Jay Hall, PhD is the President of Jay Hall and Associates, Inc. (JHA), an independent consulting firm that is committed to guiding the design and construction of new high performance residential buildings. Primary services include consulting, design review, in-field verification, commissioning, energy modeling, and education services in Maryland, Washington DC, VA, PA and DE.
JHA has ten active, highly-qualified Field Raters. In 2025, we will verify over 2,000 production homes as ENERGY STAR Compliant, over 200 production homes that will be NGBS/LEED Gold/Platinum Certified. JHA also has 65 additional active custom projects, with about 20 that will be LEED Platinum and/or Net Zero. JHA also has eighteen active multifamily projects with over 3,600 apartment units, which will all be green certified. And, JHA has 8 active PHIUS projects, including 4 large multifamily buildings.
Jay earned his undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering in Canada, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University in North Carolina.
He also holds several professional credentials including: National Green Building Standard Green, Verifier LEED® AP Homes, LEED for Homes Green Rater, RESNET Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Rater, ENERGY STAR SF and MF Verifier, Passive House (PHIUS) Verifier, and ASHRAE BCxP.
Jay will be speaking in Session 4: Collaborating and Innovating Across the Industry