EEBA Certified Trainer

Mark LaLiberte

Current Focus:

Mark teaches, consults and speaks to over 7,000 builders, architects and consumers each year. His primary focus is on energy efficient construction practices and systems approach building. Mark presents at EEBA, Affordable Comfort, NAHB, Healthy Indoor Environments Conference, Andersen Window Corp. and The American Thoracic National Conferences. Topics include: airtight construction practices and techniques, indoor air quality problems and solutions, ventilation system design, building pressure regimes, improving building durability, and marketing high performance homes and buildings.

Areas of Expertise:

Energy efficient construction practices and systems approach building. Residential and light commercial construction. Sizing and installation of ventilation systems. Moisture and vapor flow control methods. Various insulation systems and site verification of building performance. Optimizing mechanical systems and integrating system variations. Marketing the performance built home.

Professional Affiliations:

• Energy & Environmental Building Assoc. (EEBA) Board Member - President 1996–99
• Builder Association of Minnesota (BAM)- Associate Member
• Department of Energy (DOE) Building America- Team Advisor
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star Program - Trainer and trade ally
• Minnesota Department of Commerce - Trainer
• Energy Code Advancement Project - Curriculum Development and Trainer
• Builder’s Association of Twin Cities (BATC) - Trainer
• American Lung Association, National Health House - Trainer
• Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks, AK - Board Member