Michael Anschel

Principal, OA Design+Build

Michael, a nationally recognized expert on resilient design, remodeling, and building, writes, trains, and speaks for various publications and events around the world. His building assemblies have been published in numerous publications including the US Department of Energy. He is the owner of OA Design+Build+Architecture, an award-winning nationally celebrated design-build and architecture firm (with 29 years in business), and CEO of Verified Green Inc. which consults with Local Government, product manufacturers, suppliers, builders, and architects on Green building. Michael led the effort to develop MN GreenStar and is past president of the national GreenStar Alliance. He also teaches Green Building at Boston Architectural College.

Born in Minnesota, he attended Capital Normal University (Beijing) and the University of Minnesota. He has had the honor of presenting at Harvard's Center for Joint Housing Studies, and The United Negro College Fund. He helped develop the city of St. Paul's sustainability building policy and re-wrote Minneapolis's yard ordinance. Named #25 in Metro Magazine's 100 reasons to love the Twin Cities and called “one of the nation's most outspoken green building advocates” by MN Business, Michael successfully straddles the building, design, and green worlds by engineering profitability into sustainability.