NESEA ANNUAL REPORTNORTHEAST SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION

JULY 2012 - JUNE 2013NESEA.ORG

GAINING MOMENTUM AND CLARITY

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1

LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR 3

NESEA PROGRAMS BUILDINGENERGY 13 4 BUILDINGENERGY NYC 6 BUILDINGENERGY MASTER SERIES 7 GBOH/BUILDINGENERGY PRO TOURS 8AWARDS 10 ZERO NET ENERGY BUILDING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARDMEMBERSHIP 12

NESEA PUBLICATIONS 13

FINANCIAL SUMMARY 14

DONORS 15

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF 16

CHAPTERS, AFFILIATES & LIFETIME MEMBERS 17

EXHIBITORS 18

PHOTOS THROUGHOUT REPORT ARE A COURTESY OF:Matthew CavanaughNESEA Staffpage 8 - Ben Graham and NRG Systemspage 9 - (NESEA) and Montpelier Senior Centerpage 10 - Robert Benson Photography and Boston Green Building

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WHAT WE DO . . .NESEA ADVANCES THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY PRACTICES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

HOW WE DO IT . . .NESEA IS A CONNECTOR. WE CONNECT PROFESSIONALS TO:

EACH OTHER

IDEAS

THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE

WHERE WE WORK . . .WE ARE ACTIVE IN 10 NORTHEASTERN STATES:

CONNECTICUT DELAWARE

MAINE MASSACHUSETTS

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND VERMONT

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Last August, when I sat down to write my report to the membership, we had just ended Fiscal Year 2012 with a loss of almost $200,000. We had frozen staff salaries, cut benefits, and pared back in every way possible to manage through tough financial times. Quoting from last year’s annual report, “In many ways, last year represented the “perfect storm.” Almost everything that could have gone wrong financially, did.”

Fast forward to August 2013. We have a lot to celebrate. We have ended the year with a surplus of approximately $30,000, and with a host of new programs that hold promise for strengthening and growing our community. I don’t take any of these recent successes for granted - we’re not resting on our laurels. But it sure feels better to be here compared to where we were a year ago. And it’s gratifying to see that many of the seeds we’ve been planting and tending to over the past four years are finally taking root. (Yes, another tired gardening analogy from an executive director who, in real life, possesses the opposite of a green thumb.)

Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished in the past year:

We have righted the financial shipNot only did we end the year with a surplus, but we were able to reward NESEA’s super-committed staff with bonuses to help compensate for a year with no raises or benefits. We’ve been able to reinstate staff benefits, and have even conducted a compensation study to benchmark each staff position, with a plan to ensure that each staff salary is brought up to market rate within the next two years. These are important steps in ensuring that we can retain the talent we need in order to serve you, our members.

We have grown and enhanced the NESEA community and our programsAfter several years of declining membership rolls and BuildingEnergy Conference attendance, our numbers are on the rise. And the quality of engagement that we’re witnessing within our community has increased. In fact, we welcomed almost 200 new members into our community, many of whom have gone on to serve on NESEA committees, plan NESEA events, or connect with other members to enhance their practice.

We have also strengthened existing programs, like Green Buildings Open House. As you’ll read on page 8, with help from the National Grid Foundation, we conducted a survey of past GBOH attendees, which proved definitively that the program makes a BIG DIFFERENCE in encouraging attendees to improve the energy efficiency of their own buildings. Armed with that information, we have enhanced GBOH, by introducing BuildingEnergy Pro Tours - building tours presented by NESEA practitioners for practitioners.

Our Zero Net Energy Building Award received an unprecedented 13 applicants - more than twice as many as entered in any prior year. And most of these entries were not just net zero, but net positive. In several instances, applicants used the surplus energy to charge their electric vehicles or donated their Solar Renewable Energy Credits to the charity of their choice.

WHEW! WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.

Jennifer Marrapese

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We have launched four new programs without increasing headcountI’m particularly proud of this accomplishment in light of the trying financial circumstances we faced. These new initiatives include:• BE Pro Tours, which I mentioned above;• BuildingEnergy NYC, which was a huge success in itself, but which also holds promise as a model we can use to host one-day conferences throughout the Northeast in collaboration with NESEA chapters or other like- minded organizations;• The BuildingEnergy Masters Series, to which we attracted more than 100 students last year, many of whom have become active members of our community as a result.• Our forthcoming Zero Net Energy Buildings database, which we are collaborating with the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) to launch. This database will provide detailed case studies for at least 30 zero net energy buildings in the Northeast, from which we will develop a white paper on best practices and lessons learned. We are confident that this project will serve as an important lever to transform the market toward zero net energy buildings.

What’s Next? Introducing BE 365 and more “Walking the Talk” at NESEA HQFor almost 40 years, NESEA has connected leaders in sustainable building to each other and to the ideas that increase sustainability in the built environment. Until recently, most of this has happened at BuildingEnergy in Boston. Now, thanks to a very active membership, we are learning to make the magic of the three-day conference happen year-round.

This year NESEA is launching several new programs that fall under the umbrella of what we’re calling “BE 365.” They include some of the programs discussed above, in addition to new programs like BuildingEnergy Local events, BuildingEnergy How-tos and Product Trainings, BuildingEnergy Bottom Lines, to name a few. All are member initiated and member driven. And all will benefit from your involvement in curating the content that matters and connecting our community to new partners and audiences.

BE 365 is intended to improve current member engagement and bring new members into the fold. We plan to facilitate the creation of a vibrant green building professional community that is active all year, not just during the three day BE conference. And we plan to create templates and toolkits so that you, our members, can readily organize for yourselves the types of events and initiatives that will most benefit YOU.

