John Abrams

JOHN ABRAMS is cofounder and CEO of South Mountain Company (www.southmountain.com), a 34-year-old employee owned design/build and renewable energy company in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. John's book "Companies We Keep" was published by Chelsea Green Publishing in 2008.

Vipul Acharya

Vipul is the President at Durisol Building Systems in the Toronto, Canada area.

Peter Adamczyk

Peter Adamczyk is the Energy Finance and Development Manager for the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation. Mr. Adamczyk brings more than 23 years of investment and finance experience in New York, San Francisco and London to this position. He has a B.A. in International Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Marty Aikens

Martin Aikens is Business Agent of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103. He led their renewable energy training programs and developed their solar and wind projects. Marty is a Board Member of the MTC and Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust.

Robb Aldrich

Rob Aldrich is the man when it comes to the Windows Summit. He is an engineer with Steven Winter Associates, Inc. in Norwalk, CT and has over ten years of experience designing, installing, commissioning, and monitoring solar electric, solar thermal, and other building energy systems. Robb's work involves helping builders, developers, and homeowners improve the efficiency and quality of homes while effectively incorporating renewable energy.

Edward Allen

Edward is a Principal and Team Leader at van Zelm. Prior to joining our firm, Ed was principal of a small consulting practice in CT where for 9 years he managed engineering activities and served as Principal-In-Charge for a majority of that firm's projects. Ed has a broad background in engineering design and construction practices for both mechanical and electrical systems. He is also a LEED Accredited Professional and is responsible for implementation of van Zelm's sustainable design practice standards. Ed frequently presents to industry groups and clients on the subject of sustainable design and the LEED process.

Emaan Ammar

Emaan Ammar recently graduated from Yale University with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering. Since graduating, she has been working as a solar energy consultant for Mr. Everett Barber, Solar Consultant, LLC. Emaan is currently consulting on a large-scale commercial solar thermal project as well as researching and conducting analyses for Mr. Barber's consumer's guide on residential solar energy applications.

Amelia Amon

Amelia Amon is a solar designer with an aesthetic approach to energy. Her company, Alt.Technica, develops solar products and installations, including lighting, freezer carts, fountains, interpretive exhibits for science centers, and solar awnings as Design Fellow at NYU.

Richard Andre

Richard Andre is the President of Vineyard Power, a community owned, renewable energy co-operative which is developing a 43MW off-shore wind farm to meet the electrical needs of its members. He also serves on the board of the Vineyard Energy Project, an organization that provides education, outreach and advocacy for renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives for the island of Martha's Vineyard. Richard has recently completed the building of a home to the Passive House Standard and was a working group member in the Massachusetts Zero Net Energy Buildings (ZNEB) Task Force

Wagdy Anis

Wagdy Anis, Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, has thirty years of experience focused on the integrity and performance of the building enclosure, including research, design and troubleshooting achieving high performance, sustainable buildings and healthful indoor air quality

Mitch Anthony

Mitch Anthony has facilitated organizational, corporate, and product branding programs for clients that include Avid Technology, FX Networks, Church World Service, Reebok, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, Franklin Pierce University, Ropes & Gray LLP, Burton Snowboards, Massachusetts Chiropractic Society, ESPN, MTV, Rollerblade, Lake Compounce, Lightlife Foods, Bloomberg Television, and VH1. His sweet spot is positioning, brand strategy, communications strategy, and ideation/concept development. He is a skilled facilitator and presenter with a track record of finding synergy, traction, and opportunity where fear, overthinking, and bureaucracy slow others to a crawl. Mitch and his cohorts have won their share of international design and advertising awards, and their work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Graphis, Print, How, IDN (Hong Kong), and BusinessWeek.

Jessica Bacher

Jessica Bacher is the Director of Research and Innovation, and is a Senior Managing Attorney for the Land Use Law Center of Pace University School of Law in White Plains, NY. She is also an adjunct professor of law and Director of Pace's Real Estate Law Institute. Ms. Bacher teaches Land Use Law and the Advanced Land Use and Real Estate Seminar, runs the academic programs, and guides student research in areas such as sea level rise and smart growth. She graduated from the University of Florida with highest honors in 1999 with her B.S. in Marketing and a minor in Environmental Studies. She received her J.D. summa cum laude from Pace Law School in 2003 along with a certificate in Environmental Law.

George Baker

George Baker is the Vice President for Community Wind at the Island Institute in Rockland, Maine, and the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which is developing the 4.5 megawatt Fox Islands Wind Power Project. He is currently on leave from the Harvard Business School, where he has been on the faculty since 1986.

Peter Baker

Peter Baker is a senior associate at Building Science Corporation and is responsible for providing building forensics and design reviews, setting enclosure design standards, as well as working as project manager for the Building America Program.

Samuel Baldwin

Sam Baldwin is a PhD. Physicist and currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer for and is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In previous positions he has served with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), Princeton University, the U.S. Senate, and elsewhere. He is the author or coauthor of 9 books and monographs at OSTP, OTA, DOE, and elsewhere, and more than 30 papers and technical reports on energy technology and policy, physics, and other issues. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bart Bales

Bart Bales, masters-level, professional engineer & energy specialist, spent the last 24 years plumbing the mysteries of buildings & the energy systems that serve them. Provides design & study services for whole building energy analyses, high-performance mechanical and electrical design, & solar & renewable energy systems.

Everett Barber

Presently writing a consumer's guide on residential solar applications; lecturing and consulting on commercial solar thermal and solar electric systems. Assoc. Prof., adjunct, of Building Environmental Technologies, Yale School of Architecture (1972-1998); former President of Sunsearch, Inc. a solar thermal/solar electric design, build, service firm (1975-2007); the company designed and installed over 1000 solar thermal and solar electric systems, and serviced over 10,000 solar thermal and solar electric systems, most of those were orphaned systems, in the Northeast. Company sold in 2007.

Carl Barnard

Carl Barnard is with Automated Logic out of Atlanta. His expertise is in web-based controls for building energy management.

Marty Baron

Brad Bass

Brad Bass is the Canadian Government in-house Green Roof expert, performing research at the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON). He currently contributes to Environment Canada's mandate to provide decision and policy makers within communities, organizations, the private sector, and government with the information they can use to achieve sustainability today and in the future. Three of his key research areas are using agent-based simulation models for use in research and education to understand how systems adapt to environmental change specifically in forecasting changes in energy demand; assessing ecological technologies (green roofs, green walls, breathing walls) for adaptation; and assessing regional energy supply adaptations to climate change and other changes in technology and policy.

James Batchelor

James Batchelor is the President & CEO of Arrowstreet, an award-winning architectural firm. A frequent speaker on the topic of sustainability, he was the architect for the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter: Boston's first Platinum-Rated LEED building. Mr. Batchelor served as the 2009 President of the Boston Society of Architects and Chair of Building Energy 2007.

Lauren Baumann

Lauren Baumann is the Vice President of New Ecology, Inc., a non-profit organization nationally recognized for its expertise in advancing the practice of sustainable development. Lauren manages the new construction program at NEI, and has worked with a variety of developers on the green design and construction of affordable housing and community based projects.

Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter is a leading energy storage consultant and principal at Charles River Associates. He was previously Sr. Vice President - Equity Analyst at Ardour Capital Investments. He is author of Energy Storage: A Nontechnical Guide, PennWell Publishing, 2006.

Nils Behn

Nils Behn is Director of the Wind Business Unit at Alteris Renewables (www.alterisinc.com) and manages the Northern New England region for Alteris. Nils has been in the wind energy business since 1999 when he was project manager and electrical technician for Northern Power Systems. His recent projects including installing the first wind turbine at a ski area in Vermont at Bolton Valley Ski Area and the first community scale wind turbine in Western North Carolina at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, a project partially funded by the students.

