Environmental Consultants

Architectural Energy Corporation
Courtney France
2540 Frontier Ave, Suite 201
Boulder, CO 80301
303.444.4149
cfrance@archenergy.com
http://www.archenergy.com

Qualifications:
Courtney France, EI, LEED AP is the manager of LEED(TM) Services for AEC. Courtney is a LEED expert and integrates sustainable design and construction practices in the building delivery process.

Description:
AEC's staff of LEED Accredited Professionals helps clients to obtain LEED Certification. AEC has used the LEED rating system as a framework for the energy and environmental design on more than 100 buildings and has achieved formal LEED Certification (Silver and Gold) on five projects and counting.

ARUP
Jean Rogers
901 Market Street, Suite 260
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.957.9445
jean.rogers@arup.com
http://www.arup.com/sustainability

Qualifications:
Arup provides world class planning, design, engineering and consulting services to achieve sustainable solutions. Arup global capability extends to more than 6,000 people based in 70 offices in more than 30 countries. Our San Francisco office hosts a full-service multidisciplinary team of technical, design and business strategy professionals, including experienced LEED certified professionals working on a variety of facility types: commercial, manufacturing, health care, education and arts.

Description:
At Arup, sustainable design principles are infused into everything we do. Our expertise includes strategic consulting, master planning, sustainable assesment, design facilitation, building engineering, computer modeling, life-cycle cost/benefit analysis, and organizational development. Our approach produces sustainable, cost-effective, exciting outcomes for our clients and their constituents.

Berkeley Analytical Associates
Alfred Hodgson or Raja Tannous
Richmond, CA 94804
510.236.2325
berkeleyanalytical@att.net

Description:
This company specializes in the analysis of organic gases for indoor air quality investigation and in the measurement of organic chemical emissions from materials and products.

Ecology Action
Karsten Mueller
333 Front Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831.426.5925
ekoboy3@yahoo.com
http://www.ecoact.org

Qualifications:
Ecology Action is a green building resource for Santa Cruz County and has two LEED Accredited Professionals on staff.

Description:
Ecology Action is a green building resource for Santa Cruz County and has two LEED Accredited Professionals on staff.

Environmental Electrics
Stephen Scott
518 Pixie Trail
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415.389.9696 ; Cell 415 4938417
EMFScott@aol.com

Qualifications:
EMF Consultant/Contractor since 1991. Licensed electrical/general contractor (1988). FAA Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic & Commercial Pilot. FCC Radio Ham. BA Degree 1973. Aviation Techology Diploma,1971. AA Degree, 1971.

Description:
Full Service EMF Consultancy providing EMF testing, abatement and design services Nation- wide. Specialist in EMF Design, E-field management and electrical sensitivity issues. Member: IAEI, BEMS, NEFTA. Listed: Microwave News Directory, NorCal ADPSR Directory and "Warning The Electricity Around You May Be Hazardous to Your Health", Ellen Sugarman.

Green Building Design Services "Green To Go"
Marian Keeler
462 Douglass St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
415.285.0128
mariandk@pacbell.net

Qualifications:
Trained as an architect and writer, I am a LEED Accredited Professional and have over 7 years experience as a green design professional in architecture firms and my own consultancy.

Description:
Past experience centers around materials research with a focus on indoor air quality, grant writing for green building, specifications writing, freelance writing on green building topics, LEED rating documentation and materials review expertise on greenhomeguide.com, a web-based building materials sourcing tool for homeowners and renovators.

Healthy Building Network
Tom Lent
2464 West St
Berkeley, CA 94702
510.845.5600
tlent@igc.org
http://www.healthybuilding.net

Qualifications:
Involved in major green guideline projects with the USGBC and elsewhere. Consult with several major healthcare firms and municipal governments on sustainable construction issues with a focus on healthy materials.

Description:
Healthy Building Network seeks to move the building materials market to safer, healthier, more sustainable materials and products bringing consideration of the full life cycle of materials from extraction through manufacturing, installation and use to disposal or recycling.

Healthy Painting Company, The
Victoria Schomer
157 Greenwood Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
415.7875.3207
vschomer@interiorconcerns.com

Qualifications:
Over fifteen years experience in selecting ecological and healthy materials for buildings and their interiors. Thirty years of color consultation and interior design specialty work.

Description:
Consult to define the right quality of ecological and healthy paint and finishes for all projects. A full service painting company offering all types of interior painting, specialty painting and faux finishes, murals, furniture, floor painting, and color consulting using only 'healthy' products.