We’re also planning some big improvements here at NESEA HQ in Greenfield. We’ve issued an RFP for a master plan for our building, to include energy efficiency work along with other renovations that will protect our investment in the building - one of our few major, tangible assets.

NESEA’s reason for being is to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment. Last year signaled yet another important step toward fulfilling that mission by integrating more member-driven initiatives under our BuildingEnergy brand. We invite you to become more involved in any or all of these initiatives in a way that makes sense for you. If you’re not a member, join. If you are a member, join a committee, host a BE Local event, or consider donating or sponsoring above and beyond your membership contribution. Invest in the community that is building your knowledge base, your practice, your network, and a more sustainable built environment.

Visit us at nesea.org to learn more.

Many thanks,

Jennifer J. MarrapeseExecutive Director “We have a lot to celebrate”

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This has been a great year for NESEA and its members! We have moved out of the dark days of the Northeast’s housing slump into a healthier climate for the construction industry and a much more encouraging one for sustainable, high performance building, evidenced by greater attendance numbers at BE13. And thanks to Andy Padian, GreenHome NYC, and the NESEA staff, BENYC is on track to be a success in its 2nd year out. The BE Masters Series hit the ground running, thanks to Brian Hayden of Heatspring, and master teachers, like Marc Rosenbaum and Paul Eldrenkamp, and finally, the Pro Tours is another a promising new program for bringing BuildingEnergy-quality learning “into the field.”

All of the above could not have happened without the leadership of Jennifer Marrapese, the hard work of her excellent team, and the support of the board of directors. While NESEA is a large and growing organization, it has a small but very dedicated staff. Our success depends on focusing resources on programs that support the mission, encourage growth, and benefit the membership at large. An ongoing task for the board is to help provide direction in terms of what works, what doesn’t, what NESEA should keep and let go. Rebranding other programs to capitalize on the flagship BuildingEnergy name has been one such effort. That is a work in progress, and although not all changes will be so clear, it is vital to continually review programs and activities for relevance in this ever changing field.

The annual board retreat this past May was a lively event, where we “deliberated in many voices,” but at the end of the two days, were ready to “speak as one.” The committees did great work - from big picture visioning related to what it means to transition to a more member-driven organization, to the more mundane, but equally important consideration of how the board can help NESEA protect its investment in its largest tangible asset - our headquarters in Greenfield - and make it a good example of responsible building stewardship. The board renewed its commitment to reach out to our professional networks; to support the executive director in expanding sponsorships and partnerships, to help raise funds and grow membership, so that NESEA has what it takes to build new programs and strengthen existing ones.

For this coming year, my goals as board chair include keeping my commitments to support the growth of the organization, and encouraging my fellow board members to do the same! We have a lot to contribute and busy as we all are with our “day jobs,” it has been my experience that we get as much as we give from our work with NESEA.

Caitriona Cooke

Board ChairNortheast Sustainable Energy Association

James Petersen

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4HERE’S A SAMPLING OF THE RAVE REVIEWS WE RECEIVED FOR BE 13:

BUILDINGENERGY 13 CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW

Paul Eldrenkamp of Byggmeister chaired a phenomenal BE13 conference that welcomed over 3,000 sustainable energy practitioners—architects, engineers, builders, facilities managers, developers and educators—to the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, March 5-7, 2013. Once again, the conference delivered cutting-edge content and a fantastic experience; 93% of attendees were satisfied with their conference experience and over 95% would recommend the BE conference to a colleague. With dozens of new NESEA members and a growing number of emerging professionals entering the NESEA fold, we are confident that BE will continue to provide a top-notch conference experience for many years to come! BE 14 will once again return to the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston from March 4-6, 2014.

“You know it’s a good conference when the audience and the presenters get into great, substantive debates - this happened in almost every session I attended.”-Raven Mueller, Architectural Student at Keene State College

“Excellent collaboration and presentation. . . .I actually got a chance to talk with each speaker as opposed to trying to edge in on the gang of attendees that flock around the speakers at the end of the sessions.”-Doug Walker, Walker Design & Building

“Met some great potential new team members for an upcoming project.”-Elizabeth Newman, Architect

“I have found new energies to keep…educating my community on the need to retrofit our homes with sustainable methods, plus fresh information that I can use at work.”-Luis Hernandez, Gaia Sharbel Energy Contracting

“Our group, Passivhaus Maine, [networked with practitioners interested] in an upcoming forum and possible tour. We’ve expanded our mailing list [through BE13].”-Audrey Rolio, AKR Design

“Over the last two years my attendance at BE, my participation in pre-conference workshops, the Building Masters Series, and ongoing relationships with NESEA professional contacts, have all combined to make it possible for me to imagine building a net zero building this year.”-Newell Pledger-Shinn, Hardwick Post and Beam

“Excellent networking, great sessions with cutting edge information. It’s a wonderful chance to connect with peers doing similar work in other regions.”-Margo Labadorf-Valdes, Conservation Services Group

New Courses: Credits for the Massachusetts Construction Supervisors License Last year the state of Massachusetts began requiring continuing education credits for anyone holding a construction supervisors license. Many members requested these credits and we were able to provide an opportunity on each day of the conference for our attendees to receive several credits. These included a workshop on Tuesday and a lunch & learn each day on Wednesday and Thursday. For BuildingEnergy 14, a panel of NESEA members interested in receiving MA CSL credits will help us identify many more sessions for certification.