Chris Benedict

Chris Benedict is a licensed Architect in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Washington D.C. She is a graduate of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union in New York City. Before starting her own architectural firm in 1995 she managed retail, commercial and residential projects for four architectural firms in New York City. Chris is a sought after public speaker and has presented her projects nationally. She teaches about energy efficiency and sustainable practices to Architects, Engineers, students and Contractors.

Daniel Bergey

Daniel models superinsulated homes and mechanical systems. Current projects include seasonal performance of heat pumps, comparison of ventilation strategies, and life cycle analysis of insulating foams.

Michael Bernier

Michael Bernier is a member of Ernst & Young LLP Tax Credit Investment Advisory Services practice, focusing on renewable energy. He prepares the quarterly United States Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index, which evaluates renewable energy markets across all 50 states.

Peter Biondo

Peter Biondo is the Technical Sales Coordinator at Oventrop Corporation. He specializes in design and technical support for solar hot water systems for residential and commercial applications. He is an instructor at Solar Energy International, and at the NCSU Solar Center.

Erica Brabon

Erica Brabon is the Pipeline Manager of Existing Buildings for Steven Winter Associates, Inc., with specific experience in energy efficiency in multifamily and commercial buildings, LEED certification, sustainable business practices, training in energy efficiency practices, environmental footprint reduction and environmental health and science. As Pipeline Manager, all existing buildings are evaluated by Ms. Brabon to determine the best approach and incentives to pursue. Ms. Brabon is currently working with multifamily buildings across NYC and NJ to cut energy consumption and increase building performance. She attended Clarkson University where she earned a B.S. in Biology and is also a BPI Certified Multifamily Building Analyst and a LEED AP O+M.

Dwayne Breger

Dwayne Breger is the Director of the Renewable and Alternative Energy Development Division at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. His Division implements the state's RPS programs and other initiatives to promote renewable energy in the Commonwealth. He has worked in the renewable energy field for 30 years, and holds a Ph.D. from UMass, Amherst and other degress from MIT and Swarthmore College

Terry Brennan

Terry Brennan was once a builder and may be again when the great building science scare ends. Terry helps people solve building related problems, fix building related problems or understand how buildings work.

Bruce Brownell

Principle Adirondack Alternate Energy 1968 o dae- Passive Solar Design and Engineering. Brownell has completed design, engineering, and site supervision for over 330 highly insulated, mass integrated, passive solar homes in 15 eastern states.

Brian Butler

Brian Butler is the founder of Boston Green Building in Allston, MA. Boston Green Building has completed 2 Energy Star Rated homes, and has 3 more under construction. One of these homes, a National Grid Deep Energy Retrofit pilot project, will be a net-zero energy home when completed, and another will achieve a HERS (Home Energy Rating System) score of 20 or lower. Voted Best Green Contractor for 2010 by Boston Home Magazine, BGB is also planning a Passive House multi-family project in the City of Cambridge. BGB's offices and millwork shop are partly powered with renewable PV solar energy, and their trucks are fueled with BioDiesel.

Christopher Carbone

Chris is the lead engineer responsible for the structural design and analysis at Bensonwood. He and his team have developed standard structural solutions allowing for streamlined design and construction. He also has a background in building science, making him a valuable member of the team developing Bensonwood's next generation of building envelope systems.

Jean Carroon

Jean Carroon is the Principal for Preservation at Goody Clancy, a Boston design firm of 100 architects, planners, urban designers and conservators. Nationally recognized for her achievements in the field of sustainable design for historic buildings, she is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Sustainability Coalition, Boston Mayor Menino's Green Building Task Force, and one of the founders of the Technical Committee on Sustainable Preservation with the Association of Preservation Technology. She is the author of Sustainable Preservation; Greening Existing Buildings, which is being published in 2009 by John Wiley & Sons. Her current projects include renovations for the General Services Administration, Harvard University and the University of Michigan.

Alex Cheimets

Mr. Cheimets received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from RPI in 1986, and an MBA from University of Michigan in 1993. Alex lives in an 80 year old Arlington 2 family home with his wife (1st) and 2 children (1st and 2nd) in which he has dramatically reduced his energy use. Next green projects are a green garage roof, a new heating system, and a solar strategy of some kind.

Robert Chew

Bob Chew is founder of Alteris Renewables (www.alterisinc.com) and is president of the Wind Business Unit at Alteris. Bob has been in the renewable energy industry since 1977 and was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Providence Business News in 2007. Bob received a BA in Environmental Science from New England College in 1973. Bob recently installed the wind turbine at New England Institute of Technology in Warwick, RI.

Emile Chin-Dickey

Emile Chin-Dickey is co-founder and Principal at ZeroEnergy Design, an architecture, mechanical design, and energy consulting firm specializing in high performance homes. There he is responsible for running cost-benefit analyses to help clients identify the most cost-efficient path to energy efficiency.

Heather Clark

Heather Clark, WinnDevelopment's Director of Green Building, works affordable housing developers to incorporate green building measures into their existing portfolio and new developments. Heather was NYSERDA's Residential Energy Affordability Program Project Manager and the NY Rebuild America Program Director.

Tina Clarke

Tina Clarke is a certified Transition Towns Trainer (www.transitiontowns.org) working with dozens of Transition Initiatives in the U.S. (www.transitionus.org). She has been an advocate, educator, consultant, and director of nonprofit programs for 25 years, most recently with the Sustainability Institute, 350.org and the Mass. Municipal Association. In Washington, D.C. she directed advocacy programs for Greenpeace and faith-based coalitions. At Clean Water Action in New England she organized coalitions on environmental justice, toxins and energy. Tina's Platinum LEED "Power House" - a passive solar, low-toxic home - won the Massachusetts Zero Energy Challenge and generated 2.5 times the energy used in 2009 (www.zechallenge.com).

Bruce Coldham

Bruce Coldham has over 35 years of experience in the practice of architecture in the US, and Australia. Particular dedications to ecologically sustainable design and cohousing have been a consistent characteristic of his professional and academic career. His environmental design research in the M.E.D. program at the Yale University School of Architecture resulted in "Design Strategies for Sustainable Communities"

Michael Colgrove

Michael Colgrove is the current Director of Energy Programs in NYSERDA's New York City office. Prior to his promotion, Michael served as a Senior Project Manager with NYSERDA's Residential Energy Affordability Program working on the Multifamily Performance Program. Prior to his work with NYSERDA, Michael spent nearly 6 years working with low-income multifamily programs throughout NYC including implementing a program to encourage the installation of electricity reduction measures, developing environmental education programs for inner-city youth, and providing building energy assessments with the Weatherization Assistance Program.

Keith Collins MD

Keith Collins, MD is founder and managing partner of HealthExcel, a physician management company based in Miami, FL. He became involved in green building in order to leave his grandchildren with the same climate he grew up in.

Mel Coombs

Mel Coombs has been the Project Superintendent with E.L.Shea Builders and Engineers for almost 30 years.

Mark Couet

Mark Couet received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 2005. He has since designed and constructed homes in Connecticut with Wolfworks, Inc., East Guilford Construction, and CK-Architects. Currently, he is remodeling homes with J. Beebe Construction in Guilford, CT.

Stephen David

Stephen has been the national commercial sales manager for Viessmann Manufacturing for the past fifteen years. His focus has been on promoting and designing high efficiency, environmentally friendly heating systems. These systems commonly included condensing and traditional boiler technology. However, over the last number of years these systems have evolved into hybrids to include more renewable technologies such as biomass and thermal solar systems. His experience of fifteen years in the trade and two years with an energy auditing firm allows him to bring a practical outlook to the installation of high efficiency renewable heating systems .

