Board of Directors
The following are the current Board members for the Energy &
Environmental Building Association. To view former Board Members,
click here:
Board Members
- Peter Baker, Building Science Corporation
- Farrel Beddome, Panasonic Building
- Robert Broad, Pulte Homes Las Vegas
- Gord Cooke, Air Solutions, Inc.
- Steve Johnson, Andersen
Corporation
- Jim Larsen,
Cardinal Glass Industries
- Neil Moyer, Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
- Brad Richardson, Christian Builders
- Dean Talbott, Minnesota Power
- Jessica Van Dyk, Mattamy Homes
- Theresa Weston, Dupont/Tyvek
Officers
 President
Duncan
Prahl
Research Manager
IBACOS, Inc.
2214 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4502
412-765-3014 Phone
412-999-8434 Cell
412-765-3738 Fax
www.ibacos.com
Duncan Prahl is a registered architect and Research Manager with
IBACOS Inc. a research and consulting firm in Pittsburgh PA. His primary
focus is the oversight and management of IBACOS’ advanced systems and
applied building science research projects, including those sponsored by
the DOE’s Building America Program. Duncan’s specific research
investigates builders’ business and operational processes that enable
local implementation of higher performance homes using Building America
research results. He also works with community developers to establish a
process by which higher performance housing can be implemented by a
number of builders throughout master planned communities. His past
research includes evaluating community scale power generation strategies
such as fuel cells and other residential onsite power generation
systems, and the correlation of house size to energy efficiency and
consumption. Duncan has Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Architecture
degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design.
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 Vice-President
Randy Folts
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
SelectBuild
As vice president and chief operating officer, Randall Folts oversees
all field operations. With more than 20 years of experience in the
homebuilding industry, Folts has been active in operations improvement,
national customer relationship management, business development, service
expansion and marketing, business strategy development, acquisitions,
and new business integration. Prior to joining SelectBuild, he worked
with Pulte Homes/Del Webb Corporation as national vice president of
construction where he was responsible for regional, divisional and
national production-related activities, American Continental
Corporation, where he managed commercial and industrial building
projects. While with Pulte Homes, Folts has received recognition in
Presidents Bush's 2000 Energy Plan as building the best performing
production home in the world by the Department of Energy's Building
America Program. Folts hold a bachelor's degree in industrial technology
and business management from Western Michigan University.
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 Treasurer / Secretary
Omer “Butch” Gaudette
Director of Trade Relations
Whirlpool Corporation
754 Braidwood Cove
Acworth, GA 30101
770-515-0866 fax: 770-514-1722
Omer_E_Gaudette@Whirlpool.com
www.insideadvantage.com
Butch Gaudette has been with Whirlpool
Corporation for 20 years and has held various positions in Contract
Sales and Marketing. Prior to his appointment as Director of Trade
Relations, Butch was Division Manager Florida Contract Sales. In his
current position, Butch represents Whirlpool Corporation at various
national trade associations and special trade related groups. He is
part of Whirlpool’s Contract Sales & Marketing Department.
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 Past-President
Max Wade
Comfort Air & Plumbing
4548 Tower Road SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Max is Vice President and Co-Owner of Artistic Homes Inc. in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together with his father and two brothers, Max
has been instrumental in revolutionizing the method by which Artistic
Homes builds houses. Using a systems approach to construction, Artistic
Homes has become an industry leader. Max and his family's commitment to
the industry's future is an important asset to the EEBA team.
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Board Members
 Peter
Baker
Engineer
Building Science Corporation
70 Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
Peter joined Building Science Corporation after 6 years of working
for the Technical Services Branch of the Provincial Government of
Alberta. During his time at Alberta Infrastructure he worked on a
several hundred projects, including Health Care Centers, schools,
multi-family residential, and historic buildings. He provided forensic
investigations of facilities with building enclosure problems
as well as design reviews for new and retrofit construction projects. He
focused on the examination and analysis of mass and energy transfer
through construction assemblies to prevent water accumulation from
exterior water leakage or condensation within the building enclosure.
The experience gained from this forensic work was used to set new
standards and design guidelines for Alberta Infrastructure owned and
funded projects.
Peter's focus then shifted to the energy efficiency and
sustainability of building enclosure construction assemblies. He
participated on several LEED projects and worked on creating standards
for sustainability and integrated design to be used for all Alberta
Government owned and funded facilities. At Building Science Corporation,
Peter is responsible for providing design review of
building enclosure drawings and specifications, and construction site
inspections and testing. He is continuing work in the development of
recommended construction details for residential building enclosures.
