CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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Keith Howington, As- soc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C , is senior project manager with Greenline Architecture, Savannah, Ga. He also serves as vice president of the board of directors for Savannah-based Emergent Structures, a 501(c)(3) non- profi t organization dedicated to reducing the landfi lling of building materials through innovative repurposing proj- ects. In “Guidance,” page 20, Howington writes about the benefi ts of specifying salvaged building materials.
Maureen Guttman, AIA, is a licensed architect with more than 25 years’ experi- ence in energy-effi cient and green-building design. As the Washington, D.C.-based Building Code Assistance Project’s executive director, she has overseen the launch of a nationwide campaign to support the adoption of today’s model energy codes. In “Business,” page 24, Guttman writes about how enforcing and encouraging energy codes will reduce our buildings’ and nation’s energy consumption.
In “Component,” page 40,
Robert Scichili highlights the contributions of a turnkey con- tractor who installed sub-purlins and a solar-thermal system as part of a metal roof retrofi t for a U.S. Department of Defense demonstration project at Good- fellow Air Force Base, San An- gelo, Texas. Scichili is president of Robert Scichili Associates, Richardson, Texas, and principal partner in RSK Avanti Partners LLC, a full-service consulting fi rm focused on working with prod- uct manufacturers, designers, specifi ers and contractors.
Scott Kriner, LEED AP O+M, is president of Macungie, Pa.-based Green Metal Consulting Inc. and a principal in RSK Avanti Partners LLC. He is serving the Glenview, Ill.-based Metal Construction Asso- ciation as technical director, a role that provided him a ringside seat to the retrofi t metal roof system installed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Texas, about which he writes in “Component,” page 40.
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Gary Powers, P.E., CEM, is president and CEO of Hawkeye Energy Solutions, Shorewood, Ill. He has managed and reduced utility costs for count- less facilities, ranging from large manufacturing plants to multi-location retail franchises. In “Energy,” page 58, Powers explains how an energy- intensive Chicago data center was retrofi tted and tuned to save 1,616,411 kilowatt hours annually. Aaron Mason, Hawkeye Energy Solutions’ director of operations, and Bob Oliszewicz, Hawkeye Energy Solutions’ business develop- ment manager, assisted with the article.
Marc Zuluaga, P.E., is vice president and director of multifamily energy services at Steven Winter Associates Inc., New York. He has directed energy audits on more than 20 million square feet of existing buildings and leads a team that applies rigorous technical approaches to the evaluation and implementation of a wide range of building upgrades. In “Energy,” page 62, he explains how using two exclusive technologies—constant airfl ow regulators and aeroseal duct sealing—together improved the indoor air quality and energy effi ciency of Carlyle Towers, Caldwell, N.J.
Leslie G. Parraguirre is principal of Las Vegas-based Colours Inc., an interior design fi rm that specializes in luxury residential, model home merchandising, hospitality, and retail and offi ce spaces. In “Trend Alert,” page 72, Parraguirre highlights the public restroom trends that can make an often-overlooked space memorable.
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