LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Anita Snader is the Environmental Sustainability Manager of Armstrong World Industries in Lancaster, PA. She manages the sustainability strategy for Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Solutions, and serves as an internal environmental advocate, and environmental spokesperson. She is a LEED accredited professional, and well versed in the LEED rating systems and USGBC initiatives. As co-chair of Armstrongās LEED EB team, she led the corporation to a LEED EB Platinum for their Headquarters building in Lancaster, PA in June 2007, and served on the team obtaining LEED EB recertification in 2014.
Recently, Anita has led Armstrong in a new initiative focusing on the Health and Wellbeing of occupants called Better Spaces. She drives the material health and transparency efforts, and created and manages Armstrongās commitment through our SUSTAINā¢ portfolio of high performance ceiling systems.
Anita joined Armstrong in 1997. Her experience is in Marketing, Research, Product Development and Customer Satisfaction both in the consumer goods, hospitality, building products and advertising industries. Her passion centers in developing strategies for reducing our impact on the environment through product and process innovation, and is always looking at opportunities to share knowledge and innovation with others.
Speaking Engagements:
ā¢ Mindful Materials Series (2018 ā NYC, Chicago)
ā¢ USGBC Central PA ā 2017 ā Green Con ā Healthier Buildings
ā¢ USGBC GreenBuild ā 2016 ā Los Angeles, CA ā LEEDv4 and Material transparency
ā¢ Living Future ā Seattle 2016 ā Declare and Living Building Challenge
ā¢ Costa Rica Green Building Congress ā May 2015 ā Materials and LEEDv4
ā¢ Canada Green Building Conference ā June 2015 ā Panel on Material Transparency
ā¢ USGBC GreenBuild ā 2014 New Orleans, PA ā two sessions
ā¢ State of Green Business – 2011
ā¢ PA Green Growth Partnerships, Pittsburgh, PA 2009
ā¢ PennTap, Green Workshop, Harrisburg, PA 2008
ā¢ Central PA USGBC Chapter Construction Waste Workshop, 2008
ā¢ LEED for Existing Building Workshop, Lancaster, PA, November 2007
ā¢ NeoCon East, Green Building Workshop, Baltimore, MD, October 2007
ā¢ ICA International Conference ā Madrid- Acoustics and Green Building, September 2007
ā¢ ASHRAE ā007 Conference ā Long Beach, CA ā Acoustics and Green Building, May 2007
ā¢ GreenBuild 2006 ā Got LCA?, November 2006
ā¢ Local Green Building Council of PA āLEED for Schools Workshop, October 2006
ā¢ Various Recycling Summits throughout the nation
ā¢ Customer and sales presentations each month
Tune in:
Listen to a podcast interview with Anita Snader here.