Meet the LEEDuser Team

LEEDUser.com is brought to you by BuildingGreen, with help from YRG Sustainability and other LEED experts. 

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LEEDuser is a membership-based resource published by BuildingGreen, LLC. We're an independent company focused on providing high-quality information to help the design and construction industry improve the environmental performance of buildings.

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The BuildingGreen staff behind LEEDuser include:

  • Alex Wilson, LEED AP, Founder and Executive Editor
  • Nadav Malin, LEED AP, President
  • Tristan Roberts, LEED AP, LEEDuser Product Manager
  • Jim Newman, LEED AP, Director of Business Development
  • Kelly Lucas, Lead Web Developer.

Additional BuildingGreen editorial staff supporting LEEDuser include Jennifer Atlee, Andrea Ward, and Emily Bragonier. Marketing staff include John Singer, Jerelyn Wilson, and Marie Jessup, and customer service is provided by Charlotte Snyder. For customer service or other inquiries, you can reach us using this contact form.

The YRG teamThe YRG team

Content from YRG Sustainability—LEED and sustainable design experts

YRG Sustainability is the primary content developer and expert resource for LEEDuser. The YRG team's goal with LEEDuser has been to demystify LEED certification by organizing all of their tips, tools, and know-how from years of experience guiding projects through successful LEED certification.

YRG provides technical and strategic consulting to new construction projects, existing facilities, and corporate entities. YRG is organized into teams supporting the following areas: 

  •       Building and community design and construction 
  •       Existing facility operations and maintenance 
  •       Corporate sustainability initiatives
  •       Education and training

The YRG team includes professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including experts and leaders in the green building industry and with the USGBC and its LEED rating systems. YRG staff have worked with LEED since its inception, including on hundreds of LEED projects across the spectrum of rating systems and located around the world. YRG also works as contractors to the USGBC and GBCI for LEED project certification reviews, Credit Interpretation Rulings, LEED Reference Guide content, LEED Volume program roll-out communications, the existing hotel certification initiative, educational program content development, and more. 

LEEDuser experts from the field

The heart of LEEDuser is the hands-on experience of experts from the sustainable design and LEED certification fields. These experts review LEEDuser content to make sure it's as accurate and helpful as possible, and they participate in the forums, answering your questions.

Fore Solutions

Overall LEED D&C review

Overall review of credit material for the NC, CS, Schools, and CI rating systems has been provided by Fore Solutions, led by Gunnar Hubbard.

Fore Solutions, LLC, an international, high-performance building firm based in Portland, Maine, specializes in consulting services specific to all aspects of green building design and development.  The team includes leaders with broad experience in the area of green design and construction. Services offered by Fore Solutions include LEED and green building consulting, contractor services, green building education, energy analysis, real estate portfolio sustainability analysis, municipal and university sustainability consulting, and green building and green community facilitation.

Dan Ackerstein

Overall LEED-EBOM review

Dan Ackerstein has provided overall review of LEED-EBOM material. 

Dan Ackerstein provides sustainability consulting and EBOM project guidance to public, private and nonprofit clients across the country from the offices of Ackerstein Sustainability, LLC in Santa Cruz, California.

LEEDuser's guest experts

We at LEEDuser are proud to have assembled an "all-star" team of LEED experts to help keep our content relevant to your day-to-day needs and to engage in the LEEDuser forums. Our experts include the following individuals.

Sustainable Sites

Water Efficiency

Energy and Atmosphere

Materials and Resources

Indoor Environmental Quality

Do you want to be a LEEDuser guest expert? Please send us a note via our contact form. Be sure to mention your areas of expertise, including rating system expertise (NC, EBOM, CI, Schools, etc.). We usually add guest experts from people who are already posting to the LEEDuser forum, so if you haven't already, consider spending some time there.

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