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**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

# Published Papers – James L. Newman, CEM, CSDP, LEED® AP

- **Current Critical Issues in Environmental Law – Green Buildings and Sustainable Development  
          ** Lexis Nexis, 2008
- **Seeing Green? You’re Not Alone  
  **         Technology Century Magazine, Engineering Society of Detroit, 2008
- **First Building in Michigan Certified under LEED-EB (Existing Building) – and It’s GOLD**!  
           BOMA Detroit Magazine, 2007
- **Indoor Air Quality, Health, Energy Conservation and Legal Liability  
  **         Journal of Energy Engineering, 1991
- **HVAC Systems: Computerized Control**  
           Building Operating Management, 1981
- **Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Grows Up**  
           The Detroit Engineer, Engineering Society of Detroit, 1975

# Seminars

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)

Sustainability and Proposed ASHRAE/USGBC/IESNA Standard 189

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

AIA, ASHRAE, USGBC & LEED Initiatives, New and Proposed ANSI/ASHRAE Standards, Proposed New Standard on Sustainability, Commercial Building Tax Deductions from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 – How Do You Keep Them All Straight?

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