Richard Faesy

Richard Faesy is a principal and co-founder of Energy Futures Group in Hinesburg, Vermont. With more than 30 years’ experience in the clean energy industry working with hundreds of clients and programs throughout the U.S. and Canada, he is highly regarded as a national expert and reliable project manager. As a Certified Energy Rater, LEED Accredited Professional, and DOE Home Energy Score Assessor, he specializes in residential buildings, technologies and markets, with expertise in residential new construction and retrofits, strategic electrification, energy rating and labeling, building codes, financing, green building and effective energy efficiency policy, program design and implementation. Richard helped create the national home energy rating industry, 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), including a term as president. Richard was featured in a national Dateline/NBC story on energy efficiency and was awarded RESNET’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He currently works with clients in California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. He is also chair of the board of the Energy Coop of Vermont, a fuel dealer transitioning to become a full-service energy company offering weatherization, heat pumps, wood pellets and other services.