Chris Derby Kilfoyle

Chris Derby Kilfoyle is a Massachusetts Licensed Construction Supervisor. He founded Berkshire Photovoltaic Services in 1985 and leads the general contracting firm dedicated solely to PV. BPVS is known for high quality, commercial, institutional, & residential design and installations.

Cisco DeVries

Cisco DeVries has worked at the cutting edge of energy, environment, politics and government for more than a decade. DeVries is now President of Renewable Funding, which helps local and state governments administer and finance property assessed clean energy (PACE) programs. DeVries holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from UCLA San Diego and a Master's degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UCLA Berkeley.

Roddy Diotalevi

Roddy has nearly 30 years experience in the electric power industry. As the Senior Director of Client Services he currently oversees UI's account management group, business development activities, and many of the residential and commercial/industrial product and program offerings including all of UI's Demand Response Programs. Roddy holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Sacred Heart University and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

Millard Dority

Millard Dority is the Director of Campus Planning, Building and Public Safety at the College of the Atlantic.

Jerry Drummond

Mr. Drummond has over twenty eight years of energy conservation field experience. Over that period, he has worked directly with schools and municipal facilities and is focused on maximizing energy savings, promoting sustainable solutions and improving building environmental conditions to his customers. Mr. Drummond fully supports the Energy Services Coalition (ESC) and acts as an executive committee member of the local chapter in Massachusetts. Jerry has qualified as a Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy Procurement Professional from the Association of Energy Engineers.

Mike Duclos

Mike Duclos is the Principal of Energy Efficiency Associates LLC, a consultancy formed with the prime goal of increasing comfort and decreasing energy use in new and existing homes. He is a HERS Rater with Mass. EnergyStar program, Certified Building Science Infrared Thermographer, a Certified Passive House Consultant, and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from UMass Lowell. The calculated savings from his energy reduction projects in existing homes range from moderate to up to 90%, and include a project in the National Grid DER Pilot and the ACI Thousand Homes Challenge, Option B. Mike was an energy consultant for the Transformations, Inc. entry in the Zero Energy Challenge, which took second place with a HERS index of -4.

Jim Dunn

Jim Dunn is President of Energy Technology Consultants and Future Solar Systems. He is past Director of NASA's NorthEast Technology Center. He has a BSEE from WPI. He was Technical Advisor to the MIT 2007 Solar Decathlon entry.

Mark Durrenberger

Mark Durrenberger is the President and founder of New England Breeze, LLC. His company, based in Hudson, Massachusetts, sells and installs alternative energy generation equipment including small wind turbines, and solar photovoltaic and hot water systems. The turbines they install range from the small Skystream 3.7 to the 100kw Northwind 100 generator. Mark Durrenberger received his Masters of Science in Energy Engineering and his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from The University of Lowell (Massachusetts).

Paul Eldrenkamp

Paul Eldrenkamp is founder and owner of Byggmeister Inc., a 25-year-old design-build remodeling company based in Newton, MA with a particular focus on substantial reductions to household energy use. He has been on the board of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, the Green Decade Coalition, and the Newton Historical Society; he is currently serving on Governor Patrick's Zero Net Energy Building Task Force. Paul writes often on energy and environmental issues for trade and consumer publications, and also speaks regularly at building industry conferences and for local environmental organizations.

Ann Elsen

Ann Elsen is the President of Elsen Energy Consulting, LLC, serving governments, businesses and communities in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Region. She has 24 years experience in energy policy formulation and the design and implementation of energy programs that improve environmental performance in all sectors of the economy. She specializes in work with local governments to provide advocacy at the state and federal level, and to build sustainability initiatives that incorporate the interests of all stakeholders. Prior to founding Elsen Energy Associates, Ms. Elsen led state and local government efforts to develop and implement energy policy and climate protection policy, incentive programs, public/private partnerships and energy purchases

Carl Etnier

Carl Etnier is director of Peak Oil Awareness in Montpelier, Vermont. He has worked with sustainability issues since the 1980s. He is a founding member of Transition Town Montpelier, hosts radio shows, and writes newspaper columns.

Reid Ewing

Luke Falk

Luke Falk runs efficiency programs for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and has been benchmarking multifamily buildings in NY State to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Roger Faulkner

Dr. Faulkner, president of Rethink Technologies, has an extensive background in the energy storage and transmission fields. He was previously research fellow at Cri-Tech and Director of Research at New Era Materials. He holds a PhD in Polymer Science.

Henri C. Fennell, Jr, CSI/CDT

Sean Flanigan

Sean Flanigan is the Engineering Manager for Paradigm Windows, located in Portland, Maine, and is responsible for new product development for residential and commercial window markets. Mr. Flanigan has over 25 years experience in the fenestration industry, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an MBA from the University of Southern Maine, and several patents relating to window and skylight design.

David Foley

David Foley has worked in environmental building since 1980 as a designer, builder, researcher and teacher. He worked for several architecture firms before joining forces with Sarah. He has a Masters in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, a Masters of Professional Studies in Resource Economics from the University of Maine, and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Design from Dartmouth College. He was the 1994 recipient of the German Marshall Fund to study green building techniques in Europe. He is currently teaching an on-line course entitled "Sustainability as a Way of Thinking" through the Boston Architectural Center. David lives in Northport, Maine with his wife Judy Berk a communications director for an environmental group.

Jason Forney

Jason Forney is a senior associate with Bruner/Cott Architects & Planners in Cambridge, MA. His designs are informed by the work he has done with inventive reuses of significant buildings for cultural institutions and campuses. Like designers of earlier times, he is interested in straight-forward solutions and building science as a path to low-energy buildings.

Deanna Foster

Deanna Foster is a Project manager for CWC Builders, Inc. In her thirteen years as project manager Deanna has managed projects ranging from a Boys & Girls Club to the adaptive re-use of former mill buildings into affordable housing. As a LEED AP she is a leader for the company in the green building management.

Douglas I. Foy

Douglas Foy is the President of Serrafix, a strategic consulting firm focused on environmental, energy, transportation and climate change issues. Prior to launching Serrafix in 2006, Mr. Foy served as the first Secretary of Commonwealth Development in the administration of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, overseeing the agencies of Transportation, Housing, Environment, and Energy. Before his service in the Romney administration, Mr. Foy served for 25 years as the President of the Conservation Law Foundation, New England's premier environmental advocacy organization.

Ron French

Ron is President of Alteris Renewables, one of the top ten fastest growing energy companies in the Inc. 500 and a leading solar and wind design-build company in the Northeast. Ron has senior management experience at Apple, MetroMedia and WebMD.

Patrice Frey

Patrice Frey is the Director of Sustainability Research for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She joined the National Trust after several years working in the field of community development and urban research. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's program in historic preservation, where she received a Master's degree in preservation planning and a certificate in real estate design and development through the Penn School of Design and Wharton Business School. Patrice completed her Master's thesis on the application of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards to historic buildings.

Mary Beth Gentleman

As Co-chair of Foley Hoag's Energy Technology and Renewables Practice, Mary Beth advises developers of renewable energy projects. She advises SEBANE, is Vice President of the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association and Counsel to the New England Energy Alliance.

Reza Ghafurian

Reza Ghafurian received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of London, Imperial College of Science and Technology in UK. He joined Con Edison R&D Department in 1985. Prior to that he was Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Iowa State University, in Ames Iowa. In May 2007, he assumed the responsibility for establishing and heading the new 3G System of the Future Department. Reza is an IEEE Fellow and Con Edison representative at industry organizations like EPRI and AEIC. He has published more than 25 technical papers in the fields of underground transmission and power system analysis.

