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Finally! That was the response I received when speaking with industry Michele Roth is marketing manager for
professionals about retrofit magazine. Although other trade publica-
Birdair, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y. Nicole West
tions have mentioned retrofitting and the specific products required to
retrofit buildings, there has not been a publication focused entirely on writes about design and construction from
what now is a prominent market category.
Chapel Hill, N.C. Kim A. O'Connell
The world as we knew it is undergoing a historical change, thanks
to a grueling shift in the economy that is forcing our nation and others to navigate away writes about architecture and construction
from consumption and toward savings. The design and construction industries have
from Arlington, Va. James Sable is
experienced huge losses in revenue, opportunities and employees. However, the downturn
in new construction and the vast inventory of existing building stock has turned industry a director for greenscreen, Los Angeles.
professionals’ focuses on the retrofit market and the opportunities it presents. Building
Casey Wendelburg is product
owners, too, are finding cheaper leases within empty spaces or are retrofitting their
current spaces in hopes of improving value for the impending real-estate uptick. manager for TopHat Framing Systems,
Retrofit magazine’s goal is to provide facility managers, building owners, contractors
Houston and Cleveland. Nina
and others education about and insight into this burgeoning marketplace. In addition, the
magazine will showcase inventive products that weren’t available for retrofitting before Wolgelenter is a writer with Big
the market shift toward upgrading existing buildings. As retrofitting makes its place in
our nation’s building history, the concept itself deserves recognition through its own
Ass Fans, Lexington, Ky. Mike Malloy
publication. To ensure retrofit magazine thoroughly educates about the retrofit concept, is a project manager for Facilities Engineering
please contact me with story ideas, comments and questions. Enjoy the premier issue!
with Cree Inc., Durham, N.C. Also contributing
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the early 1980s. Howard is a member of the consulting engineering, project management
BOARD
American Society of Civil Engineers; National and real-estate development. Noonan is
Roofing Contractors Association; National a member of the American Campus
Society of Professional Engineers; and RCI Communities Facilities Officers, American
Inc., The Institute of Roofing, Waterproofing Public Power Association, IVY + College
RYAN HOGER, LEED AP, is the product and Building Envelope Professionals. & University Facilities Officers, Society for
manager at HVAC Solutions, a TEC company, MARK JAMES, vice president of sales and College and University Planning, and U.S.
which is headquartered in Lansing, Ill. He marketing for Roof Hugger Inc., Odessa, Fla., Green Building Council.
is the past president of the Illinois ASHRAE has been an active contributor to the growth ROBERT SCICHILI is president of Robert
Chapter and is actively involved in several of the retrofit concept in the construction Scichili Associates Inc., Richardson, Texas.
ASHRAE and U.S. Green Building Council marketplace since 1986. He is a recognized He is an active member of the Cool Metal
committees. He has extensive experience and accomplished technical presenter and Roofing Coalition, Cool Roof Rating Council
with building-automation systems, energy- author, providing building owners, contrac- and Metal Construction Association. Scichili
recovery ventilators, variable-refrigerant-flow tors and design professionals the knowledge assisted in creating the tax-credit language
systems, demand-controlled ventilation and needed to properly retrofit existing buildings for cool metal roofing in the Energy Policy
other energy-conserving HVAC systems. to obtain improved energy efficiency. Act of 2005 and 2009. He is actively involved
CHUCK HOWARD, P.E., is principal of Cary, JOHN NOONAN is associate vice president in the Title 24 revision process, the Energy
N.C.-based Metal Roof Consultants, which for facilities at Duke University, Durham, Star roof products program, Oak Ridge
provides commercial metal roof consult- N.C., where he oversees the physical plant; National Laboratory’s Building Technology
ing for contractors, architects and building planning, design and construction; engineer- Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
owners. He has been specializing in new ing; utilities; energy, grounds; and admin- tory’s Heat Island Group and the Florida
and retrofit metal-roof construction since istration. He previously held positions in Solar Energy Center.
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