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Opening Forum: Zero Net Energy Jeopardy Three teams of experts, including applicants for NESEA’s Zero Net Energy Building Award, presenters on Zero Net Energy Buildings from prior years’ BE conferences, and graduates of Marc Rosenbaum’s Zero Net Energy Homes BE Masters Series course competed for laughs, and bragging rights in this ZNEB smack-down. Keynote Experience: Economics for EnvironmentalistsNESEA welcomed Alex Blumberg, contributing editor of NPR’s popular blog “Planet Money” to present a keynote address on limits to economic growth and the compatibility of sustainable growth and environmentalism. At the close, NESEA presented a $10,000 check to the winner of NESEA’s 2013 Zero Net Energy Building Award, Bill Maclay of Maclay Architects.

Live Demo StagesCoordinated by lifetime member, Bruce Coldham (Coldham & Hartman Architects) and Ben Graham (Natural Design Build) and sponsored by Taunton Press, the BE 13 Trade Show floor featured demonstrations on building and energy tools, techniques and products, from “Infrared Diagnostic Imaging” with Flemming Lund to “Stump the Energy Nerd” with Martin Holladay to “High Performance Strawbale Walls” with Jacob Racusin and Ace McArleton.

The demo stages served both as a chance for Trade Show floor attendees to get a taste of the content delivered in the sessions, and for the conference attendees to get a kind of ‘recess’ from the information dense experience of the workshops and sessions. They were so much fun, we’ll be bringing the demo stages back to BE 14. Recordings of the demos are available on NESEA’s YouTube channel and at GreenBuildingAdvisor.com

NESEA Night on a BoatMore than 200 people joined us for our annual networking party/cruise around Boston Harbor. Aboard the Spirit of Boston, we presented our Professional Leadership and Distinguished Service awards.

Expert-led ToursDue to the popularity of the Passive House trade show tour by Katrin Klingenberg of Passive House Institute US at BE 12, we expanded our offering of expert-led tours at BE 13. Katrin reprised and updated her Passive House trade show tour, while we added a tour of Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, as well as an in-depth behind the scenes look at the wide range of green initiatives pursued by the Seaport Hotel.

What the Pros Want To KnowOne of the conference’s most popular tracks continued to receive top marks as it brought in some of the rockstars of the high performance building industry like John Straube, John Tooley, Bill Rose and Michael Blasnik to discuss some of the hot topics in their work, with sessions like “Should Building Codes Regulate Humidity?” and “Measured Retrofit Results: 10 Simple Things That Work, 10 Simple Things That Don’t.”

Highlights from BE 13 included:

Building on the success of the BuildingEnergy brand, NESEA launched the first BE NYC conference last year. Created in partnership with NESEA chapter GreenHomeNYC, and chaired by NESEA board member, lifetime member, and 2010 Distinguished Service Award recipient F. L. Andrew Padian of Community Preservation Corporation, BE NYC brought the best of BuildingEnergy—cutting-edge presentations from experts and a cru-cible for local building and energy professionals to discuss and network—to the Big Apple with a focus on local regulations and issues faced by the wide range of sustainable energy players in New York. Held on December 1, 2012, at the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College, BE NYC included nine sessions in three tracks. With a timely focus on resilience mere weeks after Hurricane Sandy devastated the east coast and flooded streets and buildings all around the City, more than 150 attendees from 7 states joined us for the first BE NYC conference. We intend to build on our initial success by launching a bigger and even better BE NYC 13 from October 15-16, 2013 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. BE NYC 13 will introduce a half day of off-site workshops the day before the conference and will expand the number of accredited sessions from nine to twenty-four.

BUILDINGENERGY NYC

HERE’S A SAMPLING OF WHAT ATTENDEES AND SPONSORS THOUGHT OF OUR FIRST BE NYC:

“I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of prominent players from New York real estate and energy efficiency industries gathered in the same room. During every session I went to, I was able to meet people whose work I have heard about and admire. The conference was an equally valuable experience for learning from the experts who were speaking as well as from the experts who were in the audience.”- BE NYC attendee

“The BE NYC Conference ignited dynamic conversations among affordable housing owners and manag-ers as they continue to explore innovative and cost effective ways to reduce their buildings energy and water usage. It was a charged atmosphere motivating participants to connect and share with peers doing similar work in New York City and beyond.” -Colleen Flynn, Green and Healthy Neighborhoods Manager, LISC New York City

“Energy efficiency is a high priority for affordable housing, which operates on thin margins. Every dollar saved directly benefits the building and its residents. BE NYC is the perfect place to learn about both cutting edge and tried-and-true methods for making buildings energy efficient, and meet practitioners at the forefront of their field.” -Alexandra Hanson, NYC Policy Director, NYSAFAH

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“I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of prominent players”

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“The Masters Series has the potential to rapidly build our community’s capacity to have an impact on the world” - Brian Hayden, HeatSpring Learning Institute (See Brian Hayden’s full article in Fall 2013 BuildingEnergy Magazine for more detail on the BuildingEnergy Masters Series)

The BuildingEnergy Masters Series was launched in 2012, as a web-based professional development curriculum, to provide members of the NESEA community the opportunity to access BE-quality content year-round, in the comfort of their home or office. Besides offering the typical assignments and recommended reading, these courses are structured to allow for as much interaction and mentorship as possible. That means a mix of both online and in-person lectures when possible, scheduled “office hours” during which students can reach the instructor, and easy-to-use discussion forums.

Last year, this new program grew dramatically, based largely on the popularity of Marc Rosenbaum’s Zero Net Energy Homes course, which has rapidly set the standard for interactive, on-line learning. Even better, many of the BE Masters Series graduates have already become more involved in our community, lending their expertise and curiosity to our Zero Net Energy Building Award advisory committee, our BuildingEnergy Magazine editorial board, and elsewhere!

