Z Smith

Adjunct Lecturer in Architecture

Z Smith, FAIA, LEED Fellow, PhD, is Principal and Director of Sustainability and Building Performance at EskewDumezRipple, winner of the AIA Firm Award.

Z works at the intersection of buildings, energy, carbon, health, policy, and community, through architectural design, research, and service.  

His built work includes academic, commercial, and residential buildings that focus on comfort and delight for the people who live and work in buildings while moving towards carbon-neutral construction and operation. He brings training in physics and engineering to the practice of architecture. He is author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed publications is named as inventor on 10 patents. He has served as the North American representative to the International Union of Architects Commission on the Sustainable Development Goals, Vice-chair of the Louisiana Energy Code Commission, member of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Advisory Group, and member of the Buildings, Land Use, and Housing working group of Louisiana Climate Initiatives Task Force appointed by the Governor.