Speaker

Virge Temme, owner of Virge Temme Architecture and SAGE Homes, LLC, is a nationally recognized expert on high-performance homes. With over 30 years of experience in sustainable design, she has completed three LEED Platinum homes and over 15 net-zero-energy-ready buildings in Wisconsin. In 2017 she received the Women in Sustainability Leadership award from the U.S. Green Building County and Green Building and Design Magazine. She is co-author of LEED the Way, Domestic Architecture for the Future, and teaches classes on high-performance building design. She became a licensed Dwelling Contractor in 2016 and manages the construction of her high-performance building designs. She has been a member of the Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code Council since 2020.