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Rob Watson is CEO and Chief Scientist of the ECON Group, which optimizes the economic and environmental performance of buildings over their lifecycle.
An international leader in the green building movement, as a Senior Scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Watson is known as the “Founding Father of LEED.†Under Rob’s direction, LEED became the largest and fastest-growing international standard by which green buildings are measured. Author Thomas Friedman calls Rob "one of the best environmental minds in America."