Kath Williams + Associates is a collaborative of creative independent contractors who come together to support innovative sustainability projects. Carefully selecting clients and project teams, KW+A's mission is to change the way buildings are designed, built, and operated in the 21st century through aggressive learning and continuous improvement.
Founded in 1999, our goal has always been to support owners, design teams, corporations, and professional firms who want to produce eco-friendly buildings or education projects. Our commitment is to add value to teams who strive to produce sustainable, high performance projects on time and within a conventional budget. We are proud to provide complete LEED project services in one package--from registration through final LEED certification. We are proud to support WELL and Living Building Challenge projects.
Our Guiding Principles are to
Ø always adhere to the highest environmental standards
Ø support owners who want to advance building science
Ø help great project teams who share a vision and work ethic
Ø share lessons learned so we advance together on the journey toward sustainability in a cost-effective, time-efficient process
Ø lead an integrated design process on every project and produce documentation of value to the owner and the community.
KW+A is proud member and sponsor of the U.S. Green Building Council, the Montana Chapter of the USGBC, International Living Futures Institute, and International WELL Building Institute. While serving as Vice Chair of Board/President of World Green Building Council, Kath supported the founding of Indian Green Building Council, Taiwan Green Building Council, and Emirates Green Building Council. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Sustainability, Kath helped Green Building Council of Australia develop the green building rating system, Green Star.
KW+A is a founder and member of International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) and served as Vice President of the Board for a decade.
Kath Williams + Associates, Inc. is a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB).
Dr. Kath Williams brings many years of experience in sustainability to help committed owners and project teams meet their sustainability goals. Her areas of specialization include application of green building rating systems, sustainability education and training for corporations and professional firms, and development of high performance building standards.
The firm's specialty in LEED project development, LEED documentation, sustainability education and training, and strategic planning using an integrated design and the charrette process are globally recognized since it's founding in 1999.
Kath's professional expertise was recognized with the awarding of the LEED FELLOW 2011 designation as one of the first 34 in the world! She was the first inductee into the India Green Building Hall of Fame for her decade of work promoting and documenting a variety of high performance buildings across India.
As assistant to Vice President of Research at Montana State University, Kath was introduced to green building technologies as principal investigator on a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) grant. She was project chief for the Montana State University EPICenter project in the 1990s that served as the basis for the Living Building concept and was a test case for LEED. She was appointed to the new US Green Building Council in 1996 and was elected vice chair, serving for six years under the first three USGBC chairpersons.
Later as president of the World Green Building Council for three years, Kath helped found green building councils in India, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, UAE, El Salvador, and Guatemala, where she is an honorary, lifetime member.
Kath was honored in Montana by USGBC-Montana with the first "Pioneer" award and recently was named one of the 125 Women of Achievement, designated during the celebration of the 125 years of Montana State University, where she earned her doctorate in 1998. She has served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Australia, supporting the development GreenStar.
In 2024, USGBC honored Kath with the Kath Hurst Leadership Award. The award luncheon was held at Greenbuild Philadelphia in November.
As a community volunteer, Kath served two terms as President of the Board of Trustees for the Museum of the Rockies, Inc. in Bozeman, Montana. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors for Warriors and Quiet Waters Foundation, Inc. (warriorsandquietwaters.org)
For over 20 years, Kath Williams + Associates brings together professionals in site, water, energy, materials, and indoor environmental quality to be the most experienced and committed professionals.
Results? Integrated Design
Our network includes outstanding, experienced, sustainability experts who are:
Linda is our Senior Associate in Europe. She is responsible for Business Development, having been promoted in 2020. She identifies and utilitizes business opportunities to educate and build relationships for our firm. She has respented SW+A at Greenbuild Europe and at India Green Building Council's International Congress.
Current projects include supporting ongoing LEED applications through USGBC Fellows working throughout Europe.
