Leela Shanker
Sustainability Director, Design Lab
WAP Sustainability

Leela Shanker, Sustainability Director, Design Lab at WAP Sustainability. New York-based Architecture and Architectural Lighting Designer with experience in the construction of commercial office, institutional, education and science, and research facilities through Bard Rao and Athanas Consulting Engineering and WeWork’s in-house Global Design teams. Previously, a technical expert to the US DOE research advising the Life Cycle Assessment and Light Science groups of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the development of digital life cycle inventory templates for manufacturer data collection. Founder of an international incubator on Life Cycle Assessment for the lighting industry with the GreenLight Alliance. Ongoing member of the New Museum’s NEW INC art, technology and design incubator investigating innovative materials, and steering committee member of the American Institute of Architects’ New York Decarbonization Committee.