Building Science Community Blossoms on Twitter

Following the spirited debate inflamed by my previous Twitter post ( Let’s Twitter – Why We Should & How We Can), I thought you all might be interested in checking out a blog entry by Energy Circle, “A Few of our Favorite Certified Energy Auditors on Twitter.”

Written by Peter Troast, the post provides an excellent birds eye view of  how some building science professionals are making effective use of Twitter and identifies a number of active buliding science consultants in the Twitter community.

Petert writes,

Energy Circle maintains an active presence on Twitter because there is a vibrant community of like-minded, passionate people who care about home energy efficiency, green building, and general concerns about the future of our planet.

So far, the professional energy auditor/rater/building science community (at least those of whom we’re aware) isn’t huge, but we’ve found the tweets of experienced, certified people who spend their days inside of buildings evaluating energy challenges to be highly educational, useful and practical.

It’s remarkably easy to dive into Twitter and start sharing  information, building partnerships and maybe even identifying job leads with this growing community of building science consultants, lawyers and other engaged professionals.

Simply go to Twitter.com, sign up, fill out your bio, post a picture and click on “find people” to start following Peter’s list of building science consultants.  You can rummage through the list of people that they follow to find more people that you would like to engage in.

In the comment section of my previous post on Twitter, some NESEA members left their handles:

Chris Benedict:  @vitanightfire

Michelle Gonzalez:  @michgonzalez

Jason Federspiel (NESEA’s board vice chair):  @AltE_Jay

I’m on Twitter as @GreenMachinePR.

Feel free to add your Twitter handles to the comments section below.

Stay tuned for a case study on how a building science consultant is using Twitter to build her business.

Twitter-on!

Jo

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Bio: Jo is a partner at Green Machine PR - an award-winning boutique firm specializing in creative communications for green and Internet clients. Using an "in-house" approach, we help our clients tell their stories and build their business in today's new media landscape. Jo is also a co-founder and director of CitizenSpeak.org- a free email advocacy service for grassroots organizations. CitizenSpeak won the 2006 $10,000 Pizzigati prize for the best open source software in the public space. Jo is on the NESEA board and a sub-committee member for the newly formed New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE).