Marc Rosenbaum

Marc Rosenbaum, P.E. uses an integrated systems design approach to help people create buildings and communities which connect us to the natural world, and support both personal and planetary health. He brings this vision, experience and commitment to a collaborative design process, with the goal of profoundly understanding the interconnections between people, place, and systems that generate the best solution for each unique project. Design practiced at its highest level goes beyond efficiency and conservation to create places that regenerate and nurture the natural world and all of its inhabitants. Realizing that the barriers to high performance buildings and communities are neither technical nor economic, his work scope has expanded to assist clients design the process that is necessary to create these high performance projects.

His work has been recognized nationally by ASHRAE, AIA, EEBA, and NESEA.

Marc Rosenbaum's writings on sustainable design

• Understanding the Energy Modeling Process: Simulation Literacy 101 from The Pittsburgh Papers (2003)
• Building Effectiveness
• Passive and Low Energy Cooling
• Whole Systems Analysis as a Basis For Decision-Making in Green Buildings
• Design Intent on Oakes Hall - Vermont Law School
• Converting "Waste" into Nutrients - Treating Household Organic Waste
• Cash Flow vs. Payback in New Home Construction

Hartland Cohousing Project System Design

• Memo 1 - potable water system, heating systems fueled by solar energy and cordwood, solar hot water, solar electricity, graywater, and composting.
  
• Memo 2 - estimates with fuel quantities and costs.
• Memo 3 - nutrient recycling, water supply, thermal loads/envelope, advanced house options, common house, and future opportunities.
• Furnace-Free House - Donella Meadows, Amory Lovins, and Marc Rosenbaum have generously agreed to share their discussion about the attempt to build a furnace-free house in Vermont.