Fast facts:100 students enrolled in Zero Net Energy Homes with Marc Rosenbaum with 50 more expected for his course this fall 60 students completed the capstone project of designing a Zero Net Energy Home 12 students enrolled in Passive House, the Future of Building in the US? with Mike Duclos in fall 2012.

BUILDINGENERGY MASTERS SERIES

COMMENTS FROM ZERO NET ENERGY HOMES COURSE PARTICIPANTS:

“I just got a job lead today because I told them I can energy model the building!”

“The quality of teaching in your course is amazing, every word choice, how clearly the ideas are outlined, the various calculators are incredible. I’m only on week 2 and I can’t believe how much I’ve learned. I read a ton of blogs, but until you do the math you don’t really have any idea of the magnitude of some of these issues - ex. energy use of your car vs. your house, how much heat you can actually get through a window.”

“The calculators are great. The ability to tweak a couple of factors and see the whole system impact is outstanding. I feel like these are great tools to “nudge” clients towards better performing buildings as we can attach dollar amounts to heat loss....”

We’re always looking for more instructors with masters level expertise and teaching ability to give Masters Series courses. Contact Jennifer Marrapese jmarrapese@nesea.org or 413-774-6051 ext. 23 to submit a proposal.

Fall 2013 offerings are:October 7 - December 13 Zero Net Energy Homes with Marc Rosenbaum

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NESEA’s annual Green Buildings Open House (GBOH) started in 1995 as a free consumer education program. It was aligned with, but run independently of, the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour. NESEA invited home or building owners who had deployed energy-efficiency or renewable-energy measures to list their properties in our database. To help promote all these hosts sites, NESEA shipped GBOH lawn signs, NESEA magazines, and other literature to each host, contacted local press outlets, and sent out email promotions. We also made the host database searchable on our website. We helped tour organizers coordinate their efforts and mailed sign-in forms to each host so that, with their help, we could track just how many people were taking the tour.

For years, we collected stories about how the program inspired attendees to build or retrofit their home for sustainability and inspired NESEA members to shift their practice toward high-performance building. But we were never able to quantify the extent to which GBOH motivated people to change their behavior.

Until last year, that is.A 2012 grant from the National Grid Foundation allowed us to survey past and new GBOH visitors and hosts. We learned that the program does in fact further NESEA’s mission to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment. We also learned that it attracts consumers and homeowners with an interest in, but not specialized knowledge of, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Among the most exciting survey findings, 96 percent of GBOH participants made some energy efficiency improvements as a result of going on the tour. You can access the whole survey at nesea.org/gboh. We were thrilled to learn that GBOH is so effective. The problem is, with 400 host sites participating from around the Northeast, GBOH has grown to attract more than 10,000 participants annually, requiring the Herculean efforts of a full-time staff person. With this in mind—and our new survey data in hand—we went on to scrutinize GBOH as a program, asking just how it relates to our mission and our practice. Here’s what we learned: • It has grown beyond the scope of our ability to coordinate it for maximum effect.• It has also outgrown the single Saturday traditionally allotted for the tour.• While GBOH supports NESEA’s mission, its consumer-education focus and lack of specific criteria for

the featured buildings means that it does not align with our emerging BuildingEnergy brand.• Our partnership with NESEA Business Member EnergySage, which now hosts the tour’s online listings,

allows us to display host sites year round, and in a more comprehensive way than we can on our own.• The GBOH sites with the most visitors are those with passionate hosts who self-promote their tours

rather than relying on NESEA to do so.

GREEN BUILDINGS OPEN HOUSE/BUILDINGENERGY PRO TOURS

The tour is not going away, but NESEA will support it in a different way. That frees up resources for a distinct new program that better serves our members, one focused on high-performance buildings and the transfer of knowledge among professionals: BuildingEnergy Pro Tours.

What does this mean for GBOH? In the long run, we’re not sure yet. But in 2013, it means we’ll pull back and begin to let volunteer tour organizers and hosts run the show, with less individualized support from NESEA headquarters (we won’t be devoting a full-time staff person to it). However, we’ll still provide the data-base through EnergySage. And we’ll offer hosts the tools they need to promote and run their tours independently, along with “office hours” during which we’ll answer questions from both hosts and potential visitors. Despite these changes—or even because of them—we believe GBOH will be as successful as ever as a consumer education program. For details about tools and support, visit nesea.org/gboh/whats-new. Our focus can now turn to BuildingEnergy Pro Tours (BE Pro Tours, or just Pro Tours, for short). This new program was inspired in part by a trip that NESEA members Paul Eldrenkamp, Tom Hartman, Chris Benedict, and Andy Shapiro took in 2011: a two-week tour of high-performance buildings in Austria and Germany. Paul describes it on the NESEA blog as one of the best learning experiences of his career as a building contractor (see nesea.org/green-building/dont-fly-to-europe-for-your-next-green-building-tour). Why not offer something similar back home in the Northeast?

Designed as a “field experience” complement to the BuildingEnergy conference, BE Pro Tours comprise “in the weeds” high-performance building tours and workshops led by the project teams. Attendees will be able to review performance data and ask project teams the probing questions that allow them to dramatically decrease their own learning curve.Questions like, What would you do differently next time? What worked really well? and What didn’t work so well?These tours will also serve as networking opportunities, and most will provide continuing education credits.

