Want to hire a Green Building Consultant?

As I get ready to venture into the green building industry, I find many green building/ sustainable building consultants. Just thought of creating a ready to use list which I might need in the future. I will try and create some kind of categories, in terms of their geography, building type, market segment. At the moment I will just list them.

Green Building Services, OR (USA):
http://www.greenbuildingservices.com/

Encraft, (UK)

http://www.encraft.co.uk/ws/P/Organisation/HomePage.php

Davis Langdon (UK)

http://www.davislangdon.com/EME/Services/SustainableServices/AboutSustainabilityServices/

Yudelson Associates, AZ (USA) consulting for marketing, project and program development, research reports/ studies as well as green building services. They have authored a survey based report on local government incentives for green building Green Building Incentives That Work: A Look at How Local Governments Are Incentivizing Green Development

http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/

Brightworks OR, (USA)

http://www.brightworks.net

KEMA (USA)

http://www.kema.com/consulting_services/cross_sector/green_building_consulting/

Green Ideas AZ, (USA)

http://www.egreenideas.com/

I-Kan NY, (USA)

http://www.ikanbegreen.com/

Simon and Associates CA (USA)

http://www.greenbuild.com/

Two Trails Inc, (USA)

http://www.greenbuildingconsultant.com/services.html

Paladino and Co, WA (USA)

http://www.paladinoandco.com/index.html

O’Brien & Company, WA(USA)

http://www.obrienandco.com/gpc.htm

CTG Energetics multiple offices CA, NV, VA (USA)

http://www.ctg-net.com/energetics/Default.aspx

EE Initiative: specifically for energy efficiency in commercial buildings. Partners with utility companies and commercial real estate professional for achieving energy efficiency. Uses both Energy Star Portfolio Manager benchmarking or LEED certification for achieving the goal.

http://eeinitiative.com/index.html

Enovity Inc multiple offices CA, AZ and WA( USA): Provide commissioning, retro-commissioning, energy engineering and sustainable design and building operations and maintenance services. They have some rebate offering for retro-commissioning ( subject to eligibility requirements) which may be of interest to property owners or building facility managers.

http://www.enovity.com/index.html

Building Wise LLC, Santa Cruz(CA): independent LEED EB and sustainability consulting. Co-founders, Dan Ackerstein and Barry Gilles, are seasoned LEED EB consultant, technical reviewer and faculty with USGBC.

Edu Tracks, Fairfax (CA): specializes in Green Building & Sustainability Education

http://www.edutracks.com/

SEPartners, San Francisco, (CA): I just came across another green consulant in the Facilities Expo in Santa Clara, Sept 24, 2008. They are called the Sustainable Energy Partners (SEP) based  in SFO. They provide Clean energy consulting services.

http://SEPartners.com

My list of green buildings consultants is growing. I was at the Greenbuild Conference Nov19-21, 2008 in Boston last week. I went to the booth set up by Constellation Energy. Another energy sector consulting company. They provide energy consulting, carbon neutrality consulting, performance contracting for energy upgrades, energy procurement such as RECs, PPA, demand response etc.

http://www.constellation.com/portal/site/constellation/

HOMES:

Seville consulting:

http://www.sevilleconsulting.com/

Magrann Associates:

http://www.magrann.com/green-building.cfm

Practica Consulting for residential/multifamily:

http://www.practicaconsulting.com/team.html

Environmental Building Strategies for Single/Multi Family Residential and Revitalization projects: Offices in SF, LA (CA) and Aspen (CO).

http://www.ebsconsultants.net/contact.php