{{short description|American architect}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Thomas P. Doerr | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|07|23}} | birth_place = Hill AFB, Utah, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of California at Berkeley | occupation = Architect & Educator | years_active = | employer = | organization = Doerr Architecture | agent = | known_for = Architectural design & green building<br> Book "Passive Solar Simplified" | style = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = Denver Mayor's Design Award<br> Historic Boulder Design Award | website = {{URL|http://www.BuildSustainably.com/}} | footnotes = }} '''Thomas Doerr''' (born July 23, 1964) is an architect, author, and educator. After studying design in Rome, Italy and interning in Boston, Massachusetts, Doerr received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989.<ref name="greenhomeguide">{{cite web |url=http://greenhomeguide.com/profile/3810 |title=Thomas Doerr - Green Home Guide |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524063647/http://greenhomeguide.com/profile/3810 |archive-date=2010-05-24 }}</ref> Doerr spent two years as an architectural intern in San Francisco, California then earned his master's degree at the University of California at Berkeley in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doerr.org/profile/ |title=Thomas Doerr &#124; Ecological Architect, Boulder, Denver, Colorado |publisher=Doerr.org |date= |access-date=2012-08-09}}</ref>

Doerr then worked in Germany designing mixed-use projects and multifamily housing before moving to Colorado. Since forming his firm Doerr Architecture in 2001, he has completed award-winning<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denvergov.org/cpd/MayorsDesignAwards/2008MayorsDesignAwards/tabid/434944/Default.aspx |title=2008 Mayor's Design Awards |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414132644/http://www.denvergov.org/cpd/MayorsDesignAwards/2008MayorsDesignAwards/tabid/434944/Default.aspx |archive-date=2013-04-14 }}</ref> architecture projects including the passive solar Finch House, the off-the-grid Finstad+Cash House, and the zero-energy building, or net-zero energy, Moore House.<ref name="denverpost">{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2012/08/10/solar-home-passive-design-is-easier-more-effective-than-youd-think/|title=Solar home: Passive design is easier, more effective than you'd think|date=August 10, 2012}}</ref>

Doerr is a Green Points certified architect and past chair of the Colorado chapter of the AIA (American Institute of Architects) Committee on the Environment where he authored the Green Architecture Checklist for residences and edited the commercial checklist.<ref name="greenhomeguide" /> He helped edit the Rocky Mountain edition of The Sustainable Design Resource Guide. Doerr is a licensed Energy Efficiency Inspector contractor and a founder of the Boulder County chapter of CRES (Colorado Renewable Energy Society). He is a professional advisor<ref name="greenhomeguide" /> for the US Green Building Council (USGBC) Green Home Guide.

Doerr is a regular speaker on green building,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rrcc.edu/gogreen/earthdays.html |title=Red Rocks Community College :: Success Your Way |access-date=2012-08-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527203417/http://www.rrcc.edu/gogreen/earthdays.html |archive-date=2010-05-27 }}</ref> has taught architecture at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and green building at Naropa University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradoenergy.org/communications/pressrelease/pressrelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1336|title=ColoradoENERGY.org - Press Release|website=www.coloradoenergy.org}}</ref>

==Published work== His published material includes articles for professional magazines and: *Book: ''Passive Solar Simplified: Easily design a truly green home for Colorado and the West'', Alitheia Press 2012 <ref name="denverpost" /> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passivesolarsimplified.com |title=Alitheia Press' book "Passive Solar Simplified; Easily design a truly green home for Colorado and the West" |publisher=Passivesolarsimplified.com |date= |access-date=2012-08-09}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailycamera.com/ci_21015669/boulder-county-briefcase-july-9-2012|title=Boulder County Briefcase: July 9, 2012|date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Passive-Solar-Simplified-Colorado-ebook/dp/B008MC3L0E |title=Passive Solar Simplified: Easily design a truly green home for Colorado and the West eBook: Doerr, Thomas: Kindle Store |date= 16 July 2012|publisher=Alitheia Press |access-date=2021-03-20}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/passive-solar-simplified-thomas-doerr/1111347093?ean=9781452856575|title=Passive Solar Simplified: Easily design a truly green house for Colorado and the West|website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> *Video: ''Passive Solar Simplified'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doerr.org/video/passive-solar-simplified-sm.html |title=Videos: Passive Solar Design, Simplified (Lo Res) |publisher=Doerr.org |date= |access-date=2012-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.illinoisclimate.org/building-design/passive-solar-simplified-1-an-overview-of-green-home-design|title=illinoisclimate Resources and Information|website=www.illinoisclimate.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxmuHST81tQ|title=A Truly Green Net-Zero Energy Home|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.BuildSustainably.com Doerr Architecture – Expressive Ecological Design] Doerr Architecture * [http://www.AlitheiaPress.com "Passive Solar Simplified" book design green home Colorado] Alitheia Press

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