Lauren Asplen, Director of Healthy Sustainability Programs, manages the Building Clean project for the BlueGreen Alliance. Building Clean encourages the purchase of local and healthier energy efficient building products. Her environmental work started with the 1990 Earth Tech fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. She would go on to spearhead a program that in 2012 gained White House recognition as a “Champion of Change” for engaging front-line workers in identifying industrial energy efficiency opportunities. Lauren attended the first Harvard University/USGBC executive certificate program on Building for Health in 2016. At the BlueGreen Alliance (BGA), her work focuses on hazardous chemicals in building products.