In 2012, we held our first BE Pro Tour in Boston, which consisted of three buildings: a Thousand Home Challenge winner, a deep energy retrofit, and a Passive House. After a successful pilot program in 2012, BE Pro Tours is growing rapidly in 2013. The goal is to create a template that will empower NESEA members to organize BE Pro Tours throughout the Northeast, with support from their staff at HQ.

This year, we’ve already held multiple successful Pro Tours with several more in the pipeline, including our first, weekend-long Pro Tour, led by NESEA member Andy Shapiro in partnership with the Yestermorrow Design/Build School. To read about that tour’s featured buildings and highlights in the words of the participants, go to nesea.org/pro-tours.

Go to nesea.org/pro-tours for the latest dates and locations. And if you are interested in leading a BE Pro Tour, contact Kelsey Hobson, khobson@nesea.org, or 413.774.6051, ext. 17, to let her know how you would like to get involved.

“BE Pro Tours comprise “in the weeds” high-performance building tours and workshops led by the project teams.”

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Zero Net Energy Building Award

In 2013, we received a record 13 applications for the 2013 Zero Net Energy Building Award. After the most difficult deliberations since the inception of the award, our judges awarded the 2013 ZNEB Award to the Bosarge Family Education Center in Boothbay, Maine. In the words of the judges, “Not only did this northernmost building achieve net zero energy in a challenging climate with the most heating degree days, it was also pre-assembled primarily off-site…a structure that represents proudly the potential of what a net zero building can look like.” Designed by Maclay Architects of Waitsfield, Vermont in collaboration with Scott Simons Architects, the 8,200 SF building features a super-insulated envelope, a panelized wall system constructed off-site, high efficiency LED lighting and controls, and 237 PV panels capable of generating 47,000 kWh annually. Designed from the get-go to adhere to strict environmental guidelines, the building also includes a rainwater collection system and educates visitors on the importance of resource and energy conservation through signage and real-time energy metering. We were very excited about the record number of quality applicants for the award this year—in fact, our judges sweated it out so much that they felt compelled to recognize the top five buildings. We are confident that this is a sign that zero net energy is slowly, but surely becoming the standard for new buildings in the Northeast, and hope that several years down the road we willno longer need to provide a cash incentive for what has become convention.

NESEA AWARDS

In recognition of NESEA members’ leadership in transitioning the market to net zero in the Northeast, in 2013, the Barr Foundation awarded us a $125,000 grant to create a database of zero net homes within the NESEA footprint. We hope that this database, an accompanying white paper of zero net best practices and lessons learned, and our BE Masters Series classes on zero net energy homes will be important steps in transforming the market to overcome the barriers that face the widespread adoption of zero net energy buildings. With many NESEA members involved, from Masters Series instructor and energy guru Marc Rosenbaum to the Na-tional Renewable Energy Lab, to Nadav Malin, President of BuildingGreen, we hope to launch our database by June 2014.NESEA is excited to see how many applicants we’ll get for this year’s Zero Net Energy Building Award. Entries are due by December 15. For more information, visit nesea.org/zero-net-energy-building-award\hnesea.org/zero-net-energy-building-award.

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Distinguished Service AwardSince 1993, the annual Distinguished Service Award has recognized a NESEA member who has made a significant contribution to the organization or to the practice of sustainability. Anyone in the NESEA community can nominate someone. All the previous award recipients vote on the nominees after deliberation via an online forum. The award is announced in March at the BuildingEnergy conference and trade show. The 2013 recipient is Chris Benedict, a longtime NESEA member who for many years has been doing outstanding work to further our mission. Chris is the owner and principal at Chris Benedict, RA, as well as Architecture and Energy Limited. From Fred Unger, 2012 DSA Recipient“It takes real courage and strength of character to make the sacrifices and take the risks Chris has taken to be true to her ideals in creating the successes she has had in her work...nobody else in our organization has provided the combination of leadership service to NESEA as an organization, inspiring technical leadership in the industries we serve, support for the next generation of NESEA leaders and most importantly, diversity from the constrained thought orthodoxy that too often plagues NESEA.

Appreciation and acknowledgement of Chris’s pioneering leadership is overdue. Nobody is more deserving of our gratitude and recognition for distinguished service.”

Professional Leadership AwardThis recently established award recognizes exemplary professional practice coupled with exceptional humanity. The recipient is someone who is regarded as a leader in his/her professional field, is a whole systems thinker incorporating a multi-disciplinary approach to practice and is immensely generous in sharing his/ her knowledge, skill and experience with the world at large. This year NESEA member Everett Barber, Solar Consultant and co-author of Convert Your Home to Solar Energy, received the award.

From Joel Gordes, 2001 NESEA Distinguished Service Award Recipient“Everett Barber is one of the true pioneers in solar energy whose work was already detailed in a 1975 professional book when many of us just began and which was even before the founding of NESEA. As a very long term NESEA member has served as a dedicated member of our Board of Directors and since then has maintained his affiliation and relevance as evidenced by his ability to still pack a room to “standing room only” levels at NESEA conferences. His long-term collection and analyses of data on both solar hot water and PV systems surpasses that of even national labs and provides credibility of the technologies’ ability to contribute to our energy needs in a meaningful way.

Many of us have been honored to have learned so much from him, felt his long-term friendship and inspiration, and burning desire to promote solar energy as a mainstream technology. He is more than deserving of this award as one of our most senior and enduring members.”

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ANNUAL MEETING 2012In 2012 we traveled to Portland, ME.

