GNOMON CONSULTING, LLC
Promoting Daylighting in Design
Core Values
Kate Borgner, LEED AP
Kate Borgner, LEED AP
Kate Borgner is the Principal of Gnomon Consulting, LLC. Kate believes that it is light that reveals the beauty of architecture and that each project presents a unique opportunity to integrate daylight into a design. She has a background in both architecture and lighting and she brings a strong philosophy of collaboration to her design approach and consulting practice. Her years of experience in green building practice have given Kate an understanding that integrated daylighting is an essential part of successful sustainable design.

Professional Organizations:
  • Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
  • Cascadia Region Green Building Council
  • Collarborative for High Performance Schools
Awards:
  • USF Center for Science and Innovation Project, Energy and Environmental Design Award, IES Illumination Design Award, 2014
  • Bakersfield Fedral Courthouse Project, Award of Merit, IES Illumination Design Award, 2014
  • Dallas Fort Worth Terminal D Project, Energy and Environmental Design Award, IES Illumination Design Award, 2006
Education:
  • Master of Architecture with Certificate in Architectural Lighting, 1998, University of Washington
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1982, Kent State University  

Project Experience:

Genesee Hill Elementary School
Seattle, WA
Daylighting Consultant

Richmond High School
Richmond, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Washington Elementary School
Tacoma, WA
Daylighting Consultant

Shining Mountain Elementary School
Spanaway, WA
Daylighting Consultant

San Marcos High School
San Marcos, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Courthouse
Stockton, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Courthouse
Bakersfield, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Courthouse
Billings, MT
Daylighting Consultant

Mission College Student Center
Sylmar, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Seven Trees Elementary School
San Jose, CA
Daylighting Consultant

Project Experience with NBBJ Architects:

Microsoft Redmond West Campus
Redmond, WA
Daylighting Consultant

Project Iris
Seattle, WA
Lighting Designer, Daylighting Consultant

Project Iris,
Visitor Learning Center
Seattle, WA
Daylighting Consultant

Yale Avenue Campus
Seattle, WA
Daylighting Consultant

Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Palo Alto, CA
Lighting Designer, Daylighting Consultant

Rainier Club Expansion
Seattle, WA
Daylighting Consultant

University of San Francisco
Integrated Science Center
San Francisco, CA
Lighting Designer, Daylighting Consultant

Project Experience with Nicholson Kovalchick Architects:

Pigeon Hill Residence
Seattle, WA
Designer

Florida Residence
Palm Coast, FL
Designer, Lighting Designer, Daylighting Consultant

Project Experience with Collins Gordon Bostwick Architects:

Dolan Science Center
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
Intern Architect, Daylighting Consultant

Project Experience with J. Miller and Associates:

Terminal Expansion Project
Dallas Fort Worth Airport
Dallas, TX

Campus Center
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
Daylighting Consultant