Kristopher is the Assistant Director of Building Permitting and Sustainability for the City of Winter Park where he helps to direct the adoption of the City of Winter Park Sustainability Action Plan, as well as the selection of the City of Winter Park as finalist in the Georgetown Energy Prize.

Prior to employment with Winter Park Kris served as the Architect for the Orange County Department of Building Safety where he aided the Central Florida Energy Efficiency Alliance (CFEEA) in training college students who have served as Energy Specialist interns on how to utilize the Energy Star Portfolio Manager to benchmark building energy usage. His efforts for CFEEA helped earn the Metro Plan Orlando Clean Air Award.  Kris also played an instrumental role in performing the registered architect verifications for the Energy Star labels for 12 different Orange County Public Schools. 

In 2012 he was honored as the US Green Building Council Central Florida Chapter Community LEEDer of the Year.

Kris currently serves on the American Institute of Architects Codes and Standards Committee, ICC Sustainability, Energy and High Performance Code Action Committee, and is currently the Secretary of the Central Florida Chapter of the Building Officials Association of Florida, and is as an adjunct faculty member for Valencia College and University of Central Florida.

Kristopher was raised in Central Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in 1999. After receiving his Masters of Architecture from Arizona State University in 2001, he and his wife Holly Stenger, AIA, moved to Orlando where they designed and constructed their own residence. The net-zero Energy Star home earned LEED Gold status, a Society of Registered Architects Bronze Medal, and is part of the first OUC Community Solar Farm. Kris and Holly have two children, Karmann and Maxwell.

Steven Winkel, FAIA, PE, CASp manages the San Francisco Bay Area office of The Preview Group, Inc., an architectural consulting firm that specializes in building code consulting and regulatory issues affecting designers. Steve has over 45 years’ experience as a licensed architect, civil engineer, landscape architect and certified access specialist. Steve is the author, along with noted illustrator Frank Ching, of the well‐received book Building Codes Illustrated for John Wiley & Sons, now in its fifth edition. Steve was recently reappointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to his fifth 4‐year term as the Architect Commissioner on the California Building Standards Commission. This commission reviews and approves the California amendments to model codes and publishes the state building construction codes, including California accessibility regulations.

Steve is also a member of the International Code Council (ICC) “General” Code Development Committee which hears testimony and votes on code changes for the International Building Code. His participation in the national code development process and on the Building Standards Commission gives Steve a unique understanding of building code and accessibility requirements and interpretation. He was for eight years a member of the City of Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission, and was chair of the commission during part of his term. He was also on the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) from 2009 through 2015.

A founding member of the The Preview Group, Inc., Dave has had a hand in virtually every project, particularly the large university and major building development projects. His extensive experience in numerous code-related organizations and activities, as well as his work on a wide spectrum of projects, is not only an invaluable asset to the firm and its clients, it has also garnered him a national reputation as an expert in codes and regulations. As consultant to the Codes Advocacy Program for The American Institute of Architects, he has participated in committee work for the International Code Council, National Fire Protection Association, Green Building Institute, Underwriters Laboratories, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, among others. Dave’s active involvement at all levels of the code development process allows him the opportunity to influence decisions that affect the regulatory environment throughout the United States, both now and in the future.

Maureen is a licensed architect with over twenty-five years of experience in energy efficient and green building design. She is the President of the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP), a nonprofit advocacy organization that promotes the adoption, implementation and advancement of building energy codes on the state, local, and international levels. BCAP is a proud project of the Trust for Conservation Innovation (TCI). 

Maureen oversees a nationwide campaign to support the development and adoption of current model energy codes. In addition, she directs several technical, outreach, and advocacy projects to help various stakeholder groups realize the benefits of energy codes and efficient buildings. Maureen has served on several energy and green construction code development boards, including the development committee for the International Green Construction Code, and this year will serve on the Public Hearing Committee for the Commercial Energy Code. In 2010 Maureen was awarded the President’s Award by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in recognition of a career dedicated to advancing building code adoption and enforcement, and incorporation of sustainability into regulated building practices. 

Maureen is a former member of the AIA Board of Directors and a former member of the AIA Codes and Standards Committee. She holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Carnegie Mellon University.