First Batch of NGBS Green Verifiers Accredited to 2012 National Green Building Standard

Earlier this year, with the ANSI approval of the ICC 700-2012 National Green Building Standard, Home Innovation Research Labs began offering 2012 NGBS training for those who wanted to verify for our national certification program. As of July 1st, the first batch of 135 verifiers were accredited as qualified to conduct inspections for 2012 NGBS projects. The individual verifiers who were first to receive their 2012 NGBS accreditation are listed below (alphabetically by last name) — click on a verifier name for his/her verifier detail and contact page:

• Lawrence Abell, Lawrence Abell and Associates, Ltd., LaPlata, MD
• Robert Adams, ATS Engineers, Inspectors, and Surveyers, Austin, TX
• Ali Alaswadi, Patuxent Environmental Group, Inc., Potomac, MD
• Heather Appell, SEQUIL Systems, Inc., Delray Beach, FL
• Steven Armstrong, Environmental Solutions Group, LLC, Greensboro, NC
• Dondi Atwell, ATS Engineers, Inspectors, and Surveyers, Austin, TX
• Edward Aul, High Performance Buildings, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
• Jim D. Baker, B and G Drafting, Springfield, MO
• Melissa Baldridge, GreenSpot Energy & Sustainability, LLC, Denver, CO
• Damon Barnett, Barnett Associates, Inc., Evansville, IN
• John Barrows, Performance Path Solutions, LLC, Wainscott, NY
• Mark Bashista, Home Performance NC, Inc., Pittsboro, NC
• Kat Benner, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Jason Blanchard, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Robert Bolus, Coastal Training Consultants, Charleston, SC
• Erin Bordelon, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• James Brauer, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Matthew Brazil, Go Green, NM LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Isaac Brazil, Go Green, NM LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Pearl Brazil, Go Green, NM LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Michael Breien, DuctTesters, Inc., Ripon, CA
• Elana Brewer, ASERusa, Inc., St. Louis, MO
• Brad Brinke, Procraft Inspection Services, Norfolk, VA
• Tom Brudzinski, Horizon Residential Enregy Services Maine LLC, South Portland, ME
• Susan Bryant, Architectural Energy Corporation, Boulder, CO
• Teri Buhl, Evergreen Building Solutions, LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Laura Capps, Southface Energy Institute, Atlanta, GA
• Bruce Chyka, Performance Plus Homes, Stilwell, KS
• Benjamin Cohen, ReVireo, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ
• John Coldiron, John D. Coldiron and Associates, LLC, Boise, ID
• Barbara Collins, Energy Rated Homes, Oceanside, CA
• Laurie Colwander, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Daniel Conner, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• William Crane, Crane Home Energy Consulting, Oronogo, MO
• Sara Davie, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Burlington, VT
• Rachel Della Valle, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Karla Donnelly, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Norwalk, CT
• Travis Dunn, Thermo-Scan Inspection, Carmel, IN
• Skye Dunning, Building Performance Specialists, Wilmington, NC
• Miles Dyson, Inspection Connection, Mesilla Park, NM
• Alan Ediger, Interface Architecture & Design, LLC, Goshen, IN
• Richard Edwards, RA, Dick Edwards dba GWS-GA, Panama City Beach, FL
• Ryan Elliott, Unlimited Construction Services, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
• Juan Esparza, Go Green, NM LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Michael Fairall, Mark MaGrann Associates, Inc., Mount Laurel, NJ
• Scott Fluge, Authentic Green Solutions, LLC, Fargo, ND
• Chris Franklin, Go Green, NM LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Gary Fries, ASERusa, Inc., Fenton, MO
• Peter Fusaro, Preferred Builders, Inc., Riverside, CT
• Michael Fusaro, Green Built Connecticut LLC, Stamford, CT
• Mark Garner, Lawrence Abell and Associates Ltd., LaPlata, MD
• Aaron Gary, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Paul Gay, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Justin Gibson, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Kelly Gillespie, Kelly Green Energy Raters LLC, Alexandria, VA
• Joseph Gordon, Joe Gordon LLC, Georgetown, DE
• Stephanie Gray, E3 Building Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL
• Jamie Hager, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Jay Hall, Jay Hall & Associates, Inc., Annapolis, MD
• Brian Halprin, Green Building Services, PLLC, Southfield, MI
• Keith Alan Hamblin, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Peter Harding, Home Energy Technologies, LLC, Chester, CT
• Mollie Harris, ECOcentrix Consulting, LLC, St Louis, MO
• Glenn Haydu, Minno & Wasko Architects, Lambertville, NJ