Indoor Environmental Engineering
Bud Offermann, PE, CIH
1448 Pine Street, Suite 103
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.567.7700
ieesf@aol.com
http://www.iee-sf.com

Qualifications:
Over 20 years of experience providing indoor air quality consulting services. Our staff includes Professional Engineers (PE), Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) and peer reviewed published building scientists. IEE is active in ACGIH, AIHA, ASHRAE, Cal-OSHA, ISIAQ, and USGBC indoor air quality committee work.

Description:
IEE is an internationally recognized indoor air quality consulting firm. Their multidisciplinary staff of professional engineers, certified industrial hygienists, building scientists, chemists, and architects are trained to provide both sick building diagnostics/mitigation services as well as healthy building design/operation services in many different building types: schools, office spaces, medical buildings, industrial and laboratory buildings, and residential structures. They offer consulting for the acquisition of all US Green Building Council's LEED EQ credits.

KEMA Green
Wesley Sullens
492 Ninth Street, Suite 220
Oakland, CA 94607
510.891.0446
wsullens@kema-xenergy.com
http://www.kemagreen.com

Qualifications:
We have assisted on over 50 green building projects in the Bay Area in the past three years, including municipal projects, residential, affordable housing, and commercial buildings. We have also helped to develop green building ordinances for local governments, and recently published a paper on how to manage green building costs.

Description:
KEMA Green is a full-service green building consulting group. We provide project assistance (LEED, materials selection, plan and spec reviews, etc.), education services (trainings, reports), and policy development (ordinances, RFP/RFQ language).

M. Landman Communications & Consulting
Miriam Landman
P.O. Box 375
Tomales, CA 94971
707-878-2447
http://www.mlandman.com

Qualifications:
Miriam Landman has been doing environmental work and writing for more than 15 years. Her experience includes residential, commercial, and institutional green building consulting, as well as writing, policy research, and public speaking. She is a LEED Accredited Professional. During her four years as senior associate with Simon & Associates, Inc. Green Building Consultants, she worked on a number of LEED certified projects. She has also been a reporter and producer for NPR's "Living on Earth" program.

Description:
The goal of Miriam Landman's work is to facilitate the use of healthy and sustainable practices in the planning, design, and construction/renovation of homes, buildings, and developments. She offers communications services--such as writing, editing, and research, and educational workshops and lectures--as well as project consultations for building professionals (architects, designers, builders, contractors, developers), homeowners and building owners, companies, and organizations. Miriam also does writing, research, editing, and proofreading on a variety of other topics. Her writings are often focused on environmental, social, political, or ethical issues.

Natural Logic, Inc.
Gil Friend

Berkeley, CA 94701-0119
510.849.5467
gfriend@natlogic.com
http://www.natlogic.com

Qualifications:

Description:
Natural Logic helps companies and communities prosper by embedding the laws of nature at the heart of enterprise. They provide strategy, assessment, design and information services that build profit, competitive advantage and quality of life through exceptional environmental performance. "Why reinvent the wheel, when the R & D has already been done?"

Neuert Electric & Electromagnetic Services
Michael Neuert
P.O. Box 8308
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
707.578.1645 or 800.638.3781
emfguy@ev1.net


Qualifications:
15 years experience in the testing and reduction of electromagnetic fields from power lines, electrical panels, wiring and appliances. California Electrical Contractor License #687093. MA. BSME 1978 University of Wisconsin.

Description:
Healthier Electrical Wiring: Design and installation of electrical wiring and panels to significantly reduce the electromagnetic fields commonly emitted from wiring in the home. With proper planning, the overall cost is comparable to regular Romex wiring and materials. Testing/mitigation of power line radiation. Testing/troubleshooting/repair of existing wiring.

Neuert Electromagnetic Services
Michael Neuert
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
707.578.1645

Qualifications:
Licensed electrical contractor.

Description:
Healthy electrical wiring: special wiring for low emission of electromagnetic fields and shielding of electrical panels. Healthy computers: special computer shields and low-emission monitors. EMF testing and consulting.

of Earth & Sun
Patrick Michael Hayes
539 Athol Avenue
Oakland, CA 94606
510.715.8121
paddy@pacific.net

Qualifications:
Green Building Instructor (NARI/ACWMA), President CA Straw Building Association, 20 years in trades, renewable energy system design/installation, past manager Solar Living Center.

