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Andrejko elected VP of AIA
It isn’t easy being green, but Dennis A. Andrejko, associate professor in the School of Architecture and Planning, and a longtime proponent of sustainable architecture, has been elected vice president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), to serve 2011-12.
The election took place June 17 at the AIA annual convention held in Miami.
As vice president of the AIA, Andrejko says he will “imaginatively forge and develop alliance-building and decisively mentor tomorrow’s leaders—our emerging professionals.” He also says he wants to position the AIA as a “central information clearinghouse” by “radically enhancing dialogue that is transparent, inclusive and useful, and proactively advance sustainability to elevate the profession.”
Andrejko, principal of Andrejko + Associates, Buffalo, has been a leading sustainable design thinker at the AIA and at UB.
In 2009 he was co-chair of the AIA’s Committee on the Environment and a member of the Sustainability Building Technology Committee, which was tasked with formulating the first international green building code. He has been a member of the National Academy for Environmental Design Board Council and has participated in Sustainable Design Assessment Teams in Hawaii, California, New Jersey, Indiana, Arizona and Massachusetts.
Andrejko was president of AIA Buffalo/Western New York from 2001-02, a member of the institute’s national Board from 2006-09, and in 2008 received the President’s Award from the AIA New York State Chapter. In 2009, he was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in recognition of his lifelong achievement in the profession and the academy.
His research and teaching focus on energy-conscious design and sustainability, with special emphasis on cold regions and passive solar design. He has co-authored and edited numerous publications, among them “Passive Solar Architecture: Logic & Beauty,” “Solar 4: Architecture and Energy” and “Assessment of Solar Energy Technologies.” He has conducted sponsored research on sustainable design issues and is a frequent contributor to Architecture Graphic Standards.
Andrejko is a member of the American Solar Energy Society, the Society of Building Science Educators, the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and is a licensed architect in the states of New York, California and Arizona.
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