Consulting is advisory work: no crews, no installs, only judgement from someone who holds the license and the credentials. This post answers seven questions a customer might type, and then points at the page that answers each one properly.
Our condo board has a reserve study and a milestone inspection coming. What do we do with them?
Both reports are signed by an engineer or architect and written for professionals. The new page explains what each one answers, what to have in hand before the engineer visits, and how a Florida CGC reads the findings with the board. The local fact: Palm Beach County's salt air and wind-driven rain are why waterproofing, windows and balconies get the closest look.
Where is my house losing the air I paid to cool?
A blower-door test pulls the house to a known pressure so every gap shows itself, and the same RESNET Certified HERS Rater credential (RTIN 4516301) behind the HERS page performs it. The local fact: in a humid Palm Beach County house, leaking attic and duct air is a cooling load you pay for every month.
Could a brewery or distillery make its own power and use the waste heat?
The page covers combined heat and power for breweries and distilleries, where recovered heat goes into the mash and the vats instead of the sky. The fact worth knowing before you call a vendor: the engines in this class are reciprocating gas engines, not gas turbines, and the heat-recovery profile is different.
What does a construction consultant actually do for me?
It sets out the advisory-only work: pre-construction review, bid levelling, permit pointers and HERS testing, from a Florida CGC who is also a certified energy engineer. The local fact: Palm Beach County is dozens of building departments, not one, and the same code section can be read differently from one town to the next.
Can a waterfront building reject its heat into water instead of air?
The page looks at a water or ground heat sink for high-load waterfront buildings and for indoor gun ranges, where the ventilation load runs continuously. It is feasibility and owner's-representative advice, not installation.
What goes into developing an air-to-water heat pump?
Specifications, benchmarking and international sourcing, from an engineer who has developed one. A fact that trips up many buyers: air-to-water is an air-source machine, and geothermal means ground-source. The page keeps the two apart.
Is a LEED target worth chasing on my project?
The page explains what a LEED AP does on a Florida project and why it matters that the same person holds a Florida CGC license and a HERS Rater credential: a credit that reads well on paper still has to be built, inspected and paid for.
Also on the Consulting hub
The Consulting hub lists every engagement. Everything on it is advisory, and all of it rests on a Florida Certified General Contractor license (CGC1528750), a RESNET Certified HERS Rater credential (RTIN 4516301), a LEED Accredited Professional credential and an MBA.