Peter is also working on providing systems engineering analysis for high
energy efficiency homes under the Building America Program.
 Farrel
Beddome
Panasonic Building
PO Box 3457
San Rafael, CA 94912-2457
www.panasonic.com/building/
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 Robert Broad
Director of Product Design
Pulte Homes
Las Vegas, NV
Robert Broad is the director of product design for the Nevada Area of
Pulte Homes and Pulte Building Systems. In this role, he oversees all
structural engineering, truss design, value engineering, estimating and
starts processing for Pulte’s Las Vegas operations. Mr. Broad has worked
for Pulte for 10 years in a variety of roles, including Customer
Service, Construction Management, Purchasing, Building Science and
Research and Development. Prior to joining Pulte’s Las Vegas operations,
Robert spent seven years with Pulte Home Sciences. As a founding member,
he helped develop and patent innovative technology for production home
building.
Mr. Broad has degrees in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and
Construction Engineering. He has been an active participant in the DOE
Building America Program, a committee member for BOCA, served on the
committee for ICC-ES SIP Acceptance Criteria and the structural
committee for the SNBO 2006 ICC/IRC code adoption.
About Pulte Homes
Pulte Homes, Inc., (NYSE: PHM), based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is
a FORTUNE 200 company with operations in 54 markets and 27 states. In
2005, the company delivered 45,630 homes in the U.S. and generated
consolidated revenues of $14.7 billion. During its 56-year history, the
company has constructed more than 450,000 homes. In 2005, Pulte Homes
received the most awards in the J.D. Power and Associates New
Home-Builder Customer Satisfaction Study(sm), marking the sixth-straight
year Pulte achieved this distinction among America’s largest
homebuilding companies. Under its Del Webb brand, Pulte is the nation's
largest builder of active adult communities for people age 55 and
better. Its DiVosta brand is renowned in Florida for its Built Solid™
building system and distinctive master-planned communities featuring a
town-center concept. Pulte Mortgage LLC is a nationwide lender and
offers Pulte customers a wide variety of loan products and superior
customer service.
Websites: www.pulte.com;
www.delwebb.com;
www.divosta.com
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 Gord Cooke
Air Solutions, Inc.
44 Darren Crescent
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3C 3Y1
President and Founder of Air Solutions Inc., Established in
1986
As
a professional engineer, trainer, author and industry consultant, Gord
Cooke has been an effective and passionate educator and advocate for
better building practices, improved indoor air quality and energy
efficiency during the past two decades.
Gord brings to his training the logic and integrity of a professional
engineer and the passion of one committed to helping the residential
construction industry build and sell better homes. Based on homeowner
market research he has conducted, Gord has also pioneered new training
programs designed to assist builders in the sales and marketing of
higher performing, energy efficient homes – helping builders more
effectively tell their story to customers and sell more homes.
As a practicing professional engineer, Gord has particular expertise in
developing innovative HVAC systems designs and indoor air quality
solutions for builder clients. With this expertise as a background he is
uniquely equipped and talented at taking the complex issues of building
science and breaking them into readily digestible elements with
practical real-world applications for all audiences.
His building science training curricula covers the gamut from basic and
advanced building science principles through managing indoor air quality
to HVAC system design.
In addition, Gord was the author and instructor for the Build Comfort
Program for Union Gas and Enbridge Gas, has created curricula for and
trained at Seneca College, and conducted training for the Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corporation, ASHRAE, and Natural Resources
Canada. He has also authored and co-authored numerous white papers and
research studies related to indoor air quality and home performance
issues.
Gord also sits on the Board of the Energy & Environmental Building
Association (EEBA), contributes a monthly IAQ column to HPAC magazine,
and is a certified R-2000 Design Evaluator and Trainer.
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 Steve Johnson
Andersen Corporation
100 4th Avenue North
Bayport, MN 55003-1096
www.andersencorp.com
Steven M. Johnson is a 15-year employee of the Andersen Corporation.
During that time, he has been involved with both new product development
projects and continuous product improvement efforts in the Research and
Technology department. His current work includes Code and Regulatory
Affairs, product certification and window installation processes. Steve’s
professional interests include building science, building durability,
energy efficiency, and sustainability. He has bachelor degrees in
Materials Science and Engineering; and Chemistry from the University of
Minnesota- Institute of Technology. Johnson is currently serving as a
Board member of EEBA and of Energy Alley, a program of the Minnesota
Environmental Initiative.
