A Goal Without A Plan Is Just A Wish.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Most people wouldn’t start cooking without taking inventory of the ingredients they have at hand, how they might work together, and visualizing what the final dish might look like.
So why do we not take the same approach when it comes to designing, developing, and managing our water and energy resources and the built environment?
Thinking and planning in systems enables us to make the most of available resources by incorporating the interdependencies unique to the locations and/or organizations. The result is achieving more with less – less time, less investment, and less risk to worry you and your stakeholders.
With a team of interdisciplinary practitioners and educators with backgrounds in architecture, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and water resources management, RAH Solutions supports development projects and portfolios of diverse scales, scopes, and contexts with multi-benefit strategies that reduce water and energy risks along with financial and community risks.
RAH Solutions is a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and a certified HUBZone business.
Meet Our Founder
Hyon K. Rah
Hyon established RAH Solutions with the conviction that, using a systems-based approach, it is possible to develop and manage successful, lasting built environment projects and portfolios that deliver economically, environmentally, and socially all at once.
Hyon has an interdisciplinary background in architecture, renewable energy, and water management. She started her career designing hotels, resorts, and communities around the world as an architect and urban planner, which instilled in her the importance of sustainable development in resource-constraint contexts –with special focus on water. Since then, she has helped developers, investors, and owner/operators in real estate, energy, and community development formulate water, energy, and built environment risk management strategies. Communicating in five languages, she has worked on projects in 15 U.S. states and over 30 countries in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa, navigating different cultural and regulatory landscapes.
Hyon studied architecture and Japanese at the University of Washington and Osaka University. She received her Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, and Master of Science in Water Management and Hydroinformatics from European Commission’s EuroAquae Consortium, consisting of Polytech-Nice Sophia Antipolis, BTU-Cottbus, Newcastle University, and Barcelona Tech. She has been a LEED AP since 2005, and holds certifications in sustainable infrastructure and neighborhood development, as an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and EcoDistricts AP.
Guiding and interacting with future professionals in the field is an important (and rewarding) part of Hyon's practice. She has developed and taught courses on systems-based planning, sustainability, and resilience at universities in the Washington, DC area. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC (Department of Architecture) and at Goucher College in Baltimore, MD (Historic Preservation Master's Program).
In 2020, Hyon was appointed to the nine-person Baltimore County Design Review Panel by the County Executive Board for her expertise in resilience. She is a board-appointed advisory committee member of Climate and Air Quality Public Advisory Committee for the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments (MWCOG). She also serves as the Chair of the Environment & Sustainable Development Committee for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC), a 100-year-old women's organization with a UN Consultative Status.
