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Duncan Prahl

As Research Project Manager, Duncan is researching the widespread local implementation of higher performance homes using Building America research results, in conjunction with home energy rating providers and green building programs. This research is focused on the process related barriers that are institutionalized in most builders’ organizations, with the goal of creating new process models for builders in five key areas: integrated design process; construction documents and purchasing processes; trade skill training, certification, and verification; building performance, and financial and operational measurement systems; and marketing and consumer education.

Duncan also works with community developers to establish a process by which higher performance housing can be implemented by a number of builders throughout a master planned community. Additionally, he is the program manager of a research program involving onsite power generation systems, including fuel cells and evaluating community scale power generation strategies.

Lastly, Duncan communicates research results to IBACOS clients and the market through industry presentations and publications. Duncan, formerly a partner of Spectrum Design Collaborative, LLC, specializes in residential and commercial building design and construction management, building performance issues including energy, moisture and air transport within residential and commercial buildings, building science training, and project management. Duncan is a registered architect and earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree and a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree from Rhode Island School of Design.