Want to learn more about building green, high-performance homes? David Neiger of Populus Sustainable Design Consulting will be presenting at the USGBC Colorado Chapter’s Monday night REI series in February regarding high-performance homes. For more information and how to RSVP, see the information below from USGBC Colorado regarding this upcoming event:
Please join USGBC CO Chapter for the first Monday event of 2010!!
Monday February 1, 2010
6-8pm at REI
Presenting
HOW TO BUILD AN EFFICIENT & HIGH PERFORMING HOUSE
(aka GREEN, LEED, ENERGY STAR or just BEST PRACTICES!)
This session will focus on what it takes to build a LEED certified home. Whether you are interested in building a LEED certified or ENERGY STAR qualified home or just want to understand how to build an ultra efficient home this session is for you.
Our speakers will talk about different degrees of building “green,” how to get subcontractors on board, how much more it really costs, what kind of time commitment is involved and whether it is any more difficult to build than the standard home we’ve all become accustomed to building.
Speakers are LEED gold homebuilder Sean Smith of Sean Smith & Company and David Neiger of Populus Sustainable Design Consulting.
Sean Smith, Denver builder since 2000, made his start in the renovations and additions market. After moving to new construction, Sean discovered a lack of attention to energy efficiency in the marketplace and decided to make it his forte. He specializes in custom homes and spec projects that are high performing. Having built two LEED for Homes Gold Certified projects in Denver, Sean has another project pending final certification. Sean’s focus has shifted to optimizing energy performance through sound cost/benefit analysis, and by stressing the need for quality control at the ground level on construction sites. Sean’s projects have also been certified under the Department of Energy’s Builder’s Challenge, and the EPA’s ENERGY STAR programs.
David Neiger is a Principal at Populus Sustainable Design Consulting, an energy performance and green building consulting firm based in Boulder, Colorado. David holds an architecture degree from Pennsylvania State University, as well as certification as a RESNET Certified Home Energy Rater, RESNET Green Rater, BPI Certified Building Analyst, LEED AP and a LEED for Homes AP.
David has consulted on well over a hundred single and multi-family projects along the Colorado Front Range and has extensive experience managing LEED projects and working with architects and builders to achieve net-zero and above-code home performance. As a recognized expert regarding home energy performance, David has presented to a variety of audiences and has trained municipalities, architects and builders nationally regarding green building and above-code energy performance. David has served as a Subject Matter Expert to the USGBC in connection with its LEED for Homes program and currently acts as a Technical Advisor on the City of Boulder’s Climate Action Plan Strategy Residential Technical Team.
RESERVATIONS TO ATTEND CAN BE MADE at
http://www.usgbccolorado.org/metro/events-calendar.html
To assure a seat, please register online in advance
CAPACITY ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED, SO RESERVE EARLY
Populus is a full service sustainable design consulting firm that focuses on high performance, net-zero and near-net-zero custom residential and multi-family projects. Populus guides architects and builders through the requirements of mandatory green building codes and optional green home certification programs, providing HERS rating, LEED for Homes Green Rater services and municipal energy code consulting. In addition, Populus offers an Energy Code Workshop for architects and municipalities, as well as LEED for Homes training. Visit Populus at www.popboulder.com.
