The State of Minnesota
Sustainable Building Guidelines (MSBG)

Buildings, Benchmarks and Beyond

Overview: Credits

The development of the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines has been a multiyear process in collaboration with many people and departments in the state. The Executive Team provided direction and oversight while the Core Team provided ideas and review. We are grateful for all their contributions.

Executive Team

Janet Streff Department of Commerce
Linda Kane Department of Administration, State Architect's Office
Kath Ouska (Through Ver. 2.0) Department of Administration, State Architect's Office
Wes Chapman (Version 1.0) Department of Administration
Jim Jarvis (Version 1.0) Department of Administration
Gordon Christofferson Department of Administration, State Architect's Office

Core Team

Bruce Nelson Department of Commerce
Rajan Thomas Department of Administration - Plant Management
Ed Robinson Department of Administration - Plant Management
Steve Hernick Department of Administration - BCSD
Mark Wallace Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
John Strohkirch Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Peter Paulson Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Linda Nelson Department of Health Services (DHS)
Joe Dotson Department of Health Services (DHS)
Richard L. Post Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)
Lee Mehrkens Department of Finance
Bill Sierks Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA)
Laura Millberg Office of Environmental Assistance (OEA)
Laura Oatman Department of Health
Audrey Bomstad Department of Children, Families & Learning (CFL)
Tom Vesely Military Affairs
Todd Christenson Department of Employee Relations (DOER)
Rolf Nordstrom Minnesota Planning
Bill Breyfogle Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
Sally Grans Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
John Grundtner University of Minnesota
Paul Kroening Hennepin County (representing Association of Minnesota Counties)
Leslie Wilson Carver County (representing Association of Minnesota Counties)

Credits

The team assembled to develop the Minnesota Sustainable Building Guidelines within the B3 Project represents regional and national expertise.

Management Team for the B3 Project

Rick Carter LHB, Inc.
John Carmody Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
David Eijadi The Weidt Group
Graham Adams (Version 1.0) The Adams Group

Guideline Project Team

John Carmody (Leader) Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Jonee Kulman Brigham Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Rebecca Foss Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Jim Wise Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Kerry Haglund Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota
Peter MacDonagh University of Minnesota and The Kestrel Group
Annette Walby The Kestrel Group
Bob Gunderson University of Minnesota and ATS&R
David Grimsrud University of Minnesota
Rebecca Ellis Questions & Solutions Engineering, Inc.
Rachelle Schoessler Lynn LHB, Inc.
Rick Carter LHB, Inc.
Jerry Putnam LHB, Inc.
David Williams LHB, Inc.
David Eijadi The Weidt Group
Tom McDougall The Weidt Group
Prasad Vaidya The Weidt Group
Jason Steinbock The Weidt Group
Vinay Ghatti The Weidt Group
Wayne Trusty Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
Jim Keller Gausman and Moore
Betti Iwanski
Art Pearce Idea Works
Ashraf Salama The Adams Group
Leonard Krumm CNA Consulting Engineers

Advisory Team

Ray Cole University of British Columbia
Wayne Trusty Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
Gail Lindsey Design Harmony Inc.
Joyce Lee City of New York - Office of Management & Budget
Jim Toothaker Consultant, High Performance Green Building Services

CSBR would also like to thank the following people for their reviews and contributions to the development of the guidelines: Steve Kvernstoen, Kvernstoen, Rönnholm and Associates, Inc.; Linnea Weyandt, LHB Inc.; Bruce Cornwall, AIA, LHB Inc.; James Brew, AIA, LHB Inc.; Jim Tiggelaar, LHB Inc.; Michael Schroeder, LHB Inc.; Al Vorderbruggen, LHB Inc.; Antoinette "Toni" Stein, Ph.D., State of California Department of Health Services; Scott Alexander, University of Minnesota; Rebecca Kluckhohn, Wenck Associates; Jim Reinertson, The Weidt Group; Leslie Wilson, Carver County; and Met Council. University of Minnesota students who contributed to the project were Corri Kluba and Dan Handeen.