About Us
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.
Mark was the founder and chair of the Buildings for a Sustainable America Outreach Program-a joint ASES, PSIC and U. S. Department of Energy program to alert participants in the building process to the potential for cost-effective passive solar applications in buildings. Mark has served as Chairman of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Buildings Division and on the Board of Directors of ASES. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Passive Solar Industries Council. As a voting member of ASHRAE SSPC 90.2 (The ASHRAE Energy Conservation Standard for Residential Construction), he chairs the Systems Panel, which deals with computer compliance and societal issues. He has been Chairman of many technical conferences including Solar '88 (the Annual Meeting of the American Solar Energy Society, held at MIT) and The Thirteenth National Passive Solar Conference and Technical Chair of The 21st National Passive Solar Conference 1995. He was Co-chair of the first National Passive Solar Design Competition in 1980 and Technical Program Chairman of the 1993 National Passive Solar Conference.
Mark has served as sustainability consultant on a wide range of advanced building projects including the US Dept. of Energy Building America Program, the Conservation Law Foundation headquarters expansion, Primex (NH Public Risk Management Exchange) addition (LEED Gold project), the award winning Erie-Ellington Low income Housing Community, Bowdoin Outdoor Leadership Center, the Lebanon Food COOP supermarket, the Massachusetts Audubon Wellfleet Sanctuary building, the award winning Chewonkie Nature Center, and the Maine Audubon Society Headquarters building. He was the technical coordinator for the development of Energy Crafted Homes, a multi-state, multi-utility collaborative project to create a voluntary standard for conservation and passive heating and cooling of new homes.
Mark has provided energy and mechanical engineering consulting on literally thousands of single family, multifamily and small commercial buildings. He has also consulted to government and national research laboratories, to energy groups, building organizations, and architectural firms. His clients include: Oak Ridge National Laboratories; The National Renewable Energy Laboratory; American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy; The Passive Solar Industries Council; Public Service Co. of New Mexico; Conservation Services Group; Oaktree Development; the Arizona State Energy Office; Acorn Structures Inc.; Applied Resources Group; Arrowstreet Inc.; E. Chapman Architect; B. Coldham Architect; Citizen's Energy Corp; The Cambridge Sustainability Demonstration Project; S. Dunbar Architect; E Source Inc.; Energy Investment Inc.; Environmental Building News; Fair Share Development Corp.; J. Ives Architects; The Massachusetts Gas Council; NAHB Research Foundation; Nashawtuc Architects; New England Power Service Co.; NYSTAR Program; Northeast Utilities; Standish Care Co.; J. Sterling Architects; Theodore & Theodore Architects; Todd Lee-Clark-Rozas Assoc. Inc.; Gordon Tully Architect ; Van Dam & Renner Architects; West River Communications; Carol Wilson Architect; the U.S. Department of Energy; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mark is LEED certified.
