About Us
Members
Mark Kelley
President
Mark Kelley, P.E., is a founding member of the Hickory Consortium. He is also the founder of Building Science Engineering, begun in 1989 with the goal of bringing the building industry and the building research community into closer accord with energy-conscious, sustainable design. As a registered professional engineer, Mark specializes in mechanical engineering including building systems, energy, moisture and health issues. He is a nationally recognized authority on building energy efficiency, whole building integrated design and sustainable construction. He was the consulting energy engineer for the Hickory Consortium's Elm Street, Cambridge Cohousing, and Erie-Ellington projects.
Richard Gregor
Mechanical Engineer
Richard Gregor is a LEED certified, licensed professional mechanical engineer in MA, NH, and ME. He has been involved in the architecture, construction, design or engineering of over 4000 residences and a million square feet of institutional and commercial buildings. He is currently principal mechanical engineer at Engineered Architecture, a consulting engineering firm located in Amherst, NH. He graduated from Swarthmore College with a bachelor's degree in Engineering (a great surprise to him when he discovered the ENG courses he had been attending were in fact Engineering and not English courses).
Bruce Hampton
Architect
Bruce Hampton, partner of Elton + Hampton Architects, is the Hickory Consortium's prime architect for prototype development in the Department of Energy's Building America Initiative. Elton +Hampton Architects is a full service architectural firm located in Allston, MA specializing in community based, energy efficient, multi-family residential and commercial projects. With work in new construction and rehab, E+HA has completed award winning resource and energy conserving work throughout the Northeast. Recent projects include The Family Center, Somerville, MA, Reviviendo Housing in Lawrence, MA; library and Suffolk Street housing for Chelsea Neighborhood Housing; and Casa Maribel transitional housing for domestic violence victims in Chelsea, MA.
Jennifer Pinck
Construction Management Consultant
Jennifer Pinck provides construction management consulting services to building owners and developers with an emphasis on design, value engineering, bid award and/or negotiation, and construction oversight.
Roles for recent clients include: Mattapan Community Development Corporation - development director; Boston Community Capital - managing design and construction process for move to new offices in Dudley Square; The Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation - Owner's Representative on the Erie Ellington Homes project, 50 units of new, energy-efficient and healthy affordable housing; Paige Academy - Owner's Representative during the historic restoration of and addition to an existing building into new school facilities in Fort Hill, Roxbury; and Dudley Economic Empowerment Partners - Owner's Representative on a 20,000 sf commercial office building.
