Raymond Kent Receives InfoComm 2012 Sustainable AV Technology Award

	Raymond Kent

Raymond A. Kent has received the 2012 Sustainable Technology Award from InfoComm International. Kent is managing principal of Sustainable Technologies Group, LLC and serves as director of innovation technology design at Westlake Reed Leskosky.

Introduced in 2010, the Sustainable AV Technology Award recognizes companies and individuals who have implemented environmentally sustainable practices in a variety of ways, from the manufacturing of products to the integration of AV systems to green initiatives in the workplace. Kent accepted the award at the InfoComm 100 Conference on October 11, 2012 in Reston, Virginia where the industry's top 100 influencers gather to discuss the state of the industry and strategically plan for the future.

Kent is a specialist in the design and specification of audiovisual, show control, lighting, and theatre performance systems. He has worked in design and project management with expertise in designing audiovisual systems for corporate, healthcare, educational, and civic clients as well as theatrical and AV systems for performing and cultural arts projects. Innovative technology projects have included tele-presence, audiovisual conferencing, digital signage applications, paging and background audio systems, classroom media technology, and room automation systems. His background includes working as a professional in the entertainment industry. He has taught design and technology classes at the university level, and he is author of two books on technology systems as well as numerous technical articles in major industry publications. He blogs for InfoComm International's AllVoices and will soon be a featured columnist for the online publication rAVe magazine covering the topic of sustainability and technology.

Kent is part of a group of pioneers in the sustainable technology industry serving on the InfoComm International's Green AV Task Force. He is a coauthor of the Sustainable Technology Environments Program (STEP) rating system and currently serves as the chair of the technology task force for the STEP Foundation, stewarding the STEP rating system's evolution through its second iteration and toward ANSI/ISO accreditation. He is an active participant in the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts and a frequent lecturer at conferences such as InfoComm, the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT), and the American Institute of Architects (AIA/CES Provider).