Eric Corey Freed (born 1970 in

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) is an American architect and founding principal of organicARCHITECT, which focuses on biophilic and regenerative design. Freed grew up in Philadelphia and went to Overbrook High School. He graduated from

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College of Architecture with honors in 1994 and later received his Masters in Ecological Design from San Francisco Institute of Architecture.

Career

Previously based in San Francisco, Freed is credited with helping establish the

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curricula at both

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and

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Extension Program. Freed is a practitioner in the tradition of

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, first developed by

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. The Founding Chair of Architecture for The San Francisco Design Museum, he was voted "Best Green Architect" by ''

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'' in 2005. He is author of "Green Building for Dummies", published by

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in August 2007 and regular contributor to ''

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'', '' Luxe Magazine'', and GreenerBuildings.com. His firm ''organicARCHITECT'' was founded in 1997. The firm is noted for various community outreach programs: * organicAWARDS: an annual award recognizing the designs during the past year that are found to be both

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and environmentally-friendly. * Events: Since 2003, organicARCHITECT produces a monthly lecture series with the leaders of

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held at The Commonwealth Club. * organicEVENTS: their free, monthly organicEVENTS list currently goes to over 8,800 people in the

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, alerting them to all of the green, design and sustainability events around San Francisco. In 2015, Freed was named a

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Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc.(GBCI). Freed has served as "Principal, Director of

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" at

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since 2020.

Publications

* Eric Corey Freed, "Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies",

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, 2007 * Eric Corey Freed (co-author), "Green Your Home for Dummies", John Wiley & Sons, 2008 * Eric Corey Freed, "Sustainable School Architecture" with Lisa Gelfand, John Wiley & Sons, 2009 * Eric Corey Freed with

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, "Green$ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects", Taunton Publishers, 2010Snap Judgments: Book
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Articles

* "5 Questions about our Future", ''

'', April 2009 * "Green kitchens", ''SFDC Magazine'', October 2008 * "Urban Eco-tecture", ''Metropolitan Home Magazine'', April 2008 * "Green Landscaping", ''Luxe Magazine'', September 2007 * Eric Corey Freed, "Avoid Greenwashers' False Claims: How Do I Know I'm Buying Green?”, ''Natural Home Magazine'', July 2007 * “Solar Inspiration”, ''Luxe Magazine'', June 2007 * “Why Green Building is Important”, ''Luxe Magazine'', March 2007 * “Last Exit: The Inevitable Architect”, '' Next American City'', January 2007

References

External links

organicARCHITECT website
* Green, but Still Feeling Guilt

* What does Green Business mean to you? Eric Corey Free
Interview on YouTube
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