• Dave Hegarty, DuctTesters Inc., Modesto, CA
• Harold Herrera, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Peter Hoke, Conservation Services Group, Albany, NY
• Andrew Hower, Lawrence Abell and Associates Ltd., LaPlata, MD
• Larry Hunter, Energy Services of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL
• Ann John, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Lindsay Jones, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Burlington, VT
• David Kaiser, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
• Christin Kappel, Simply Sustainable LLC, Noblesville, IN
• Tom Karras, E3 Building Sciences, Bonita Springs, FL
• Jamie Kaye, Elm Energy Group, Hilton Head Island, SC
• Eric Knapp, ATS Engineers, Inspectors, and Surveyers, Austin, TX
• Michael Kochanasz, Performance Path Solutions, LLC, Wainscott, NY
• Sid Koltun, Laclede Gas Company, St. Louis, MO
• Jason LaFleur, Eco Achievers, LLC, Oak Park, IL
• Philip LaRocque, LaRocque Business Management Services, LLC, Guilderland, NY
• Gregg Lassiter, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Amanda Leazenby, TRA Certification International, Elkhart, IN
• Shelly Leonard, Green Space Consultants, LLC, Matthews, NC
• Steve Lindsley, Southface Energy Institute, Atlanta, GA
• Kyle Lunsford, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Mike MacWhirter, US Eco Logic / TexEnergy Solutions, Irving, TX
• Keith Madigan, K.C. Madigan & Associates, Hunt Valley, MD
• Samuel Maimone, DuctTesters, Inc., Modesto, CA
• Daniel Mazilu, PDN Consulting, Inc., Houston, TX
• Aaron McEwin, Jordan & Skala Engineers, Inc., Dallas, TX
• Alan McIntosh, Energy & HVAC Consulting Services, Visalia, CA
• Rachael Miesen, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Leon Mills, Energy Insight, Inc., Reno, NV
• Mary Moltzan, Charlan Brock and Associates, Maitland, FL
• Ryan Moore, Environmental Dynamics, Inc,. Albuquerque, NM
• Ian Morse, Southern Energy Management, Morrisville, NC
• Brian Mount, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Craig Mountfort, Texas Energy Consultants, Houston, TX
• Paul Mrzlak, Advanced Environment Imaging, LLC, Cornelius, NC
• Ronald Myers, Real Green Solutions, LLC, Smyrna, TN
• Marie Nisson, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Rockville, MD
• Ryan Oldfield, Appreciated Energy, Los Lunas, NM
• Geoff Olson, Energy Efficient Solutions, Yorktown, VA
• Stephen Onstad, EverGreen Building Solutions, LLC, Santa Fe, NM
• Merry Ortberg, Architectural Energy Corporation, Fairfax, VA
• David Parker, Effect Energy, Inc., Garner, NC
• James (J.J.) Petersen, Trinity Green Services, LLC, Carrollton, TX
• Pamela Pierce, Learn About Green LLC, Gates Mills, OH
• Natasha Reynolds, Pensacola Energy, Pensacola, FL
• Sean Rollerson, US Eco Logic / TexEnergy Solutions, Irving, TX
• Janice Romanosky, Pando Alliance, LLC, Millersville, MD
• Carissa Sawyer, EnergyLogic, Inc., Berthoud, CO
• Cris Schrader, Seed Engineering, Albany, NY
• Chris Schwarzkopf, Energy Diagnostics, Inc., Valparaiso, IN
• Elliot Seibert, Everyday Green, LLC, Washington, DC
• Carl Seville, Seville Consulting, Decatur, GA
• Robert Sherwood, Conservation Services Group, Westborough, MA
• Kristin Shewfelt, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Los Angeles, CA
• Jeffrey Slaugh, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Denver, CO
• Drew Smith, Two Trails, Inc., Sarasota, FL
• Kenneth Sneed, Lightly Treading, Inc., Denver, CO
• Kenneth Snowden, Snowden Builders, Inc., Lederach, PA
• Kevin Stack, Northeast Green Building Consulting LLC, Syracuse, NY
• Richard Stepp, GreenHome Georgia, LLC, Atlanta, GA
• Sara Rain Stewart, Avocet Design & Consulting, Albuquerque, NM
• Donald Taylor, DW Taylor Associates, Inc., Ellicott City, MD
• Matthew Vande, Vandemusser Design, LLC, Asheville, NC
• Jeremy Velasquez, TexEnergy Solutions / US Eco Logic, Irving, TX
• Steve Vollstedt, HERS-NM, Santa Fe, NM
• Adam Walker, Walker Energy Services, Albuquerque, NM
• Raymond Walsh, Energy Efficient Solutions, Yorktown, VA
• Larry Walters, Louisiana Institute for Building Technology and Safety, Bossier City, LA
• Jane Whitmire, Sustainable Energy & Building of New Mexico, Placitas, NM
• Kalah Woerner, Chancey Design Partnership, Tampa, FL
• Ronald Zeligson, Certified Energy Raters, LLC, Myrtle Beach, SC

More verifiers are becoming accredited every day -- check www.HomeInnovation.com/FindNGBSVerifier for a real-time, complete listing of all accredited verifiers, sortable by state, and an accounting of the NGBS version(s) to which each is accredited. If you are currently working with an accredited NGBS who is not yet accredited to the 2012 NGBS, and you are pursuing 2012 NGBS Green Certification for your project, please let your verifier know.

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