Ganesh Nayak, AIA, LEED AP (BD+C) is a principal at Metier Inc, in Atlanta, GA consulting on sustainable design and architecture. He has over twenty-five years of experience in a variety of project types. As a sustainability expert, he has been directly involved in the LEED certification for major projects totaling over four million square feet.
Ganesh holds a Master of Architecture degree from Kansas State University. He has published, taught and presented extensively on architecture, sustainability, and leadership. With experience and expertise in quality control on federal projects, he was awarded USACE’s Charles Trainor team award for excellence. He was a founder-editor of 34 AR, the design magazine of AIA Kansas.
Presently Ganesh is the interim secretary on the AIA Georgia board, and chair of AIA Atlanta’s Committee on the Environment (COTE). He also serves as chair of the Georgia Department of Special Education’s State Advisory Panel on developmental disabilities.


