Mark Reiner, PhD, PE | Principal
PhD / M.S., Civil Engineering - University of Colorado Denver;
B.S. Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Mark Reiner is a Principal at Symbiotic Engineering, LLC, focusing on the embodied energy of materials, sustainability and assurance reporting and developing protocols for the reporting of city-wide greenhouse gas inventories. Mark co-founded Symbiotic Engineering with Mike Whitaker and shares operational control while also directing the company’s near real-time carbon modeling programs. He is trained in life cycle assessment methodology and has developed applications for building materials for private organizations. Mark has conducted life cycle and material flow assessments for the flow, consumption and disposal of concrete through cities, in particular, the consumption of concrete in Denver, Colorado. Mark has previously served as the Projects Director for Engineers Without Borders - USA and as adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center where he taught “Urbanization of Developing Nations” and is the founder of a 501 (c)(3) non-profit called Birambye International that helps to develop economically sustainable enterprises for communities in need. Birambye registered the first LEED building in Africa (Rwanda) in March, 2008. He is also a registered Professional Geologist (Wyoming) and a LEEP APâ (USGBC).
For the last year, Mark has been project manager for the development of Carbon City with the City of Longmont, Colorado. Carbon City incorporates utility data with a spatial data display and robust querying/reporting features to allow for detailed data analysis by the City’s Sustainability Coordinator. Carbon City also incorporates bottom-up reporting and feedback features to engage residents and businesses in the community. Mark is in charge of developing the community portals, called ‘Carbon Neighbors’, and the overall data platform, called ‘Carbon State’.
Experience Highlights
- Registered professional engineer, professional geologist and LEEP AP.
- Serves as the program lead for development of Symbiotic Engineering’s quantification tools.
- Developed a comprehensive embodied energy of construction materials model that allows input of manufacturing process, mode of transport, waste management, onsite equipment, soil carbon (pre- and post- construction), and employee commute to the worksite.
- Conducted life cycle assessments of the greenhouse gas impacts of material flow through a city to be incorporated into an overall GHG inventory.
- Analyzed and managed a wide variety of national and international engineering projects.