Acknowledgments
The Green Building Case Studies are the result of extensive collaboration. The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative would like to thank the four university teams that conducted the case studies, the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation for their development and implementation support, BuildingGreen and the DOE for their work on the High Performance Buildings Database, and the green building project teams that contributed their time and effort to providing the information that is the foundation of these case studies.
The BuildingGreen team is indebted to Drury Crawley of DOE and the NREL staff for their support and guidance throughout this project, including Technical Monitor Paul Torcellini, Subcontract Administrator Christie Johnson, Leslie Gardner, John Chase, Sue Donaldson, and Lauren Poole.
BuildingGreen, Inc. of Brattleboro, Vermont, developed this database. Vice President Nadav Malin directed the effort, supported by Research Associate Jessica Boehland. Design Harmony of Wake Forest, North Carolina (Gail Lindsey, principal) contributed greatly to the information structure and interface design. GreenRiver.org of Brattleboro, Vermont, did database and software development. Michael Knapp directed the database design, Kathy Johnson was the lead programmer, and Michael Mendelson assisted with the implementation. Christopher Gronbeck of Sustainable by Design in Seattle, Washington provided the graphic design and information architecture.
Many people reviewed drafts of the database template and contributed valuable comments. Among them are:
- Joel Ann Todd
- Bill Browning and Ben Shepherd, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc.
- Greg Franta, ENSAR Group, Inc.
- David Eisenberg, the Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Barbara Batshalom, Green Roundtable
- Nigel Howard, U.S. Green Building Council
- Megan Moser, Green Building Alliance
Disclaimer
This database was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States government or any agency thereof.
Use of this information
This work was prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by BuildingGreen, Inc. and its subcontractors under subcontract number AAX-1-31423-01 from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Division of the Midwest Research Institute. Any use of information from this database must include credit to the U.S. Department of Energy's High Performance Building initiative for making the database possible.
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