HIGHLIGHTS: Friday Night: Building Science Discussion Group (at Maine Green - Performance Building Supply)

Saturday Building Tours: Sparhawk Group’s Pearl Place, East End Community School with Stephen Blatt and Joe Hemes, Jesse Thompson’s Residential Deep Energy Ret-rofit, Richard Renner’s LEED Home Platinum apartment/of-fice space

Saturday Evening: Keynote talk on the “Pretty Good” House moderated by Dan Kolbert, with panelists: Margo Billings, Chris Briley, Michael Maines, Richard Renner and Jesse Thompson

Afterparty: Grace Restaurant

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MEMBERSHIP

2012 - WE MEAN MEMBER DRIVEN.After a couple years of decline, we are pleased to report our membership has grown this year.

This means more to us than just numbers; this year we have worked toward engaging our members with more purpose than ever before. NESEA is a community that teaches and learns together. When our membership grows, so does the breadth of our knowledge and experience. Being member driven means we get to put your collective expertise to work.

We spent 2012 honing the practice of being member driven. Taking stock of our existing programs, we ventured into new (or re-imagined) territory with more member-centric new programs like the BE Masters Series, BE Pro Tours, and the extension of BuildingEnergy into BE NYC. At the heart of these programs is the expertise of NESEA members. What’s more is that through these new and re-imagined programs, we continue to reach new members. We have learned that where we most successfully reach new members is around events, where NESEA’s mission, purpose and culture is best expressed (and most deeply experienced).

Last year, the Infrastructure for Collaboration committee put forward a workgroup template to help members with ideas for programs or events navigate the logistics with fellow members and NESEA staff support. Additionally, just after the close of this fiscal year we asked the membership to reflect on “Where Do I Fit In” as a means to identifying points of engagement and potential leadership within the member community. In the upcoming year we will translate this feedback into real avenues for engagement.

BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER, 365We also spent this year working with a new database and new website to optimize the member experience online. Some of the new features we piloted this year have been the members only directory and an open invitation to the membership to write for the NESEA blog. We still have miles to go, but we have been steadily moving forward. In early September, a NESEA.org 2.0 committee will convene to plan more community features for the website.

BE LOCALContinuing in the vein of BuildingEnergy style one-off events hosted by NESEA members like Mitsubishi and Renewable Sales, we have piloted BE Local. We hope BE Local to be a versatile model for connecting NESEA members closer to home, especially where we do not have a strong chapter presence.

On August 29th, NESEA member and catalyst Jamie Wolf of Wolfworks pulled together a program for local members to visit, lunch and learn from one of his current projects in Farmington, CT. His project team also included NESEA members Yaro Windows and BE exhibitor SIGA tapes.

Not all BE Local events will necessarily look like Jamie’s offering -- we imagine they’ll range in style from building science discussion groups (like our friends in Portland, ME) to full scale building tours, to the talks and meetups offered by chapters. Be sure to keep an eye out for more BE Local events, and if you have ideas for one you would like to host, get in touch with membership coordinator Rayna Heldt at rheldt@nesea.org

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Published twice a year, BuildingEnergy magazine contains articles by sustainable energy experts, most of whom are NESEA members, as well as NESEA program news and book reviews. The magazine content is guided by an Editorial Advisory Board of NESEA members.

This year, we kept up with the peer review process to ensure the article content is the caliber you expect. We have received nearly universal positive feedback, each issue described as ‘the best yet’.

We also have made BuildingEnergy magazine available online - with issuu.com. Be sure to visit the NESEA website to download your copy - nesea.org/magazine_be.

The Sustainable Green Pages (SGP) is the premier resource for sustainable energy professionals in the Northeast. It is avaialble online at nesea.org/sgp and in hard copy in the fall issue of BuildingEnergy magazine. It lists sustainable energy professionals with more than 30 specialties, from architects and builders to energy auditors and renewable energy equipment manufacturers.

The time has come to look closely at the SGP and determine what we can do to make it an essential tool for professionals (and consumers) alike to market their offerings and foster collaboration, and ultimately the adoption of sustainable energy practices in the built environment. In keeping with our core dedication to ‘member driven’ programs, we seek the feedback and participation of our members. We’re continuing to welcome members to the SGP Committee. Want to help or throw in your two cents? Contact Rayna Heldt - sgp@nesea.org or 413-774-6051 ext. 20.

BE MAGAZINE | SUSTAINABLE GREEN PAGES

SUSTAINABLE GREEN PAGESENERGY PROFESSIONALS IN THE NORTHEAST

2013 DIRECTORY

Solectria Renewables’ SMARTGRID, Seabrook, NJ

DeltaBreezRBI Solar, Salisbury, MA

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Statement of Financial Position June 30, 2013

ASSETSCash $ 25,392 Short Term Investments 499,927 Accounts Receivable 43,204 Fixed Assets 138,370 Other Assets 700

Total Assets $ 707,593

LIABILITIES & NET ASSETSTotal Liabilities $ 268,608 Total Equity 438,985

Total Liabilities & Net Assets $ 707,593

Statement of Activities

2013 2012 2011Income $1,045,508 $ 898,993 $1,142,685 Expenses 1,011,723 1,146,740 1,136,154

Net Income 33,785 ( 245,747) 6,530

The financial information for fiscal year 2013 is unaudited data. NESEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our IRS Form 990 is available online at www.guidestar.org.

