Jetson Green is a daily updated magazine that's obsessed with green building and everything related to it, including sustainable architecture, good design, green prefab, clean technology in the built environment, affordable housing, and eco-friendly development. Our goal is this: to help you become as obsessed with green building as we are. This is a place where curious, open-minded, demanding, entrepreneurial, and innovative readers are welcome. We hope you like it and hope you'll contribute. Leave comments. Volunteer to write articles. Email a contributor. Become obsessed.
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PRESTON KOERNER - founder and sole owner of Jetson Green, chief editor, and contributing writer in prefab, LEED projects, and green technology. Preston is also a LEED AP. He started this site as an MBA student in the summer of 2006, and since that time, the topic of green building has entered mainstream discourse as a major component of environmentalism. In the spring of 2007, Preston graduated from SMU with separate JD and MBA degrees and currently practices as a transactional attorney at Corbridge Baird & Christensen in Salt Lake City. In his spare time, Preston also volunteers as treasurer for the Salt Lake City Professional Chapter of Net Impact. He lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with his wife, son, and super beagle.
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FRANK ROBBINS - Contributing writer in LEED developments, with a focus on LEED Platinum projects. Frank is a LEED AP pursuing a masters in construction management from Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a BFA in theatre from New York University. He decided to focus on green building in 2005 after project managing the renovation of a transportation non-profit in New York. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife, son, dog, and cat.
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RYAN DELIA - Contributing writer in landscape architecture, efficiency, and all things sustainable design. Ryan Delia is a recent graduate of The Ohio State University's landscape architecture program. Since then he has been working as a designer in the residential design/build industry. Ryan spends his free time cycling, blogging, cooking, and traveling.
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SARAH ROE - alumni contributor in green communities and design. She is an artist, art educator, and passionate environmentalist. Sarah is renovating a 1950s cape in seacoast, NH and is thrilled to be able to see the green products she has spent so much time researching being applied in her own home. As a practicing artist, Sarah works in a wide variety of media and is presently developing a collection of eco-friendly artwork. Her current collection of digital photography and digitally created images are available for viewing and purchase at sarahmeredithgallery.com.
PHILIP PROEFROCK - alumni contributor in architecture, development. Philip is an architect, LEED AP, and photographer in southeast Michigan. His professional involvement with green building includes working as project architect for the award-winning Malletts Creek Branch Library for the Ann Arbor District Library, which received the 2005 AIA Michigan Sustainable Design Award, and which was the first completed commercial vegetated roof (green roof) in the state of Michigan. Philip has degrees from Bowling Green State University (BFA - Photography), Cranbrook Academy of Art (MFA - Photography), and Miami (OH) University (M. Arch.). He also writes for EcoGeek.
JEFF STEPHENS
– alumni contributor in green building policy, programs, and more. He
is a writer, marketer, and pr professional focused on the green
building sector. He has substantial experience in environmental claims
having worked as director of communications for a third-party
certification firm. Jeff is actively involved in the Northern
California Chapter of the USGBC and serves as its newsletter editor.
He's also particularly interested in how social media is changing the
face of public relations and driving adoption of green building
practices. He writes about these topics at www.planetrelations.com.
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