Daniel J. Overbey, AIA, NCARB, IES, LEED Fellow (BD+C, ID+C, O+M), WELL AP, EcoDistricts AP, ActiveScore AP is a licensed architect with nearly a decade of sustainable design leadership. Daniel’s work focuses on professional practice, high-performance building design and construction, environmental systems research, green building certification services, energy/life cycle assessment modeling, and resilient design. Daniel also serves as the Director of Sustainability at Indianapolis-based Browning Day, which uniquely positions him to introduce students to industry best practices and immersive learning opportunities for sustainable design – as demonstrated when Ball State’s LEED Lab program achieved the nation’s first student-led LEED certification for a new construction project. Daniel is a past President of the Indiana Chapter of the American Institute of Architect (AIA Indiana) and is a past Chair of the Indiana affiliate of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Prior to his current academic and professional roles, Daniel developed a foundation in applied research focused on environmental systems through his work at the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin, Texas, and the Natural Energies Advanced Technologies Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Daniel served as faculty at the Boston Architectural College’s Sustainable Design Institute for over half a decade, teaching in their Master of Design Studies program. An advocate for codes and standards that serve the public good by advancing the built environment, Daniel has participated in various code review committees through the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.
Leveraging his knowledge and experiences as an architect, Daniel seeks to cultivate emerging leadership through his teaching in courses focused on professional practice, critical practice models, and environmental systems. He is the internship coordinator for both the undergraduate and graduate architecture programs. Daniel is the college’s NCARB Architect Licensing Advisor as well as the AIAS Faculty Advisor.
Daniel’s research operates in the nexus of professional practice and sustainable design. Having administered over a million square feet of third-party certified green building, Daniel draws on his resources and network from professional practice to examine the value proposition of green building in today’s market specific to the U.S. Midwest.
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