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Leader Donor - $1,000 and up John AbramsBoston FoundationHoward ChongCaitriona CookePaul EldrenkampJason FederspielKate GoldsteinMax HornTom KonradJennifer MarrapeseF.L. Andrew PadianJames PetersenMarc Rosenbaum Partner $500 - $999 David & Jan BlittersdorfSteven BluestoneKristopher BrillJeff FullertonChris HochPhil KaplanDavid KopansMark LantzRobert & Anita NormanRichard RennerJohn SchneblyMarc Sternick Advocate - $250 - $499 Chris AndersonCindy BarberMichael BrussMelissa CaldwellCarolyn DemorestChristopher Derby KilfoyleMartine DionKen DriscollDavid EnosClaudia GanzChristina HalfpennyJoe HaskettEmily HolmgrinGunnar HubbardBob LenaireBrenden MaloofMarie McMahon MeehanThomas NortonEd QuinlanNorman Saunders & Jeanne OttAndrew SidfordThomas ThompsonJamie Wolf Supporter - $100 - $249 Wagdy AnisAnonymousMichael BlasnikSkip BurnsBill ChaleffChuck & Anne ConningtonPaul CoonsAlice Dunn

Aline EulerRichard FaesyCharles Faulkner IIKim FraseBruce FriedmanGilbert GagnonAlan GibsonJohn GordonDarren GrantBruce HamptonEvan HardcastlePeter HardingNancy HazardMatthew HoldenPaul HuijingBob IrvingMichael KestenJulie KlumpMartin Knapp-CordesDavid KressBruce LangmuirPaul LapointeMark LedwellJoshua LehmanSteven LenardWarren LeonMary LombardSteve ManwellDon MathesonJohn MatsingerThomas McBrideAndrew McNamaraGary MertzMichael MorencyPaul NessHeather NolenHans PorschitzPatira PuttharuksaJohn RingelDavid RosenmillerJill RugeAndy ShapiroChuck SilverEmily TalcottLiz ToffeyRichard TooleRoger TwitchellRachel WhiteJonathan WrightSatu Zoller Friends - Up to $99 Michael AnctilSteve AndersenAnonymousHans ApfelbaumPatricia AuchardNancy BairJack BarnettClifton BelowRobert BenzHoward B. BernsteinPeter BrooksYolanda CampbellMichelle Canizio

DONATIONS

R. William CardRichard ChaseGregg CrawfordShelly DeinChris DeSistoSteve Di GiacomoDavid DicksonNorma DitriDeane Evans, Jr.Barry FelsonDavid FinkPaula FlackJohn FulopSusan Gerbi-McIlwainFilson GlanzElaine GoldmanSteve GoldsmithMargaret GoodmanEmily GopenScott GreenbaumCathy GrierAndy GrossmanJ-P HamelPatricia HansonAllan HansonEdmund HazzardMark HoffmanSteve HoganDean HoldenCraig HorowitzKevin IretonBrian JohnstonFranz KaufmannRobert KendallDan KolbertThomas KoshyRichard LawrenceSpencer LawrenceGrey LeePeter LowenthalDoug MaassLinda MartinCourtney McCrackenErich MettlerRichard Perez and Susan Nesbitt-PerezJoe PandolfoPaul PanishRobert and Susan PasterisEleanor PerlmanNewell Pledger-ShinnSarah PrinceElliot QuintPaul RinearRichard RiselingEarl RobertsMatt RootJohn RountreeJack RudermanRaymond SeboldHarry SeidelKen ShaknitesBarry SheingoldRichard Smith

Betsy StefanyKate StephensonDaphne StevensThomas StoneRichard & Ruth StuartLois SturmKurt TeichertHarriet TepferRichard ThompsonWilliam ThorenFrank TripoliGeorge TurnerJason TurnerA. Quincy ValeNeil VeilleuxCarter WallGary Wersinger

SponsorsAdvanced Solar CompanyAmerican Planning Association Massachusetts ChapterAssociation for Energy Affordability, Inc.Barr FoundationBuildingGreenCape Light CompactClean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA)Community Preservation CorporationCon EdisonConservation Services GroupCUNY Institute for Sustainable CitiesEfficiency VermontEnterprise Community PartnersFine HomebuildingGreenBuildingAdvisor.comGreenHomeNYCKaplan Thompson ArchitectsLISC NYCMassachusetts Clean Energy CenterMitsubishiNational GridNew York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH)New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)Pinnacle WindowsSasakiSolstice Manufacturing CompanySouth Mountain CompanySupportive Housing Network of New YorkTD BankUS Green Building Council Massachusetts ChapterViessmannWinn CompaniesWestern Massachusetts Electric CompanyZipSystem

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michael BrussBruss Construction Board Secretary

Caitriona Cooke, LEED APConservation Services Group Board Chair

Martine Dion, SymmesSymmes Maini & McKee Associates

Paul EldrenkampByggmeister, Inc.Board Treasurer

Kate Goldstein, PhD StudentMIT

Christina HalfpennyMA Department of Energy Resources

John Tabor (JJ) JacobsonJTJ Investments, LLC

Phil Kaplan, AIA, LEED APKaplan Thompson Architects

Marie McMahon Meehan CEM, CBCP, LEED AP National Grid

F.L. Andrew PadianThe Community Preservation CorporationBoard Vice Chair

James PetersenPetersen Engineering

Richard (Rick) RennerRichard Renner Architects

STAFF

Mary BiddleDeputy Executive DirectorDirector, BuildingEnergy Conference

Rayna HeldtMembership Coordinator

Kelsey HobsonProgram Coordinator

Jeremy KooProgram Coordinator

Jennifer MarrapeseExecutive Director

Travis NilesManager of Communications & Information Technology

Gina SieberBusiness Manager

Jenny SpencerTrade Show Manager, BuildingEnergy ConferenceAd Sales, BuildingEnergy Magazine

Rachel TeumimOffice CoordinatorRegistration Assistant, BuildingEnergy Conference

Patrick CareySamantha ColarussoTiffany KozashSam MardellAlex NawrotInterns

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AFFILIATES

In the NESEA community, collaboration is the name of the game. That’s why we’re growing our network of affiliates - like minded organizations that agree to stay connected, support each others’ programs, and share information on resources and professional opportunities for members.

