F.L. Andrew Padian is a private Building Science Consultant with 35 years of experience in the unique building science of multifamily buildings. He has performed detailed energy analysis on thousands of buildings across the country. Mr. Padian is a frequent contributor to energy and sustainable publications, and has spoken at numerous conferences across the country. Previously, he was Vice President for Energy Initiatives for The Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), where he worked in the implementation of the Green Financing Initiative (GFI) and NYC’s Sandy Recovery Program (Build it Back). Prior to CPC, Andy started the Multifamily Buildings Division and re-opened the NYC Office for Steven Winter Associates (SWA). He was also Director of Engineering and Training for the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA), and toiled in the NYC Mayor’s Energy Office and the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development. He lives in NYC, and is involved in many sustainable causes there, including GreenHomeNYC (Volunteer), the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (Board Member) and the Clinton Community Garden (Chair, Steering Committee).