BIO: Joe Barrow
Joe is a native of Rochester, New York. He has been involved in the building and construction materials industry since 1986 and has spent the past 18 years in the rigid foam insulation business starting with field a sales position in upstate NY with The Celotex Corporation in 1993. Joe held various positions between 1996 and the present including National Account Manager, Field Sales Manager and Product Manager for the Celotex Insulation Business. When Dow Chemical acquired the foam insulation assets of the Celotex Corporation, he was named Senior North American Architectural Market Manager for Dow Building Materials and after 2 years has moved back to upstate New York. Over the past 9 years he has had the opportunity to work with experts in manufacturing and research, as well as building science consultants to understand the science that effects residential and commercial structures. Joe has also authored several AIA courses for Dow and Celotex.

BIO: Bob Zavorskas
Bob Zavorskas has been in the building industry his entire career, starting in industrial sales with U.S. Gypsum (USG) upon graduation from Bucknell University ( B.A. Economics). After several relocations with USG, from Pittsburgh, PA to Atlanta, GA to New England, Bob started Zavorskas Associates, a manufacturer’s rep agency, focusing on the sale of specialty building products to independent dealers and distributors throughout New England. He later spent four years in dealer sales with Weyerhaeuser, prior to becoming Huber Engineered Wood’s New England Regional Sales Manager in 2004. Bob has been instrumental in further developing the AdvanTech brand of subflooring and sidewall sheathing products, as well as helping to launch Huber’s Zip System panels, designed to streamline the building process. Bob lives in Orleans, MA, with his wife Joyce, where they raised two sons.

BIO: Peter Harding
Peter Harding is the President and Founder of Home Energy Technologies and is a RESNET-certified Green Rater and a NAHB-certified Green Professional. He also currently serves as the President of the Northeast HERS Alliance, a professional organization for HERS Providers, Raters and others involved in home energy ratings in the northeast USA. Prior to founding Home Energy Technologies Peter was active in residential real estate development and before that spent consulted on supply-chain strategy with manufacturers and retailers in the consumer goods industry. Home Energy Technologies is a Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) Provider and offers certification services and comprehensive home energy audits for new and existing homes. Certification programs include ENERGY STAR for Homes, the NAHB’s National Green Building Standard, the Federal Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit and the Building America Builders Challenge. Home Energy Technologies serves homeowners, builders, architects and developers throughout Connecticut who share a commitment to improving the energy efficiency, comfort and durability of our homes. A primary goal of every project is to select an optimum combination of envelope and systems specifications to realize energy-efficiency targets at an economically-justifiable cost. This is accomplished by using energy modeling and the application of building science to evaluate alternative strategies in terms of heating and cooling loads, energy usage, moisture management, indoor air quality and related issues.

BIO: Cathi Langan
Cathi Langan of A.W. Hastings is responsible for educating design and building professionals in the Marvin and Integrity family of products. In this position for the past 4+ years she assists industry professionals with new and existing Marvin/Integrity product features and benefits, helps with project solutions as well as job-site installation education. Past experience includes setting up and managing a retail window and door department. Additional industry experience is in the commercial construction field as an Engineering Technician during the construction and startup of a Power Generation Station including walking down mechanical systems, assisted with testing of equipment and engineering analysis once facility was in operation. Cathi can be reached at 860-324-5222 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

BIO: Dave LoCascio
Dave LoCascio of A.W. Hastings is responsible for educating design professionals about new products in the Marvin / Integrity family of products. In this position, Dave and his team consults with architects, builders and retailers to integrate product solutions based on the ever expanding vocabulary of Marvin components and the complexities of the evolving building envelope. Prior to his 12 years with Hastings, Mr. LoCascio served as a commercial consultant in the resilient flooring industry and spent several years in the architectural profession. He holds a BFA and a BARCH from the Rhode Island School of Design and can be reached at 800 394 2728 Ext. 3432 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

BIO: Paddy Rouleau
While in university, joined Maibec as a Summer student, working both at the mill and as an inside sales representative. Since 1998, occupied the roles of inside sales, outside sales in the Southeastern United States, the Midwest, Ontario, and the West Coast. Headed the technical department from 2006-2009. And since, assumed the role of territory manager out of Quebec City, Canada.

BIO: Keith Ball
1971 - 1981 Tyler Product Corporation — Wholesale distribution, Outside Sales

1982 - 1983 Plywood Panels Inc. Territory manager for the Northeast, Maine to Maryland and West to Buffalo, NY

1983 - 1993 Independent Manufacturers Sales Representative - Zavorskas Associates, included Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont

1993 - present Maibec Sales Representative - East Coast, i.e. Maine to Virginia, Sales as well as all aspects of the technical side of White Cedar, species characteristics, installation practices, claims resolution, coatings, as well as by products from cedar and other wood species (spruce, pine, fir)from the production of dimension lumber, mulches for ground coverings and soil mixes.

BIO: Lucas Hamilton
Lucas is a Physicist with over 25 years experience in construction and construction products manufacturing. His experiences include forensic building envelope diagnostics and testing, development of non-intrusive construction analysis equipment and techniques, research and development of construction materials, and he is a practitioner of a variety of building performance simulation software. Lucas is a frequent presenter of programs that span the breadth of Building Science topics.

BIO: Peter Harding
Peter Harding is the President and Founder of Home Energy Technologies and is a RESNET-certified Green Rater and a NAHB-certified Green Professional. He also currently serves as the President of the Northeast HERS Alliance, a professional organization for HERS Providers, Raters and others involved in home energy ratings in the northeast USA. Prior to founding Home Energy Technologies Peter was active in residential real estate development and before that spent consulted on supply-chain strategy with manufacturers and retailers in the consumer goods industry. Home Energy Technologies is a Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) Provider and offers certification services and comprehensive home energy audits for new and existing homes. Certification programs include ENERGY STAR for Homes, the NAHB’s National Green Building Standard, the Federal Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit and the Building America Builders Challenge. Home Energy Technologies serves homeowners, builders, architects and developers throughout Connecticut who share a commitment to improving the energy efficiency, comfort and durability of our homes. A primary goal of every project is to select an optimum combination of envelope and systems specifications to realize energy-efficiency targets at an economically-justifiable cost. This is accomplished by using energy modeling and the application of building science to evaluate alternative strategies in terms of heating and cooling loads, energy usage, moisture management, indoor air quality and related issues.

BIO: J. Whitney Huber AIA LEED AP
Whitney Huber received his Masters degree in Architecture from Princeton University in 1976. He is the principal of J. W. Huber Architect, LLC located in Essex, Connecticut. Prior to opening his architectural practice in 1986 he was an associate of Centerbrook Architects where he was a project manager for residential and institutional projects that included the new student center at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Mr. Huber’s practice has been primarily in the custom residential market throughout New England. His work has been recognized regionally and nationally through design awards and publications. In 2007 Mr. Huber partnered with Russell D. Smith, Jr. to form a design-build firm, Essex Squared LLC, also located in Essex, Connecticut, to serve custom residential and commercial clients. They feel that the combination of their skills as architect and builder offer Essex Squared’s customers better design and construction value for dollars spent. Starting in 2008 Whitney Huber collaborated with George Keithan, president of Consulting Engineering Services, Inc. in Middletown, CT, on the design of the Keithan’s net zero energy house in Killingworth that is the subject of the case study Mr. Huber will present. Essex Squared LLC was the general contractor for the Keithan house. The house, after its first full year of operation in 2010, won top honors in the Connecticut Zero Energy Challenge, by being the only house in the competition field of fifteen to be a net producer of electricity. The house has also received LEED for Homes Platinum certification.