James Jenkins

Project Manager

Certifications

Built Green Verifier
Certified Passive House Consultant
Certified Sustainable Building Advisor
ENERGY STAR Verifier and Performance Tester
LEED AP BD+C, Homes
LEED for Homes Rater

Concentrations & Specialties

Living Building Challenge, Passive House, LEED and Deep Green Building Design and Construction

Teaches

LEED Green Associate (GA) Study Session
LEED Building Design + Construction (BD+C) Study Session
Build It LEED
Sustainable Building Advisor course
Net-Zero Energy on a Low Carbon Diet: How Does Passive House Do?

Bio

James provides technical leadership to a large portfolio of green building projects at O’Brien & Company. He is well versed in green building certification programs such as LEED, Built Green, and Living Building Challenge and facilitates project design and construction teams. James works closely with his clients to provide well-rounded education on green building techniques and practices, and ensures team compliance and proper tracking for LEED Certification projects. He knows how to help designers and contractors achieve their sustainable building goals and he is an expert at resolving technical sustainable building and certification issues. James leads a variety of trainings including Build It LEED and the LEED Study Sessions for BD+C. He is also a guest instructor for the Sustainable Construction session of the Sustainable Building Advisor program in the Puget Sound and the Sustainable Building Module of the Building Commissioning Association’s Certification program.

Books on my nightstand

Pedaling to Hawai’i: A Human Powered Odyssey by Stevie Smith

Best green advice

"Think beyond first cost."

Favorite Green Building

The house I'll someday own