James L. Newman - Managing Partner
Jim Newman is Owner/Managing Partner of Newman Consulting Group, headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He is a Certified Energy Manager, a LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional, an Operations and Performance Management Professional, a Building Energy Assessment Professional and a Fellow of the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD).
Jim is an active member of many technical societies, a member of the Construction and Design Committee and of the Speakers Bureau of the ESD, and is ESD’s spokesperson on energy and environmental issues. He is a certified trainer for the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Energy Standard 90.1, which forms the basis for the Building Codes in most states. He has trained hundreds of architects, engineers, code officials and contractors on the use of the Standard.
Jim was a member of the Committee that developed ASHRAE’s Energy Policy Document for 2008. He is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and was a provisional energy auditor for the pilot program for the new ASHRAE Building Energy Quotient (BEQ) Program to measure, verify and certify energy used by commercial buildings.
He is a member of the Energy and Environment Committee of BOMA International (Building Owners and Managers Association) and Chair of the local chapter’s Sustainability Task Force. Jim is a past Board member of the Detroit Regional Chapter (DRC) of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and of the local chapter of ASHRAE. He is a Past Co-Chair of the Public Policy Committee of USGBC-DRC, a member of the Green Schools Advocacy Committee and teaches municipalities how to Green their cities and attract Green development.
Jim has published numerous papers on Indoor Air Quality, Energy Conservation, USGBC and LEED. He is an internationally recognized speaker on these issues and on Green Design and Efficient Operating and Maintenance practices. His most recent book, co-authored with 2 attorneys, Current Critical Issues in Environmental Law - Green Buildings and Sustainable Development, was published by Lexis Nexis in June, 2008.
Jim lectures at area colleges and universities, is a frequent speaker on radio and television programs and provides webcasts and podcasts on Indoor Air Quality and Sustainable Buildings. He also teaches classes relative to becoming a LEED Accredited Professional.
He writes a column for the monthly Newsletter of the Detroit ASHRAE Chapter on LEED and Sustainable Design and is LEED Project Administrator for many types of LEED-certified buildings in the U.S., as well as elsewhere in the world, with certifications ranging from Certified to Gold. In 2005-2007, he received Distinguished Service Awards from the local chapters of USGBC and ASHRAE, and from the ESD. In 2010 he was named a Green Leader by Corp! Magazine and the Detroit Free Press.
Jim received a BSME from Tufts University in Boston, MA, and continued his education for an MBA degree at the University of Detroit and Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Email: jimn@NewmanConsultingGroup.us