David Hertz, FAIA LEED. AP Architect / Founder S.E.A.- Studio of Environmental  Architecture and skysource.org which was the Grand Prize Winner of the Water  Abundance XPRIZE. David’s invention the WeDew resulting from the XPRIZE is a  

portable energy and water generator, recently was selected as one of the TIME  MAGAZINE Best Inventions of 2020. 

 Architect David Hertz is the founder and president of David Hertz FAIA Architects, inc. and  S.E.A., the Studio of Environmental Architecture, which he established as Syndesis in 1984 and  skysource.org in 2016 David graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the  Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-ARC) in 1983. In 2006 David was awarded the  Distinguished Alumni Award from Sci-Arc. In 2008 David was elected to the prestigious  American Institute of Architects College of Fellows as one of it’s youngest member in it’s  over 160 year history. 

In 2018 David lead his team Skysource to become the Grand Prize winner in the Water  Abundance XPRIZE out of a field of 98 teams from 27 countries to make 2,000 liters of  water from air in 24 hours using 100% renewable energy at a cost of less than 2 cents /  liter. In 2018 Skysource’s WeDew was awarded as the winner of a World Technology Award  for Social Entrepreneurship and in 2019 a General Excellence award for Developing World  Technology in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards which drew over 2,000  applicants. 

 David Hertz’ award winning work has been widely published and exhibited internationally some  highlights include exhibitions in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA),The Smithsonian  Museums of Natural History and the National Building Museum, the Cooper Hewitt  Museum as well as inclusion the Venice and Istanbul Architectural biennale’s, having won  the American Architecture Award in 2009 and 2012 respectively. 

The work of S.E.A has been included in over a hundred books and periodicals world wide. Key  highlights include two covers of Dwell, included in Met Home’s Design 100 was featured in a  profile in Vanity Fair Magazine. Hertz’ 747 Wing House won a 2012 Record Houses award and  the 2016 Architizer A+ Award and has been widely published and documented world wide  including the 2017 feature on Worlds most Extraordinary Homes on Netflix. In 2016 A  monograph, The Restorative Home, Ecological Houses of David Hertz was published by Oro  Press. In 2020 David’s work was featured in the series launch Apple’s new Apple Plus TV  network entitled HOME which was nominated for an Emmy Award. 

David is a founding member of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) as well as the  USGBÇ and was involved in the first LEED Platinum Commercial and Residential Projects in  the U.S. Since 1990 David has been on the Academic Advisory Committee and the faculty of  the UCLA Arc- ID Program teaching sustainable design courses. David has also taught and  lectured recently at the Yale school of Forestry and ecology, USC School of Architecture,  SCI-ARC and Art Center College of Design. David has been serving on the Task Force of the  Environment for the City of Santa Monica for over 20 years co authoring the cities Green  Building Ordinance, David serves on the board of directors of Heal The Bay and is involved  in numerous social and environmental non- profits including founding the GO Water Initiative  with the Go Campaign where he is bringing atmospheric water generators through  skysource.org to address water scarcity and water quality worldwide.