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 Jim Larsen
Cardinal Glass Industries
Minneapolis, MN
www.cardinalcorp.com
Relying on his 20+ years of experience in the research and
development of glass products, Mr. Larsen’s primary responsibility is
supporting the recognition of efficient windows through building energy
codes at both the national and local level.
Jim also provides product support through website development,
product brochures, on-site training, and building energy research.
Mr. Larsen has a mechanical engineering degree, is a member of
ASHRAE, a past chairman of the ASTM insulating glass subcommittee,
currently sits on the board of directors for the National Fenestration
Rating Council (NFRC), the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA),
and the Energy And Environmental Building Association (EEBA), is a team
member of the DOE Building America program, and a member of state energy
code committees in Florida and Minnesota.
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 Neil
Moyer
Principal Research Engineer
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC)
1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922
321-638-1409 / Fax 321-638-1439 / eFax 208-379-6180
nmoyer@fsec.ucf.edu
Neil is nationally recognized for his expertise in the field of
building science and duct system diagnostics. He has inspected miles of
duct work, repaired hundreds of square feet of unintentional openings,
and tested close to a couple thousand homes and hundreds of commercial
buildings. Also, he has worked with numerous homeowners and builders,
both residential and commercial, in finding solutions to indoor air
quality and moisture problems. In addition, he has co-authored numerous
scientific papers and articles relating to both commercial and
residential building diagnostics and repair, with an emphasis on
uncontrolled airflow and it's effect on building performance. He has
been a trainer for many utilities, and at the conferences organized by
the Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA) and Affordable Comfort.
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Brad Richardson
President
Christian Builders
21025 Commerce Blvd., Suite 1000
Rogers, MN 55374
763.428.8323
www.christianbuilders.com
Brad comes from a long line of residential craftsmen. The son and
grandson of carpenters, he has been in the building industry for over 20
years and has been extensively involved in energy efficient housing
methods and practices.
Christian Builders philosophy revolves around the creation of
efficient and healthy living environments. They are a recognized leader
both locally and nationally in energy efficient custom home building and
are committed to the spirit of continuous improvement. Christian
Builders builds around 80 homes per year in the Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northwest suburbs and is a true custom homebuilder. At Christian
Builders we believe that building quality, high performance homes is not
just good for business; it’s the right thing to do for our homeowners,
for the environment, and the future.
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 Dean Talbott
Minnesota Power
30 West Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802
www.mnpower.com
Dean Talbott is a program manager and customer service representative
for Minnesota Power, an electric utility serving northern Minnesota
based in Duluth. Dean is responsible for the development, marketing, and
implementation of a variety of residential conservation and load
management programs and provides consultation and resource services to
the utilities customer base. He works closely with building
professionals, consumers, and manufacturers to foster and promote
healthy home construction and broad based energy conservation and
sustainability.
He currently serves as Project Manager for several MP utility
programs, including: Triple E New Construction, Low Income Energy
Partners, Renewable Energy/Distributed Generation, and various research
and development projects.
Talbott recently has been the project coordinator for the Millennium
Star Model Energy-Saving Demonstration home, and oversees the
educational program related to that project. (www.mnpower.com/energyhome).
Dean is also a founding member and coordinator for the successful annual
Energy Design Conference that is in its 15th year. He has worked in the
field of energy efficiency and healthy home construction for over 23
years and has worked in a variety of capacities in the energy and
housing field.
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 Jessica Van Dyk
Senior Marketing Director
Mattamy Homes
Toronto, Canada
Mattamy Homes is the largest builder of new homes in Canada. As a
senior member of the management team, Jessica helps deliver the Mattamy
Homes commitment to New Urbanism, sustainability and energy efficiency.
Mattamy Homes has built over 25,000 homes in 76 communities and has
acquired several companies in the United States that reflected the
company’s philosophy for changing market conditions and human needs.
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 Theresa Weston
Dupont/Tyvek
PO Box 27001
Richmond, VA 23261
www.tyvek.com
Theresa Weston currently leads building science technology development
for DuPont Non-Wovens within North America. Theresa has developed and
introduced to market several new products. She participates in building
science research programs and in standards and codes development. Theresa
has over 15 years experience in materials and fiber development and is an
inventor of three U. S. patents with an additional patent pending. Theresa
has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and Masters and Doctorate degrees in Chemical
Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. In addition to
the EEBA BOD, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Building
Environment and Thermal Envelope Council of the National Institute of
Building Science and is actively involved with many professional
organizations, including A.S.H.R.A.E., A.S.T.M, and the Fiber Society.
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