Bulletin Board Magazine 2021 V4

Master Sponsor Spotlight

ABOUT EAM

E AM Associates is a multi-discipline construction consultancy, 3rd-party inspection provider, and MEP design firm. We specialize in assisting our partners in the construction of energy-efficient green projects all across the Northeast region. Everything from custom single families to high-lot communities, light commercial, and multi-family/mixed-use apartment developments of all sizes. For over 25 years, EAM Associates has provided our clients with a variety of services, including above code program certifications like Energy Star, energy modeling, QA inspections, energy code compliance, building science consulting, and advanced HVAC design. We have established ourselves as a leading high performance construction consultant that fundamentally improves the end user’s comfort, health and enjoyment of the buildings they live

and work in. Through our work we assist our partners in annually qualifying for millions of dollars in utility incentives and tax credits. Our team includes a diverse group of professionals with hands on experience in multiple construction trades. EAM is a RESNET Accredited HERS Provider, and a LEED for Homes Provider. We help our builders improve their projects by engineering high performance MEP systems, and guiding them through advanced building certification programs such as; DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes, Indoor airPLUS, and Passive House. Our field staff performs over 5,000 QA inspections annually. During 2021 EAM purchased and renovated a new office in Manasquan from which we service projects from Maryland to

Massachusetts. For our ownership team, after years away from our time in the field working for a commercial GC, the process was a powerful reminder of everything our builders have to put into a project to bring it to fruition; from site selection and finance, to permitting and on through construction. What’s on deck for 2022? • With a settled administration in Trenton, in the coming year we expect to see DCA’s proposal for adoption of the 2021 I-codes. After remaining mostly untouched since the 2009 to 2012 cycle, the 2021 IECC represents a significant increase in energy efficiency requirements. These include

substantive upgrades to the building envelope, in particular walls which will almost certainly require some form of continuous exterior insulation.

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