Chris Garvin

Managing Partner

Terrapin Bright Green

Chris Garvin, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is managing partner at Terrapin Bright Green, a sustainability consulting and strategic planning firm. His experience includes developing innovative products and building systems, planning building and community scale projects, and developing building codes. Chris is a co-author of the Tapping into Nature report by Terrapin which highlights current bioinspired products and the untapped market potential of bioinspired innovation.

How can we ensure human health in a changing climate?

February 3, 2016

by Chris Garvin & Allison Bernett & Chris Starkey

Cardiovascular stress, asthma, heat stroke, bacterial and viral infections — how do we design for the health of our warming cities?
- Health & Well-Being
Tapping into Nature: Systems thinking feeds inspiration

January 22, 2016

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Here's how we can rethink waste, clean up pollution and establish lasting green infrastructure.
Tapping into Nature: Data & computing

January 14, 2016

by Allison Bernett & Erika Hanson & Chris Garvin & Cas Smith

A look to insects and synapses for lessons on data collection and processing.
- Data
- Tapping into Nature
Tapping into Nature: Fluid dynamics

January 12, 2016

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Studying how various organisms move through fluids can inform our design decisions.
- Tapping into Nature
Tapping into Nature: Thermoregulation

December 21, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Looking to biology for heat regulation inspiration.
- Tapping into Nature
Tapping into Nature: Optics & photonics

December 16, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

What can we learn about lighting from insects?
Tapping into Nature: Guiding light for energy storage

December 2, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Businesses have only started to explore energy strategies used in nature by creatures as varied as bacteria and electric eels.
Tapping into Nature: Materials that matter

November 25, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Growing leather, foam and bricks; mimicking sharkskin and mussels. These are just a few new ways to reinvent the way we make things.
- Design & Packaging
- Tapping into Nature
Tapping into Nature: Wising up to water innovation

November 20, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Designs that imitate cacti, beetles and termite combs can deliver water in the most unlikely places.
- Built Environment
- Tapping into Nature
Tapping into Nature: Using bioinspiration to sink carbon

November 13, 2015

by Chris Garvin & Cas Smith & Erika Hanson & Allison Bernett

Capturing, storing and using carbon provide billions of business opportunities.
- Design & Packaging
- Tapping into Nature