View our growing list of affiliates at nesea.org/members/affiliates

LIFETIME MEMBERS (bold = new this year, italics = deceased)

John AbramsAmelia AmonCindy BarberSteven BluestoneErica BrabonChungha ChaBruce ColdhamCaitriona CookeDavid DiltsKatherine DiMatteoJason FederspielW. Kent GanoKate GoldsteinRichard GottliebSusan HazardNancy HazardDouglas HolmesMax HornGerard IvesDavid KeefeSteve KurkoskiJo LeeWarren LeonCarol LevinPaul Lipke

Steve MacAuslandJennifer MarrapeseRob MeyersThomas MillsCarolyn NewhouseHeather NolenF.L. Andrew PadianJames PetersenBernice RadleMarc RosenbaumLaurence SaundersJohn SchneblyChris SiroisLinda StansfieldBill StillingerMarilyn StrongSteven StrongDamon StrubThomas ThompsonHenry VandermarkJuliana Keyes VandermarkSmith Williams JrRobert WillsJonathan Wright

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Boston Area Solar Energy Association (BASEA)Henry K. VandermarkTel: 617-242-2150hkv@solarwave.combasea.org

GreenHome NYCinfo@GreenHomeNYC.orggreenhomenyc.org

NESEA Cape and Islands(part of Cape and Islands RenewableEnergy Collaborative)cirenew.org

NESEA Hudson Valley (forming)Luis Hernandez luis@loweryourenergynow.com

NESEA Rhode IslandJohn (JJ) Jacobsonjohntaborjacobson@gmail.comneseari.wordpress.com

Sustainable Delaware - NESEAJohn Mateyko AIATel: 302-645-2657johnmateyko@verizon.net

Springfield Area Sustainable Energy Association (SASEA) (MA)Mike KocsmierskyTel: 413-883-3144mikek@spiritsolar.net

University of MA - Lowell Solar Energy Association (UMLSEA)energy.caeds.eng.uml.edu

Western New York Sustainable Energy Associationwnysea@gmail.comfacebook.com/wnysea

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EXHIBITORS

Building Trades475 HIgh Performance Building SupplyAeroseal LLCAnderson WindowsATAS International, Inc.Bieber WindowsCantsink ManufacturingComfort Line, Ltd.ConEdison SolutionsConservation Solutions CorporationCo-op PowerDaikin AC Americas, Inc.EFIElectrical Wholesalers, Inc.The Energy ConservatoryEnovative Group, Inc.European Architectural SupplyGenest ConcreteGreen.tekHuber Engineered Woods LLCIcynene Spray FoamInfrared Diagnostic LLCInternational Cellulose CorporationIntus WindowsKlearwall Industries LLCKnauf InsulationLED WavesMaine Green Building SupplyMassachusetts Multifamily New Construction ProgramMitsubishi ElectricNational FiberNational GridNew England Concrete SupplyNew England Fenestration/ Unilux WindowsNew England Homes by Preferred Building SystemsNorthwest Manufacturing, Inc./ WoodmasterPhoenix Composting ToiletsPinnacle Window SolutionsPowerWise SystemsPrecision Fitness EquipmentPROSOCO Inc.SAIC

Schock USA, Inc.Sebesta Blomberg & Associates, Inc.SIGA Cover Inc.Skillings & SonsSynergy ConstructionSystemairTopaz Engineering Supply Inc.Transformations, Inc.Tremco Barrier SolutionsTremco Commercial Sealants & WaterproofingUltimateAir Inc.Vantem PanelsViessmann Manufacturing Inc.Yaro-DSIZola European Windows

Renewable EnergyACT BioenergyAdvanced Solar ProductsAegis Energy ServicesBerkshire Photovoltaic Services (BPVS)ConVerdant VehiclesCotuit SolarEcolibrium SolarElectrical Wholesalers, Inc.E-Time EnergyFroling EnergyGame Change RackingGranite City Electric SupplyKB RackingKrinner Ground Screws/Solar System ErectorsRBI SolarRenewable Sales LLCResSolarRST ThermalSchletter Inc.Solaire GenerationSolar Data Systems, Inc.Solar Design AssociatesSolarFlair Energy, Inc.Solstice ManufacturingSpire Solar SystemsStiebel Eltron, Inc.Trinity SolarWagner Solar Inc.

Consultants, Government, Education, Nonprofits, Media, etc.Affordable Comfort, Inc.American Solar Energy SocietyAndelman and Lelek EngineeringAssociation for Energy AffordabilityBoston Architectural CollegeBoston Society of ArchitectsBuilding GreenBuilding Science CorporationCenter for Ecological TechnologyClean Energy Finance and Investment AuthorityConservation Services GroupDelta Products CorporationELKAYEnterprise Community Partners, Inc.Foundation for a Green Future, Inc.Green AllianceHanley WoodHigh Profile MonthlyHome Energy MagazineKMB Design GroupMarlboro College MBA in SustainabilityMassachusetts Clean Energy CenterMass Energy/People’s Power and LightNEGPANew England Real Estate JournalNew York State Energy and Development Authority (NYSERDA)NextEnergy USANext Step LivingPassive House Alliance United StatesPassive House Institute USPassive House New EnglandPassivHaus MaineProgressive Asset ManagementSagewellSolar IndustrySteven Winter AssociatesSustainable City NetworkYestermorrow Design/Build School