John Barrie

Founder and Chief Innovator at the Appropriate Technology Collaborative, an award winning nonprofit company that designs green technologies for low income people throughout the world. Architect, Industrial Designer, past Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan and faculty member at Washtenaw Community College. Co-Founder of Mayan Power and Light (MPL), and award winning social venture business incubator program in Guatemala. In 2016 MPL was recognized as a "Sustainia 100", one of the top 100 sustainable enterprises by the United Nations Compact for Sustainable Development. In 2019 MPL won the Energy Globe Prize for Guatemala. The Energy Globe Prize is the world's most prestigious energy and environmental prize. Mr. Barrie works with “World Challenge Design Teams” - groups of engineering, design and business students from colleges and universities across the United States to develop new appropriate technologies for low income people in the developing world.Specialties: Appropriate Technology, International Development, Design for the Base of the Economic Pyramid, Green Buildings, Clean Technology, Speaking, Conducting Workshops, Teaching