QUALIFICATIONS

Ann Edminster, owner / principal

Jenny Levinson, associate

Hal Bohner, associate

Ann Edminster

Ann Edminster, M.Arch, is an environmental design consultant and educator whose work focuses on investigation of building materials and systems. As a member and past co-chair of the US Green Building Council's LEED Homes Committee, she is one of the principal authors of LEED for Homes. She also consults to the LEED for Homes Provider team in California, is a past member of the LEED Steering Committee, and a member and past co-chair of the USGBC's Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group. She consults to builders, owners, developers, supply chain clients, design firms, investors, and public agencies and serves as an advisor to several private companies. She is co-author of Efficient Wood Use In Residential Construction: A Practical Guide to Saving Wood, Money, and Forests, author of numerous technical papers and articles, and has been an invited speaker at dozens of regional, national, and international green building conferences over the past 15 years. She has both a bachelor's and a master's degree in architecture and has designed more than 100 home remodels. Her own home remodel won a green building award in January 2007.

Advisor to

CalStar Cement (http://www.calstarcement.com/)

Ecological Building Network (http://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/)

Foundation Capital (http://www.foundationcapital.com/)

Green Building Advisor (http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/)

Living Homes (www.livinghomes.net)

Serious Materials (http://www.seriousmaterials.com/)

Jenny Levinson

Jenny Levinson is an associate with Design AVEnues who provides project management support for residential green building implementation. She also conducts research on the latest green building, energy efficiency, and renewable energy incentives, ordinances, and products. Jenny is a LEED Accredited Professional and is knowledgeable in residential green building rating systems such as LEED for Homes and Green Point Rated, as well the commercial rating system LEED-NC. Previously Jenny was a research analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute, where she co-authored several publications focusing on market-based solutions for improving water quality. She has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Texas A&M University.