Description:
of Earth & Sun is a consulting firm delivering sustainable business/residential solutions. Facility design, manufacturing, marketing and operations all need responsible solutions. We help customers make choices with the environment, society, and the bottom line in mind.

Scientific Certification Systems
Kristen Ritchie
2000 Powell Street, Suite 1350
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.452.8009
kritchie@scscertified.com
http://www.scscertified.com

Qualifications:

Description:
Independent, third-party certification of environmental and food safety achievements is critical when differentiating a business from its competitors. It bolsters a company's credibility by demonstrating a commitment to the truth. And in this era of green washing, consumers, businesses, and government/institutional purchasing agents reward the truth. Operating since 1984, Scientific Certification Systems is the oldest and largest U.S.-based independent environmental certification organization. Services include: evaluation and certification of manufacturer environmental claims (recycled content, biodegradability, etc.), and Life-Cycle Assessment evaluating production process, materials options, and disposal methods, and issuing certified product Eco-Profiles.

Simon & Associates
Lynn N. Simon, AIA
65 McCoppin Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.437.1425
info@greenbuild.com
http://www.greenbuild.com

Qualifications:
The firm is currently working on more than a dozen LEED registered projects and was the green building consultant for the first LEED Gold certified building in California. Lynn Simon is a licensed Architect in the state of California. She is founder and past chair of the AIA San Francisco Task Force on the Environment. She is a currently on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the U.S. Green Building Council, and she is a LEED trained faculty member. Both Lynn Simon and her Senior Associate, Miriam Landman, are LEED Accredited Professionals.

Description:
Established in 1994, Simon & Associates is a green building consulting firm that addresses environmentally sustainable and healthy building design and construction practices. The firm's services include: facilitating green building workshops and working with design teams to develop goals and implement strategies for sustainable building projects; developing green guidelines for master planning projects; reviewing project specifications for the inclusion of green materials; researching and evaluating green building materials and products; informing project teams about the LEED Green Building Rating System, and coordinating the LEED registration, documentation, and certification process; and educating and training design/building professionals, government agency staff, and other groups on green building issues, through workshop presentations, lectures, case studies and other publications, tools, and resources. Simon & Associates' clients include design firms, public and private building owners and developers, and non-profit organizations, representing a variety of building types, including institutional, educational, commercial, industrial, and residential.

Sustainable Design Resources
Christine Hammer
3168 Washington Street #6
San Francisco, CA 94115
415.928.7941
chrishammer@greenclips.com
http://www.greenclips.com

Qualifications:
As a Principal of San Francisco-based Sustainable Design Resources and publisher of GreenClips, (see www.greenclips.com.), Ms. Hammer brings over 14 years of experience in the architectural field including 10 years of sustainable design experience. Her LEED experience includes the Napa County Juvenile Justice Center. Chris co-chairs the San Francisco chapter of the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE).

Description:
Chris Hammer's sustainable design consulting services include visioning sessions, building material recommendations, specifications, and construction waste management plans. Her services also include LEED certification, developing design tools, conducting post-occupancy evaluations (POE), and market research.

What's Working
David Johnston
636 Wildcat Canyon Road
Berkeley, CA 94708
510.524.5155
david@whatsworking.com
http://www.whatsworking.com

Qualifications:
30 years in construction, green consultation on over 1000 homes, developed green programs for: Denver/Boulder/Aspen/Los Angeles, Alameda County

Description:
Builder training, municipal green-program development, speaker on many green topics, cost-effective practical green home specification and design consultation.

White + GreenSpec
Peggy White
108 A Glen Eyrie Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
408.393.8422
peggy@white-greenspec.com

Qualifications:
Certifications: Certified Construction Specifier; Certified Construction Contract Administrator; LEED Accredited Professional. Memberships: CSI San Francisco Chapter, Vice-President, Green Committee Co-Chair; USGBC Northern California, Research Committee Co-Chair.

Description:
White + GreenSpec provides technical and sustainable consulting services to architects and designers. Services include product research, specification writing, sustainable education, and construction administration.

WorldBuild
David Gottfried
2140 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 1208
Berkeley, CA 94704
510.666.1100
http://www.worldbuild.com

Qualifications:
Founder of the US and World Green Building Councils; President of WorldBuild; author of "Greed to Green." (www.greedtogreen.com)

Description:
WorldBuild has been working to build a sustainable world since 1994. The firm serves as a catalyst to the global building industry to embrace the principles of sustainability in its developments and products. The benefits are many, including: enhanced corporate, environmental and social profitability.