Acknowledgments

The BuildingGreen team is indebted to Drury Crawley of DOE and the NREL staff for their support and guidance throughout this project, including Technical Monitor Paul Torcellini, Subcontract Administrator Christie Johnson, Leslie Gardner, John Chase, Sue Donaldson, and Lauren Poole.

BuildingGreen, Inc. of Brattleboro, Vermont, developed this database. Vice President Nadav Malin directed the effort, supported by Research Associate Jessica Boehland. Design Harmony of Wake Forest, North Carolina (Gail Lindsey, principal) contributed greatly to the information structure and interface design. GreenRiver.org of Brattleboro, Vermont, did database and software development. Michael Knapp directed the database design, Kathy Johnson was the lead programmer, and Michael Mendelson assisted with the implementation. Christopher Gronbeck of Sustainable by Design in Seattle, Washington provided the graphic design and information architecture.

Many people reviewed drafts of the database template and contributed valuable comments. Among them are:

  • Joel Ann Todd
  • Bill Browning and Ben Shepherd, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc.
  • Greg Franta, ENSAR Group, Inc.
  • David Eisenberg, the Development Center for Appropriate Technology
  • Barbara Batshalom, Green Roundtable
  • Nigel Howard, U.S. Green Building Council
  • Megan Moser, Green Building Alliance

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