Jason Gifford

Jason S. Gifford, consultant at Sustainable Energy Advantage, has over ten years of experience in the development of renewable energy policy, market and financial analysis, and REC market policy and development. Prior to joining SEA, Mr. Gifford served as Industry Investment and Development Manager at the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Gifford was Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Business Development at Green Mountain Energy Company. Jason holds a B.A. from Bates College and an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Babson College.

Michael Goetinck

Jordan Goldman

Jordan Goldman is the Engineering Principal at ZeroEnergy Design, where he serves as a specialist in energy performance consulting, energy modeling, mechanical engineering, and HVAC design. He is a LEED Accredited Professional, Passive House Consultant, NAHB Green Verifier, and a HERS Rater. Jordan studied Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, where he received both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering.

Justin Good

Justin Good is a philosopher and community organizer. He teaches at the University of Connecticut and is the executive director of the Sanctuary at Shepardfields, a spiritual life center and 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to sustainability and localism located in East Haddam, CT.

Joel Gordes

Joel Gordes has been involved in energy efficiency and renewable energy for 35 years. He has worked in research, design and sales of active and passive solar technologies as well as on policy issues such as climate change when he was a State Representative. He has the authored numerous papers, studies and articles on distributed generation, including how decentralized energy can be used to provide power for mission-critical, high-value applications for energy security.

Ben Graham

Ben Graham is owner of Natural Design/Build, a construction company that focuses using local, natural materials to create high performance, low impact structures. Ben also serves on the Plainfield Planning Commission working to address rural development issues such as affordable housing, agricultural conservation and revitalizing villages.

Paul Gromer

Paul Gromer is the President of Peregrine Energy Group and Executive Director of the Solar Energy Business Association of New England. He previously served as the Massachusetts Commissioner of Energy Resources.

Jesse Grossman

Jesse Grossman is CEO of Soltage. He previously worked in venture development and management, project finance, marketing, and resource strategies in Africa, Indonesia and the US, developing projects for the USAID, USGS, and the Carnegie Mellon Foundation and others.

Sonia Hamel

Sonia Hamel began Hamel Environmental Consulting in 2007 and runs this a small woman-owned firm which provides support to foundations, non-profits, businesses and governments in the areas of climate, air quality, energy and transportation.

Geoff Hammond

Geoffrey Hammond is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy & the Environment (I-SEE) at the University of Bath http://www.bath.ac.uk/i-see/ The University possesses high-level disciplinary research expertise in relation to energy, environment and sustainability. This is reflected in the involvement of Bath researchers in many of the major EPSRC energy research programmes, particularly seven SUPERGEN consortia. The vision for I-SEE - inaugurated in August 2008 - is therefore to focus, integrate, enhance and demonstrate fundamental and applied interdisciplinary research on sustainable energy and the environment. It seeks to enhance both the University's effectiveness at meeting this agenda, and its national and international reputation as a research institute focused on significant real-world issues.

Simon Hare

Simon Hare is a designer, builder and strategic director at Placetailor - a Roxbury based company that makes, repairs and alters urban environments. He is a Massachusetts licensed construction supervisor, LEED Accredited Professional and Associate member of the American Institute of Architects with a strong interest in building better cities.

Larry Harmon

Larry Harmon has spent decades fixing homes across the country, and brings old fashioned common sense with a voice of reason and humor to the field of building science. His long list of accomplishments are only outweighed by his dedication to do the job right the first time. He is one of NESEA's best reviewed presenters.

John Harper

John Harper is founder of Birch Tree Capital, which facilitates the financing of renewable power generation projects (www.birchtreecapital.net). The firm structures financing for wind, photovoltaic, biomass, and other clean power projects at both the utility- and community-scale levels.

Lew Harriman

Lew Harriman is Director of Research & Consulting at Mason-Grant. His 32-year career has focused on humidity and moisture control. Lew was also the lead author for the recently-published book: The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates.

Liz Harriman

Liz Harriman is Deputy Director at the Toxics Use Reduction Institute, providing technical research and support services to Massachusetts companies to identify safer alternatives to toxic chemicals used in manufacturing and products. She is a registered PE with degrees from Cornell and Tufts.

Thomas Hartman

Tom Hartman is a partner at Coldham & Hartman Architects in Amherst, MA. He served on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association for two terms and as Treasurer. Additionally for NESEA, he has been Chair, Co-Chair, and organized and presented at numerous Building Energy Conferences. He is currently the President-Elect of the Western MA Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Tom graduated with a Professional Bachelor Degree from the School of Architecture of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and an Associate in Architectural Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute in Boston. He is a Registered Architect in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut and holds an NCARB Certificate.

Raphael Herz

Stephanie Horowitz

Stephanie Horowitz, AIA is the Managing Director at ZeroEnergy Design. She designs projects that range from zero energy developments to custom LEED Platinum homes. Stephanie is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Architecture, serves as a Guest Lecturer at Northeastern University, is a Passive House Consultant, and is a Massachusetts Registered Architect.

Bill Hulstrunk

Bill Hulstrunk has been involved in the building performance field for sixteen years. His experience has ranges from installer, to energy auditor, qc inspector, weatherization program director to his current position as Technical Manager for National Fiber a cellulose manufacturer in Belchertown MA. He has taught courses nationally on insulation performance, thermal imaging and super insulation design for net zero homes.

Sean Jeffords

Sean Jeffords is President and CEO of Beyond Green Construction, a high performance building and remodeling firm located in Easthampton, MA. Sean has been building and renovating residential and commercial buildings with advanced framing and insulation techniques since 1987. Sean is also a founding member and President of the Western Mass Green Consortium, a membership association for individuals, businesses, organizations and educators committed to environmentally and socially responsible business practices.

Jason Jewhurst

Jason Jewhurst is a Project Manager with Bruner/Cott Architects & Planners in Cambridge, MA. He designs buildings for higher education, embracing today's technological innovations along with time tested traditions of craft.

Craig Jones

Craig Jones is a research officer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. After achieving a First Class Honors (MEng) degree in Mechanical Engineering Craig stayed at the University to undertake research with Professor Geoff Hammond on the embodied energy and embodied carbon of building materials. As a result of this research Craig created a database of embodied energy and embodied carbon data for hundreds of building materials. This is known as the "Inventory of Carbon and Energy." Since its release ICE has experienced strong interest and has now been distributed to over 7,000 professionals worldwide. The research has appeared in the local, national (The Guardian, ENDS Report), and international press, and has been published in several international books. Craig is currently working on the publication of the ICE database in a hardcopy format and has applied ICE in house, using it to analyze the embodied energy and embodied carbon of new UK buildings. Craig's wider research interests include environmental life cycle assessment (methodology and practice), the techno-economic feasibility of micro-generators, impacts of electricity generation, and general sustainability concepts.

DeWitt (Dick) Jones

DeWitt (Dick) Jones is Executive Vice President of Boston Community Capital and leads BCC's sustainable development activities including its Solar Energy Advantage affiliate. In 2008, Dick and his wife, Viki Bok, received the City of Boston's Green Residential Award.

David Joyce

David Joyce has been in the residential building industry for 15 years, a general contractor for 8 years, and has been doing DERs (deep energy reductions) via super-insulating for 4 years. He is proud to be a co-owner of Synergy Companies Construction, LLC. Synergy's first DER has reached a net-zero status, after the recent addition of a PV system. One other complete DER reduced the heating and cooling load by 60%. Currently, Synergy is building a LEED platinum advanced frame super-insulated new home in Concord, MA.

Phil Kaplan

Phil Kaplan is an award-winning and oft-published architect whose Portland, Maine firm, Kaplan Thompson Architects - with their motto, "Beautiful, Sustainable, Attainable" - is committed to designing only vibrant, healthy and low-energy buildings.

