Shona O’Dea is the West Coast Sustainability Director for SOM. Throughout her career, Shona has been dedicated to carbon reduction and indoor environmental quality, providing innovation and technical excellence in sustainable building design and operation. She advises clients about sustainable goal-setting and uses building design analytics to help designers quantify the impact of their design decisions and understand the interactions of building design with the mechanical systems and with the environment. Beyond building simulation, Shona brings her passion to holistic building performance master planning with a focus on reducing the carbon footprint and water use of building portfolios, while also ensuring occupants can thrive in healthy spaces. Shona holds a BS in Building Services Engineering and an MS in Sustainability, Innovation and Technology from the Dublin Institute of Technology as well as an MS in Technology from Purdue University.