Looking for integrated design help in RI
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I am acting as contractor on the renovation of my home in Rhode Island.
Major interior renovation, all new exterior, all new doors and windows, new roof.
I have become dis-satisfied with my architect’s knowledge about such issues as insulation technology, passive cooling, etc.
I am looking for someone to take over the design of exterior wall details, door & window details and roof details as well as a whole-house heating and cooling plan.
Is there a national registry of design professionals in this field?
Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance for your help.
David
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I personally believe you should be able to find a good builder/remodeler in the area that will know what to do and how to do it, I would skip the architect in this situation, IMHO....
David,
National Grid (the electric utility) just extended its deep-energy retrofit pilot program (a program that includes big incentives) to Rhode Island. You may be interested in contacting them. More info:
https://www.powerofaction.com/der/
@Matthew: I'm doing the bulk of the work myself so I assume a builder/remodeler isn't going to be interested in providing design services unless they're VERY slow on work.
@Martin: thanks, RISE Engineering is coming over for an evaluation and I've had a blower-door test but they're both retro-fit oriented and I'm planning on opening up walls to the foundation on the ground floor and taking the exterior (including the roof) down to the sheathing so it's almost a new-construction situation.
David, if your blower door was done by a RESNET cert. HERS contractor, perhaps you could ask him/her ... they should know. If you want to contact all the RESNET certified folk in your area, you can check their contractor list as the website -- but be aware that the search function doesn't list "associate" members. For those folk, there is a separate, and lengthy, listing elsewhere on the website.
At least locally, these people seem to know everybody!
Good luck.