Maria Karpman

Maria Karpman is the president of Karpman Consulting. She has been working in the field of energy efficiency for over fifteen years, and was involved in a wide range of design, research, and software development projects. She has led the development of Simulation Guidelines for applying ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G modeling protocol to multi-family buildings. The Guidelines are endorsed by EPA for the EnergyStar Multifamily Program, and are adopted by USGBC Mid-rise Multifamily Pilot. She performs regular Appendix G trainings at NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program Orientations, and held multiple private and public trainings for Appendix G modeling in eQUEST.

Michael Karpman

Maria Karpman is the president of Karpman Consulting. She has been working in the field of energy efficiency for over fifteen years, and was involved in a wide range of design, research, and software development projects. She has led the development of Simulation Guidelines for applying ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G modeling protocol to multi-family buildings. The Guidelines are endorsed by EPA for the EnergyStar Multifamily Program, and are adopted by USGBC Mid-rise Multifamily Pilot. She performs regular Appendix G trainings at NYSERDA Multifamily Performance Program Orientations, and held multiple private and public trainings for Appendix G modeling in eQUEST.

Satpal Kaur

member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), and graduated with High Honors from the Architectural Association, and University of Nottingham, UK. She has worked at practices in London and Daniel Libeskind Studio and Walter B. Melvin Architects, New York.

David Keefe

David Keefe has over 25 years experience in making buildings work better. He has delivered about 1000 sessions ranging from building science basics to state-of-the-art diagnostics and installation techniques for new construction and retrofitting.

Mark Kelley

Mark Kelley, P.E., is the President of the Hickory Consortium specializing in whole building integrated design and sustainable building engineering. A nationally recognized authority on building energy efficiency and sustainable construction, he received the NAHB Green Building Advocate of the Year and the NESEA's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mark has served as Chairman of the American Solar Energy Society Buildings Division (ASES), and on the Board of Directors of ASES and NESEA and the Passive Solar Industries Council. He has been Chairman of many technical conferences including the first NESEA Builder's Conference in 1984, Solar '88 (the Annual Meeting of the American Solar Energy Society, held at MIT) and The Thirteenth National Passive Solar Conference and Technical Chair of the 21st National Passive Solar Conference 1995.

Katrin Klingenberg

German Architect Katrin Klingenberg is co-founder of the Passive House Institute US, short PHIUS, located in Urbana Illinois. For PHIUS, she provides Passive House consulting, training and certification US-wide. Katrin develops design guidelines for the implementation of the Passive House standard for various climate zones in North America and has taught Building Science and Design Studios at the University of Illinois in Chicago and at Urbana-Champaign.

Adam Kohler

Adam Kohler graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Hampshire. He is a registered professional engineer. Adam specializes in the design of VRF heat pump systems and energy modeling. Previously he was a lead design engineer for Control Technologies.

David Korn

David Korn, a principal with Cadmus, has more than 20 years of experience in energy and environmental consulting and engineering. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and is a certified energy manager (CEM). His work ranges from preparing detailed technical evaluations of products (such as industrial transformers) to measuring energy use by customers and in buildings. His team also meters and evaluates the use of consumer products ranging from air conditioners, dehumidifiers, water coolers, computers, computer monitors, external power supplies, and battery charging systems. These efforts included developing the ENERGY STAR quality installation specifications for central air conditioners. He has performed energy audits on millions of square feet of buildings.

Elisabeth Krautscheid

Elisabeth Krautscheid is a Project Manager at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (new home of the Renewable Energy Trust). Elisabeth oversees the Trust's legacy green building programs for new schools, affordable housing developments, and low-income weatherization projects. When not at work advocating the science of green building, she experiments with the art of it on her own home. She has a master's degree in Energy & Environmental Studies from Boston University.

Phil LaClaire

Phil LaClaire has spent over 35 years in the construction and design industry, and has been a director and general manager of a construction management firm, project manager for an agency CM, and director of the construction administration department of one of the largest Architectural firms north of Boston.

Chris Lamonia

Chris Lamonia is the Regional Director for the Mid-Atlantic and the New England regions in for Northern Power Systems in the US. He also manages the Atlantic Provinces and Quebec in Canada. Chris has over ten years of renewable energy, technology and development experience. Northern Power Systems is a wind turbine manufacturer located in Barre Vermont. Northern Power has been a pioneer in permanent magnet direct drive wind turbine technology in the USA. Northern currently manufactures a 100kW wind turbine that is ideal for the community wind market

Jim Larsen

Jim Larsen is a mechanical engineer by training with 28 years of experience in the research and development of residential glass products. Today, Jim's principle job responsibility is supporting the recognition of efficient windows through building energy codes. He also provides product support through website development (www.cardinalcorp.com), product brochures, customer training, and building energy research.

Peter Larson

Peter E. Larson, AIA, LEED AP is a principal and leader of the Advanced Building Studio at Ashley McGraw Architects, a 75 person firm in Syracuse, NY. The Advanced Building Studio is a separate consultancy within Ashley McGraw, committed to implementing the firm's goal of creating zero carbon foot print, zero fossil fuel energy, environmentally responsible buildings.

Daniel Leary

Dan is the founder and President of Nexamp, an energy integration company and installer of solar PV and thermal applications based in North Andover, MA. Dan is a NABCEP Certified PV Installer and maintains a Massachusetts Construction Supervisors License.

Robert Leaver

Robert Leaver is a community psychologist, provocateur, facilitator and teacher. Leaver is the convener of New Commons, a consultancy and think tank. Founded in 1982, New Commons shapes the future of organizations, networks, and communities. Robert focuses on planning, communication, organizational structures and implementation.

Harley Lee

Harley Lee is founder and president of Endless Energy Corporation, a wind farm development firm specializing in New England sites. He has been in the wind energy field since 1979. Mr. Lee started his wind energy work in Washington, DC., consulting for the Department of Energy and private sector clients. He founded Endless Energy in Maine in 1987. Mr. Lee has experience in all facets of developing wind farms including power contracting, land acquisition, meteorology, permitting, finance, and design. Endless Energy Corporation was the first wind farming company in the US to win a power contract in a competitive bid, installed 50 kilowatt wind turbine in Orland, Maine in 2001, and is now developing the the Equinox Community Wind Farm in Vermont. He received a BA degree in economics from the University of the South and an MBA from Duke University.

Dave Legg

Dave Legg is a building science specialist on the Residential Energy Efficiency team for National Grid's Deep Energy Retrofit pilot. Dave has over twenty-five years of experience in the design, delivery and management of energy efficiency programs. He is nationally recognized for technical and program related knowledge in the areas of building envelope retrofit, appliance audits, low income program management and HVAC market transformation. Dave holds a BA from Assumption College.

Jess Lerner

Jess Lerner is the founder of Green on the Inside, which specializes in consultations, workshops and research on sustainability and environmental issues. She has worked in the environmental field for over 7 years. Her work focuses on land use, conservation, the development of a sense of place, and habitat restoration. Jess holds a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University.

Daniel Lewis

Dan Lewis (with Marc Rosenbaum) received the ASHRAE New Technology Award (1999-2000) and the National Second Place ASHRAE 2000 Technology Award for New Institutional Buildings. Notable projects include: Oakes and Debrevoise Halls, and the Putney Field House (Net Zero).

John Livermore

John Livermore is head of Livermore Energy Associates, an energy consulting firm specializing in residential energy efficiency program design and energy performance. He has over twenty-two years of experience in residential new construction and architecture. He currently serves as lead residential consultant to the MA Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC)

Gary Loh

Gary Loh is Technical Service Consultant for DuPont Formacel Foam Expansion Agents Group. His work focuses on manufacturing, R&D, and marketing. He has an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and MBA degree from James Madison University.

