Exploring how architecture can affect the significant role buildings play in carbon emissions and carbon management is Ron’s career-spanning passion, with the elegant integration of high-performance architecture and engineering the emergent hallmark of his practice. Since assuming the role of managing partner at Miller Hull, Ron has taken the firm to the next level as a thriving practice addressing contemporary design challenges by incorporating science and technology. His vision and leadership in advancing processes and systems that facilitate research and computer based modeling is integral to developing progressive solutions to complex high performance design problems, the lessons of which he willingly imparts with others in a spirit of ‘open source’ communication to advance impactful design on a broad scale.