About Performance Design Institute

Our long-term mission is to provide engineers and building designers with key knowledge and training to make buildings as energy efficient as feasible.

Arian Julian Potter

Founder & CEO

Arian is an American energy and daylighting innovator, math geek, educator, and consultant.

He has a master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon, as well as degrees in Sustainability and Mathematical Science.

He has over 10 years of experience in energy & daylight modeling and consulting for LEED and other certifications with Above Green, and several years of daylighting consulting and education with MMoser.

He is also the founder of an upcoming community that will provide architects with a new method for daylighting design with tools, trainings, and support: Optimize Daylighting Performance (formerly Daylighting Wellness Institute).

He loves living in the hills of Umbria, Italy, where he also designed a unique, light-filled yoga temple.

He delivers the rest of his services to the English-speaking world remotely.

Arian Potter, Founder and CEO of Performance Design Institute

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