Tom Fisher’s career as an architect has been about integrating practical professional experience with creative ideas, environmental ethics and natural elements.

Mr. Fisher is experienced in a broad range of building types and construction systems. He is a registered Architect in Virginia, North Carolina and Hawaii, a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). He has worked for award winning architectural firms during his 25 year career. His professional focus is on the application of environmentally responsive building strategies including energy efficiency, site sensitive design, indoor air quality and the use of ecologically appropriate materials.

Mr. Fisher has been a US Green Building Council LEED^TM Accredited Professional since 2002 and is an experienced green building consultant and facilitator. He is a faculty member at GreenAdvantage and is on the Board of Directors of The Virginia Sustainable Building Network (VSBN). He has presented technical papers and presentations on sustainable design and low-technology construction techniques at professional conferences and is a co-author, with Architect Loren Abraham, of the English language adaptation of Living Spaces, Ecological Design and Building. He was also named Steward for the month of January, 2001 by the Virginia Center for Stewardship. His design work has been published in Natural Home Magazine and in the recent book Green by Design.

Raised in New England, Tom Fisher graduated from the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Ecology in 1977. After several years of broad construction experience and professional training he received a Master of Architecture degree with a minor in Landscape Architecture and the American Institute of Architects' Certificate of Merit Award at the North Carolina State University School of Design.