Len Loomans

Len is an electrical engineer with over 25 years experience in the power & energy industry, primarily in PV systems. He's currently contracted by BCC Solar Energy Advantage, Inc. to oversee the electrical design, installation and commissioning of all their projects.

Alastair Lough

Alastair Lough was one of the first official Transition Trainers in the US and is a pioneer of the Transition Movement in the US. He has served as group facilitator for Corning and, more recently, has completed a doctorate in Natural Resources. He has worked as a professional Hydrogeologist, addressing issues of long-term water resource conservation.

Joseph Lstiburek

Dr.Joseph Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng is a principal of Building Science Consulting LLC and an ASHRAE Fellow. He has twenty-five years of experience in design, construction, investigation, and building science research.

Karina Lutz

Karina Lutz is Deputy Director of People's Power & Light, a social venture nonprofit working to make energy more sustainable and affordable in Rhode Island and in Massachusetts, where its name is Mass. Energy Consumers Alliance. Besides advocacy, the organization runs two businesses: selling green power to consumers (New England GreenStart and New England Wind Fund) and aggregating consumers to buy discount heating oil. Karina was formerly Development Director at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, and editor and publisher of Home Energy magazine, a technical trade magazine for the energy efficiency field. She has also worked as a free lance writer, editor, and yoga teacher. Writing and editing credits include 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth, Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, No Regrets Remodeling, Local Democracy Under Siege, and Composing Interactive Music.

David Madigan

Dave Madigan, PE, LEED AP is a Vice President and Principal with van Zelm Engineers located in Farmington, CT. Dave is a graduate of Villanova University and holds a Masters in Building Energy Systems from the University of Colorado. Over the past 25 years, his engineering work has been focused heavily on energy conservation and sustainable design principles. Some of his areas of specialty are college and university campus development, high performance laboratory facility design, and cogeneration systems. Dave is a frequent speaker on sustainable topics to industry groups such as ERAPPA, NNECERAPPA, APPA, NESEA, Lab Wize, and Labs 21.

Arthur Marin

Mr. Marin has been the Executive Director of NESCAUM since 2005 and served as Deputy Director from 1995 through 2004. NESCAUM is the association of state air pollution control agencies representing the six New England states, New Jersey and New York. NESCAUM provides technical assistance and policy guidance to its member states on a broad range of issues related to air quality, energy and climate change.

Larry Masland

As an energy efficiency planner at the Department of Energy Resources, Larry Masland works with determining the cost-effectiveness and performance of ratepayer-funded programs. In 2008, he made a cost-effectiveness case to NSTAR that they help fund a deep energy retrofit pilot project of a 2-family home in Arlington. The funding formula used for this project became the template for a deep energy retrofit pilot program in the 2010-2012 statewide energy efficiency plans. Larry has also served on the residential working group for the Governor's Zero Net Energy Task Force and is currently a member of the Zero Net Energy Steering Committee.

Evan Mason

Evan Mason, MA is a historic preservationist and environmental advocate who has designed environmental demonstration projects to advance policy reform to preserve and protect NYCs privately-owned open space. She conducts training seminars on energy efficiency and existing buildings and is currently working to encourage building owners to consider restoring existing historic windows whenever possible, noting that other energy efficiency measures are more cost effective. An urban planner who received her Masters from Hunter College, she works for Landmark West, a historic preservation advocacy non-profit located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

David McGlinchey

Dave is the founder and editor of Offshore Wind Wire. Until recently, he was the executive director of the Vineyard Energy Project. In that role, he developed and incorporated the Vineyard Power Cooperative and promoted renewable energy and energy efficiency throughout the community. He has a undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and a law degree from Suffolk University Law School.

Sadie McKeown

Since 1996, Sadie McKeown has served CPC as Senior Vice President and Director of Lending in CPC's Hudson Valley Region. In this capacity, she oversees the entire lending process from origination through underwriting, construction supervision and conversion to permanent financing. In 2007, she became the Regional Director of CPC's newly added region, Connecticut. She has most recently been asked to head up CPC's newly created Energy Efficiency Retrofit Loan program. The program is aimed at greening multi-family buildings in low-income communities throughout the tri-state.

Tom Michelman

In 2003 Tom Michelman co-founded Boreal Renewable Energy Development (Boreal, www.boreal-renewable.com) to cost effectively implement distributed generation renewable energy projects. Boreal's focus is utility scale distributed wind and solar generation and hydroelectric development at commercial, industrial, and institutional sites.

William Moomaw

William Moomaw is Professor of international Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School Tufts University. He has worked on mitigation and adaptation aspects of climate change for over 20 years. He has been a lead author on 5 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports and has written extensively on renewable energy and other strategies for addressing climate change. He and his wife, Margot, recently completed a highly efficient, zero net energy home in Massachusetts that takes full advantage of solar energy and other flows of renewable energy. He will discuss how to integrate super efficient buildings into a resilient community design described by Prof. Ewing.

Catherine Muller

Catherine Muller is the president of Leveraged Solutions, LLC. The firm specializes in helping its clients, especially public housing authorities, access funds for capital projects through the energy savings derived from performance contracting. Ms. Muller acts as an owner’s rep and helps develop RFPs, evaluate proposals, review audits and negotiate contracts.

Brendan Neagle

Borrego Solar COO Brendan Neagle has worked in the solar industry since 2002. He managed Borrego's expansion into New England, hiring, mentoring and training the East coast team. Brendan is a Massachusetts native and holds a BA from Brown University.

Chris Nelson

Chris Nelson is the President of Nelson Construction, Inc., a second generation homebuilding company located in Farmington, CT. Since its formation, Nelson Construction has built over 400 homes and condominiums in the central Connecticut area over the past 14 years. Chris Nelson has been recognized as Builder of the Year by the Home Builders Association of Hartford County. Several Nelson homes and communities have won top awards from the Connecticut Home Builders Association.

Ken Neuhauser

Ken Neuhauser, LEED AP, is a field architect and project manager at Building Science Corporation. As part of the architectural design team at BSC, Ken participates in designing innovative, high performance buildings. As a project manager and researcher, he advises developers, builders, design professionals, building owners, and utility representatives about energy efficient, durable, and healthful.

F. L. Andrew Padian

F.L. Andrew Padian is Vice President for Energy Initiatives for The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), a not-for-profit affordable housing mortgage lender, where he is assisting in the implementation of the Green Loan Program, working with CPC staff and building owners across the tri-state area. Prior to CPC Andy ran the Multifamily Buildings Division for Steven Winter Associates, Inc. He has 30 years of experience in the unique building science of multifamily buildings, and has performed detailed energy analysis on hundreds of buildings across the country. He attended his first NESEA event in 1979.

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker is currently a Managing Consultant in the planning and consulting division of Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC). At VEIC Scudder has provided testimony in Iowa and Ontario on the architecture of Energy Efficiency Programs and the integration of energy efficiency and renewable energy to attain deep savings. He has led VEIC's consulting work in Rhode Island, supporting the Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council to a planned doubling of efficiency savings. He has led the effort in Ohio to set up delivery of efficiency programs for members of American Municipal Power. Scudder worked for thirteen years at the Vermont Department of Public Service as Director of the Energy Efficiency Division (1990-2003). In that capacity he worked to help create Efficiency Vermont.

Gary Parsons

Gary Parsons LEED AP is a DOW chemical engineer focused on building materials and systems performance. He is part of the Best Practices Research Alliance Sponsor and is also member of the Building Science Corporation Thermal Metric Project Steering Team.

Chet Pasho

Chet Pasho retired from new home construction in 2005 after completing approximately 90 homes, about 30 of with were 5 Star rated. He won multiple awards with Efficiency VT. Currently he works with Preferred Building Systems where he designed a plant that consistently produces efficient modular homes. Their average HERS score is 56 on all completed homes.

