Developer/Architect, Green Design Construct, LLC 2006–Present
Principal, Synthesis Architects, LLC 1989–Present
LEED Accredited Professional 2005–Present
Registered Architect State of New York RA No. 020640
Member American Institute of Architects Eastern New York
Member American Planning Association
Commercial Energy Consultant/Energy Auditor Consolidated Edison, New York City 1982–1983
Commercial Energy Consultant/Energy Auditor Northeast Utilities, Norwalk/Stamford, Connecticut 1981–1982
Residential Energy Auditor Massachusetts Electric and Boston Gas, Boston, Massachusetts 1980–1981

2005 Design Cost Data Featured Project November-December issue
New York State Department of Transportation Office Building, Schenectady, New York
2004 Capital District Masonry Institute John J. McManus Memorial Mark of Excellence Award
NYS Department of Transportation Office Building
2003 Award for Outstanding Appearance from The Chamber of Schenectady County
NYS Department of Transportation Office Building Schenectady, New York
2003 USGBC LEED Certified Silver “Green Building”
NYS Department of Transportation Office Building Schenectady, New York
2000 AIA Eastern New York Architectural Design Honor Award Schenectady Western Gateway Transportation Center Intermodal Center Schenectady, New York
1997 Small Business Person of the Year Schenectady Chamber of Commerce
1996 Small Home Competition Winning Design Small House Designs Elegant Architect-Designed Homes 34 Award Winning Plans 1250 Square Feet or Less
1982 Certificate of Study in Commercial Energy Conservation Theory and Practice, American Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
1980 Professional License to perform energy audits in State of Massachusetts (MassSave)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Virginia; courses towards Bachelor of Architecture
Utica College of Syracuse University Syracuse, New York; Bachelor of Arts, English – Magna Cum Laude
Oxford University Oxford, England Shakespeare Tutorials
Advanced Certificate Program – Energy Efficient HVAC Design New York University, New York
Multi-Family Energy Audit Training Program Xenergy, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts
Residential Energy Audit Training Program Energyworks, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts

Mr. Senisi is the founder of Green Design Construct, LLC. He has been practicing energy conscious design since the middle of the 1970’s during the height of the 1973 Oil Crisis. He began the firm as a “Case Study”, to demonstrate that small buildings can also achieve the LEED standard without financially damaging the development proforma. He has already completed a 3-unit residential townhouse in Manhattan that was built to the LEED standards, a building type considered impractical to certify due to the perceived expense of implementing sustainable principals on such a small scale.

 

Mr. Senisi is now constructing a 6-story, 10-unit apartment building in East Harlem, also constructed to the LEED standard. He is also one of the founding Principals of Synthesis Architects, LLP, a multi-disciplined, award-winning design firm in Schenectady, New York, having operated a satellite office in Shanghai, China for seven years. He is currently establishing a satellite office in Arequipa, Peru. He directs the mid-sized architectural firm’s high performance building designs.

 

Mr. Senisi and his firm, Synthesis Architects, LLP, were recently honored for the design of a high performance office building, NYS Department of Transportation Regional Headquarters in Schenectady, which received the US Green Building Council LEED Silver designation.

He has also designed and constructed passive solar homes, as well as a Synthesis award-winning, earth-sheltered residence, featuring composting toilets and greywater treatment systems.