--- title: Articles - Seminars - Jim - 1008 description: The Newman Consulting Group consists of a diverse team of experts in architecture, engineering, interior design, facility management and business disciplines. --- [![building-training-consulting](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/hs-fs/hub/17136/file-2598594648.png)](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/) [![building-training-consulting](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/hs-fs/file-13336320-jpg/images/building-training-consulting.jpg)](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/) **Newman Consulting Group, LLC** Consultants for Energy-Efficient, Sustainable Buildings – and a Sustainable Planet Helping to Secure a Healthier Future – For People and the Planet - One Building at a Time ### Newman Consulting Group, LLC Consultants for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Buildings 6600 Valley Spring Road • Bloomfield Hills MI 48301-2841 • USA ### Published Papers – James L. Newman, CEM, CSDP, LEED® AP Seeing Green? You’re Not Alone Technology Century Magazine, Engineering Society of Detroit, July, 2008 Current Critical Issues in Environmental Law – Green Buildings and Sustainable Development Lexis Nexis, June, 2008 “Green” Buildings and Sustainability 2007 Metro Detroit Year End Market Report, Friedman Real Estate Group, Inc., January, 2008 First Building in Michigan Certified under LEED-EB (Existing Building) – and It’s GOLD! Visions Magazine, BOMA Detroit, May, 2007 Indoor Air Quality, Health, Energy Conservation and Legal Liability Journal of Energy Engineering, 1991 HVAC Systems: Computerized Control Building Operating Management, March, 1979 Computer Control for Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning Comes of Age Detroit Engineer, July, 1978 Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Grows Up The Detroit Engineer, Engineering Society of Detroit, 1975 ### Seminars - Partial List LEED® and ASHRAE Energy Standard 90.1 – Similarities of Goals & Procedures Avoid a “Sick Building” – Effective Operating & Maintenance Techniques to Optimize Efficiency Indoor Air Quality, Health and Energy Conservation - and the Legal Liability Associated with Them Introduction to the U.S. Green Building Council and the LEED®Green Building Rating System How to Pass the LEED Exam (10 hours) No and Low Cost Operational Adjustments to Improve Energy Performance & Comfort – How to Convince the Board The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) – Commercial Building Tax Deductions Introduction to ASHRAE/ANSI/IESNA Energy Standard 90.1 (8 hours) Types of Fans, Fan Laws, Systems and System Effect on Fan Performance (8 hours) Facilities Best Practices: How to Save Energy, Improve IAQ and Reduce Tenant Complaints – and How to Get the Money to Do It Transforming an Older Facility into a High-Performance Building How to Save Energy with Commissioning, Re-Commissioning and Retro-Commissioning LEED and Energy Star – Differences and Similarities LEED-EB: O & M – How to Do It without Breaking the Bank **Phone: 248-626-4910 • Fax: 248-671-0482 • contact@newmanconsultinggroup.us www.NewmanConsultingGroup.us** ### Follow Me [Home](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/) | [About Us](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/about-us/) | [Events & Seminars](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/events/events-and-seminars) | [Contact Us](https://www.newmanconsultinggroup.us/contact-us/) © 2015 Newman Consulting Group. All Rights Reserved. ![](https://dc.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=1127866&fmt=gif) hello