NEW YORK, March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Delos®, the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate',is pleased to announce that nationally recognized sustainable building industry leader Jason F. McLennan has agreed to serve on its advisory board. Mr. McLennan joins a distinguished panel of advisors including Dr. Deepak Chopra, the Honorable Dick Gephardt (Former House of Representatives Majority Leader), Senator Mel Martinez (R-Fla. and Former Senator and HUD Secretary) and the Honorable Terry McAuliffe (Former Chairman of President Clinton's Presidential Campaign and Former DNC Chairman).
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Pioneering the new category of Wellness Real Estate, Delos places personal wellness and quality of life at the heart of its architecture and construction, reshaping how spaces are built. Delos integrates the best of medical science and preventative healthcare to create home environments that support and protect the physical and emotional well-being of individuals. Each Delos home is designed to prevent the onset of disease and deteriorating health, restore and repair current ailments, and elongate one's life span through daily interactions with innovative healthy living features.
"Jason McLennan is a thought leader who has consistently pushed the envelope in green technology," said Delos Co-Founder Morad Fareed."We are thrilled that he will add his knowledge of sustainable design, living, and construction to Wellness Real Estate. Delos residents will truly benefit from homes that are good for the environment as well their health and well-being."
Considered one of the most influential individuals in the green building movement today, Jason McLennan's work has made a strong impact on the shape and direction of green building in the United States and Canada.McLennan is the founder of the Living Building Challenge, an international green building program, co-creator of Pharos, the most advanced building materials rating system in North America, and founder of Ecotone Publishing, the only dedicated green building publisher in North America.As a former Principal at BNIM Architects, one of the founders of the green design movement in the United States, he also worked on many of the leading high performance projects in the country.
Mr. McLennan's work in the sustainable design field has been published or reviewed in dozens of journals, magazines, conferences, proceedings and books, and he is the author of 4 books on green building including the Philosophy of Sustainable Design which has been used as a textbook in dozens of universities and colleges around the country.
About Delos®:
Delos® designs include an array of innovative amenities that research shows will improve various aspects of individual occupant health including: cardiovascular, respiratory and sleep health, orthopedic care, weight and metabolism management, stress and mood management, cognition and memory enhancement, health literacy and health behavior motivation. More information on Delos is available at www.delosliving.com
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