Long-Time Energy Design Update Editor Joins BuildingGreen

Posted live from Greenbuild. This announcement was actually made a couple weeks ago, but it flew pretty much under the radar. Martin Holladay of Energy Design Update (a publication with similarities to Environmental Building News) has joined the BuildingGreen team. This is a really. big. deal. He's working on the GreenBuildingAdvisor.com project (see the previous post) that was highly publicized during Greenbuild, and will be contributing to EBN. This guy is world-class, and his involvement adds considerable weight to the already formidable wall of green at BuildingGreen. Press release:

Martin Holladay, who has single-handedly written Energy Design Update for nearly seven years, has joined the editorial team at BuildingGreen, publisher of Environmental Building News. "We are thrilled to have Martin's building knowledge, research skills, and journalistic abilities at BuildingGreen," said company president Alex Wilson. "Martin will add considerably to our depth as an information company, particularly in residential construction and building science." Prior to taking on his role at Energy Design Update in 2002, Holladay was an editor at the Journal of Light Construction for two-and-a-half years.

He worked for six years with affordable housing in Vermont, for 15 years as a self-employed builder, and started his career working as a roofing contractor and then heating system designer. Holladay's breadth of experience in the construction trades gives him an important grounding in writing about cutting-edge products, practices, and building science. During his tenure with Energy Design Update, Holladay established a reputation as one of the country's best writers on residential energy and building science issues. "Manufacturers don't always like to hear about the flaws in a product or system that Martin points out," said Wilson, "but his thoroughness and objectivity have earned respect in all circles. He is without peer in covering the field of residential energy." At BuildingGreen, Holladay will be focusing on green building content both for Environmental Building News and for GreenBuildingAdvisor.com, an online resource debuting in late January and serving the residential design, construction, and remodeling industry. "I'm excited about joining the top-notch team at BuildingGreen," said Holladay, "where my work as a journalist should reach a wider audience than was possible at Energy Design Update." BuildingGreen, LLC, has been providing the building industry with quality information on sustainable design and construction since its founding in 1985. BuildingGreen's publications include Environmental Building News, the GreenSpec Directory of green building products; and the BuildingGreen Suite of online resources.