AIA; MPH; LEED AP BD+C, O+M, ND

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Adele Houghton, a licensed Architect in the State of Texas and LEED Accredited Professional with specialties in Building Design & Construction, Operations & Maintenance, and Neighborhood Development, is President of Biositu, LLC, a strategic consulting company dedicated to leveraging environmental sustainability to enhance community health. She received a Master of Public Health and a Certificate in Public Health Informatics from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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From 2005 to 2008, Adele served as Project Manager and Pilot Project Coordinator of the Green Guide for Health Care, a voluntary, best practices green building and operations toolkit tailored to the health care environment. In 2010, she acted as lead author of the LEED for Healthcare reference guide supplement, a LEED rating system that used the Green Guide for Health Care as a foundational document in its development.

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Adele participated in the Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, first as a 2008-2009 Fellow and continuing as a Mentor from 2009 to 2011. Her Fellow project incorporated environmental health indicators into climate protection work in Austin, TX. 

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Adele lectures widely across the country on behalf of Biositu, LLC and as a USGBC Faculty member. Publications include: Journal of Environmental Health, Health Environments Research and Design journal, journal of Applied Geography, Facility Care magazine, eco-structure magazine, and Healthcare Design magazine. In 2008, Healthcare Design magazine identified Adele as one of "20 Who Are Making a Difference" in the Healthcare industry.

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She is a licensed Architect in the State of Texas; a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); a member of the Austin, TX, Chapter of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE); and, a member of the Balcones Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. Biositu, LLC is a member of the national U.S. Green Building Council.