Richard Faesy is a principal and co-founder of Energy Futures Group in Hinesburg, Vermont. As a Certified Energy Rater and LEED Accredited Professional, he specializes in residential buildings, technologies and markets, with a focus on residential retrofit, energy rating and labeling, ENERGY STAR Homes, building codes, energy efficiency financing, green building and effective energy efficiency policy, program design and implementation. He currently works with clients in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, the U.S. federal government and others. He has been active locally, regionally and nationally in many residential new construction and retrofit, energy rating and disclosure, energy financing, codes and green building efforts for more than 25 years. Richard helped create and was the founding president of the board of the Northeast HERS Alliance, and was a founding board member of the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), serving from inception in 1995 until 2010, including terms as president and other officer positions.