Anne Perkins

Anne Perkins is the Director of Home Ownership Programs for Rural Development, Inc. (RDI), a non profit housing agency, in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. She has been a Licensed Construction Supervisor, a carpenter, and a contractor specializing in solar and energy efficient construction for over thirty-five years, focusing on affordable homes. RDI, which builds in Franklin and Northern Worcester Counties, has received a number of national "green" awards including the inaugural Home Dept Foundation 2005 Award of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built Responsibly in the Homeownership Category. She served on the Massachusetts Zero Energy Buildings Task Force. The current RDI project is a twenty home Near Zero Net Energy Solar Village for which funds were loaned or granted from thirteen sources. See www.ruraldevelopmentinc.org/index-wwsv.htm.

Nils Petermann

Nils Petermann leads the Alliance to Save Energy's efforts to promote energy-efficient fenestration as project manager for the Efficient Windows Collaborative, a collaborative effort between the Alliance, the University of Minnesota, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Nils performs analysis and promotion of strategies to advance energy efficiency in the fenestration market, including utility and tax incentives, sustainable building standards and end-user education.

Paul Peterson

Paul Peterson is a Senior Associate with Synapse Energy Economics. He has thirty years of experience with energy efficiency policy issues through work with the University of Vermont Extension Service, the Vermont Public Service Board, ISO New England, and since 2001with Synapse. Much of Paul's work focuses on RTOs, wholesale power markets, and system planning. Paul has a BA in Political Science form Williams College and a JD degree from Western New England College School of Law.

Alex Pichs

Alexander Pichs is the Sales Manager for Nordex USA (www.nordex-online.com), a 25 year old wind turbine manufacturing company of utility scale wind turbines with a focus on the multi-MW range of products, such as the 2.5 MW class. Prior to joining Nordex, he worked on sales of utility scale wind turbines for community projects in New England. He has a Masters in Philosophy and previous teaching experience.

Hans Porschitz

With an engineering degree in Wood Technology, Hans Porschitz worked as a R&D consultant for German prefabricated housing manufacturers before he joined Bensonwood in Walpole, NH in 2000. Hans is a project manager and involved with development of new and improved systems and products for the construction industry.

Kevin Rafferty

Kevin Rafferty, PE, is the co-author of the ASHRAE publication,Ground-Source Heat Pumps - Design of Geothermal Systems for Commercial and Institutional Buildings. He is an engaging speaker, a former refrigeration mechanic, and past chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee 6.8 (Geothermal Energy Utilization). Semi-retired and living in Klamath Falls, Oregon, Kevin devotes much of his time to hunting and car collecting and makes the occasional trip back east to teach for HeatSpring Learning Institute.

Bill Reed

An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and regeneration Bill is a principal in three firms, the Integrative Design Collaborative, Regenesis, Inc., and Delving Deeper - green building consulting, living system design, and education organizations working to lift building and community planning into full integration and co-evolution with living systems. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing an integrative, whole-systems design process. The objective: to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places and therefore the planet.

Paul Rode

Marc Rosenbaum

Marc Rosenbaum, of Energysmiths in Meriden, NH, is well known in NESEA circles as one who never lets ignorance stand in the way of expressing a firmly held opinion. He is a long time student of making good buildings and continues to be amazed that his clients put up with him.

James Rosenberg

Armin Rudd

Armin Rudd is a Principal Engineer at Building Science Corp. in Somerville, MA. He has a wide range of experience in residential and commercial buildings, especially focusing on space conditioning, ventilation, dehumidification, and product development.

Robert Sargent

Rob Sargent is the Energy Program Director for Environment America, a federation of state based, citizen supported advocacy groups with a presence in 28 states, including most of the Northeast states. He oversees policy and strategy development for energy and global warming campaigns throughout the U.S. and in our nation’s capitol. He has authored numerous reports on energy and climate policy He has been involved as a policy advisor and strategist in numerous successful campaigns to promote state energy and climate policies including; state and regional emission caps in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, state renewable energy standards, and the adoption of the California Clean Cars programs. He is a 1982 graduate of the University of Vermont.

Chris Schaffner

The Green Engineer founder, Chris Schaffner, P.E., LEED AP, is a professional mechanical engineer, registered in Massachusetts, California and Vermont. Chris has 22 years of experience in the design of building systems.

Chris Schumacher

Christopher J. Schumacher is a Principal at Building Science Corporation and is recognized as an expert in the field of building monitoring and building systems and enclosure testing. He has lead the design, installation and analysis of monitoring systems as far abroad as Mongolia and New Zealand.

R. Carter Scott

Carter Scott is President of Transformations, Inc., a sustainable development/building company in Massachusetts. He is a leader in the Low Impact Development and Zero-Energy home movement. His Zero Energy Challenge home has been featured on the Discovery Channel.

Leigh Seddon

Leigh Seddon is the founder of Solar Works, Inc., now known as Alteris Renewables. Alteris is the Northeast's largest renewable energy design and contracting firm. Since 1980, Solar Works and Alteris Renewables have designed and installed thousands of photovoltaic, solar thermal, and small wind systems worldwide

John Seekircher

Nancy Seidman

Nancy L. Seidman is the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Climate Strategies at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. She leads efforts on the development on a wide range of climate programs working across the Bureau and Department, including areas such as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, low carbon fuels, biomass, recycling and transportation. Ms. Seidman has been at DEP since 1995. She serves as the lead manager for the Massachusetts DEP on utility and energy issues. From October 2004 - October 2005, Ms. Seidman served as the President of the National Association for Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), and she co-chairs NACAA's mobile source and fuels committee, a position she has held since 2001. Ms. Seidman holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Public Management from Boston University.

Sumul Shah

Sumul Shah is President of Lumus Construction and CEO of Solaya Energy, which constructs, develops, and operates wind, solar, fuel cell, and geothermal projects globally. President Obama awarded Sumul as the 2009 Massachusetts Business Person of the Year.

Andrew Shapiro

Andy has provides design consulting services to owners, architects, engineers and builders, housing developers, universities, businesses and utilities. He is also the Energy Scientist for the Vermont Energy Education Program. Projects include both NRG Systems office and manufacturing (close to 100% renewably powered) in Hinesburg, VT, affordable housing, a food coop and micro-load / "net-zero-energy" houses.

John Siegenthaler, PE

John Siegenthaler, P.E., is a mechanical engineering graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a licensed professional engineer, and Professor Emeritus of Engineering Technology at Mohawk Valley Community College. "Siggy" has over 30 of experience in designing modern hydronic heating systems including several using renewable energy subsystems. He is a hall-of-fame member of the Radiant Panel Association, and a presenter at national and international conferences on hydronic and radiant heating. John is principal of Appropriate Designs, a consulting engineering firm in Holland Patent, NY. He currently writes about hydronic heating and solar thermal system design for several trade publications including: Plumbing&Mechanical, PM Engineer, Supply House Times, and Heating,Plumbing, and Air Conditioning (Canada).

Helen Sisserson

Jeffrey Smith

Jeffrey Smith is Harvard University's director of Facilities Maintenance Operations; a group of more than 400 employees providing primary building, landscape and custodial maintenance services on a fee-for-service basis. He was a lead member of both the client executive team as well as the project management team on the Blackstone Office Renovation, involved in virtually every detail of that LEED Platinum certified project. He has also helped to successfully introduce Green Cleaning, Organic Landscaping, and Building Energy Audit programs to the Harvard campus; build the Ivy League's most successful recycling program; and co-author a Lessons Learned presentation on the design and operation of geothermal energy systems. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University, where he has worked since 1979.

