that worked in that process.