Opportunities and a New Frontier

Dr. Jesse Keenan has advised on matters concerning the built environment for agencies of the U.S. government, governors, mayors, Fortune 500 companies, technology ventures, community enterprises and international NGOs and is currently an Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning within the faculty of the School of Architecture at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a globally recognized thought leader and his teaching and research advances the interdisciplinary fields of sustainable real estate and infrastructure finance and development. On this edition of This Is DesignIntelligence, he shares what drives his passion, examples of projects and geographies that reinforce environmental responsibility, and why climate change is a serious threat to U.S.national security.