John Snell

John Snell's background in building-related training and educational services began in 1977 in the Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance program and continued from 1979-1982 in the Residential Conservation Service (RCS) Program. It was in this capacity, in 1983, that he first used thermography for building diagnostics and he founded Snell Infrared in 1986. He is professionally active and was on the Steering Committee for the Thermosense conference from 1990 until 2005 and Chair of Thermosense XVI and XX. In 1994 John had the honor of becoming the first thermographer in the world to pass the ASNT Level III exam for the Thermal/infrared method. He is currently working with three ASTM committees, as well as committees at EPRI, BINDT, ISO, ASNT, BPI/RESNET and NETA, on standards and written inspection procedures. John is widely published, having authored numerous articles and professional papers. John is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in Agricultural Ecology.

Douglas Snyder

Doug Snyder is Principal of DS Greenbuild, a green building and sustainability consulting firm. He works on both commercial and residential projects, is a founding member of the Western Mass Green Consortium, and is active in promoting energy conservation public policy in the Northeastern US.

Scott Starr

Scott leads the development and sales of large commercial and multi-megawatt solar solutions for groSolar, having joined the Company in 2009. Scott's prior professional experience with renewable energy includes roles as a project developer with First Solar developing multi-megawatt solar farms, as solar product line leader for General Electric Energy & as a strategic marketing leader for GE Wind. As Director of ecomagination for GE, Scott commercialized the ecomagination Homebuilder Program, a residential whole-home solution designed to lower overall household energy consumption, emissions and indoor water use by combining building science with high performance products. Prior to his career at GE, Scott worked for Medtronic Inc. bringing implantable cardiac and neurological devices to market. Scott holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Duke University.

Craig Stead

Craig Stead has worked in energy efficiency and conservation for 30 years. He has used data loggers for 6 years. Various data logger monitoring includes: evaluation of school energy use in ASHRAE level 2 Energy Audit, determining fuel splits in a three boiler school, and remote analysis of wastewater plants. He is a Certified Energy Manager, Certified Building Analyst, and Certified Building Commissioning Professional. His degrees: Cornell University BS, Masters of Engineering (Chemical), and Western New England College MBA. He is a Massachusetts and Vermont Registered Professional Engineer.

Marc Sternick

Marc Sternick is the Vice President and Senior Project Architect for Dietz & Company Architects and oversees their affordable housing and green building efforts. Marc has spent over 25 years assessing, designing and constructing high performance, affordable housing.

William Stillinger

William Stillinger is President of PV Squared, a worker owned cooperative and renewable energy system integrator. He serves on the board of directors of SEBANE, and has served on the NESEA board. He holds engineering degrees from N.Y.U. and R.P.I.

John Straube

John F. Straube, Ph.D., P.Eng., is a principal of Building Science Corporation and a professor of building science in the Civil Engineering Department and School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Steven Strong

Steven Strong founded Solar Design Associates in 1974 and has earned the firm an international reputation for the pioneering integration of renewable energy systems with environmentally responsive building design. TIME magazine named him an 'Environmental Hero of the Planet'.

Steve Testa

Steve Testa of Yankee Technology specializes in the provision of microprocessor-based building automation and energy management systems. Yankee Technology provides systems for institutions and commercial clients throughout Massachusetts.

Thomas Thompson

Stephen Thwaites

Steve Turner

Stephen is a consulting engineer with 30 years experience in the engineering, construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and energy systems in buildings and on campuses. He has worked variously as an HVAC contractor, a design engineer, and on staff for owners of large building portfolios. Stephen has conducted retrocommissioning, indoor air quality, and energy surveys in hundreds of existing buildings, including mold and moisture investigations in the sub-tropics. He brings a hands-on perspective to diagnosing and optimizing buildings. Stephen is a licensed professional engineer registered in Mechanical Engineering in New York State, and he sits on Rhode Island's Building Code Committee and Chairs their Energy Code Subcommittee. Stephen also leads indoor environmental committees developing industry standards both for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and for the International Standards Organization (ISO).

Fred Unger

Fred Unger, President of Heartwood Group has worked in green building, real estate development and renewable energy since the 1970's. He manages operations for BCC Solar Energy Advantage, Inc. and has also managed teams developing wind projects.

Ted Vansant

Tyler Volk

Tyler Volk is Science Director for Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology at New York University. Volk's books include "CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge," "Metapatterns Across Space, Time, and Mind," and "Gaia's Body: Toward a Physiology of Earth."

Adam Wade

Adam's legal practice focuses on counseling renewable energy companies active in wind, solar, geothermal and biomass. His experience includes representing the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer and in-house counsel work for the owner of the world's largest geothermal project.

Randall Walter

Randall Walter has led development of a 3D design system for residential design and construction during the last 10 years, resulting in the Open-Built design/build system to allow for rapid design exploration with predictable results.

Karen Weber

Karen Weber is a local educator and policy analyst who has been looking at the impact of green roofs and vegetation in urban environments for the past several years. She sees the land-water connection and cumulative effect of our designs as essential elements of our planning equation.

Mark Weissflog

Mark Weissflog, is a Master electrician and NABCEP certified solar installer. He is a board member of the NH State Building Code Review Board and the Electrical Contractors Business Association. He recently completed two terms on the Board of NHSEA.

Harvey Wilkinson

Harvey Wilkinson is in product line management with the Energy Solutions Group of A123Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Li-ion batteries and systems. Harvey’s job focuses on product development for the grid/stationary power markets.Harvey has an MSBA from Boston University and BS and AB degrees with honors from Cornell University, and is a member of the IEEE.

Alex Wilson

Alex Wilson is founder and president of BuildingGreen, LLC, the Brattleboro-based publisher (since 1992) of Environmental Building News, the nation's oldest and most respected publication on green building. He has written numerous articles on passive survivability, including a recent article in the International Code Council's magazine Building Safety Journal

Eric Winkler

Eric Winkler is a Project Manager for Demand Resources in the FCM and Tariff Administration Department at ISO NEW England, the operator of the New England Bulk Power System and Wholesale Electricity Market. He is responsible for qualifying energy efficiency, distributed generation, load management, and demand response projects participating in the New England wholesale capacity markets. He has over 17 years of professional experience in the public and quasi-public sector. Formerly with the University of Massachusetts as Director of the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership, he has served on numerous state and federal advisory panels and has authored or co-authored more than 25 tech transfer tools, journal articles and technical reports.

Jamie Wolf

Jamie Wolf operates Wolfworks in Avon, CT, a residential design build company striving to understand how best to create homes that look good, work well, and feel good to be in. We endeavor to build responsibly; we believe this is good building, not green building.

Jeffery Wolfe

Jeff is CEO of groSolar, and a national leader in the solar energy industry. Jeff chairs the PV Division of SEIA, and serves on the Union of Concerned Scientists National Advisory Board. Jeff has a BSME degree from Cornell.

Peter Yost

Peter Yost is the Director of Residential Services for BuildingGreen, LLC in Brattleboro, Vermont. He has been building, researching, teaching, writing, and consulting on high performance homes for more than twenty years. His expertise ranges from construction waste management and advanced framing to energy efficiency and building durability. Peter is currently Technical Director for GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, an instructor for the Boston Architectural College's Sustainable Design Certificate program and an adjunct faculty member of the University of Massachusetts Department of Building Materials and Wood Technology program in Amherst.

Fred Zalcman

At SunEdison, Fred Zalcman promotes the creation of self-sustaining state-based markets for solar energy. He previously directed the Pace Law School Energy and Climate Center. The Association of Energy Engineers named him the Northeast Region's Renewable Energy Innovator of 2009.

Marc Zuluaga

Marc Zuluaga is an engineer who works in buildings and probably thinks about them too much.