Name:
Alison Gannett
Position:
President and ORE Founding Board Member
Bio:
<p>Business Affiliation:</p>
<ul>
<li>Founder and Owner of Sunseekers Design – Consultant, design, and building of energy efficient, non-toxic, solar and green building since 1992.</li>
<li>Energy and Solar consultant – ORE, Patagonia Clothing Company; Patagonia National Park, Chile; Fox River Sox, IA.</li>
<li>Frostbusters – 1992-1995: Energy Auditor, Cost Benefit performance analysis, heat loss calculations, airsealing, insulation, attice and crawlspace moisture, mold and air leakage remodeling. Home Energy Rating and E-Star Auditor.</li>
</ul>
<p>Community Involvement:</p>
<ul>
<li>Consultant – Crested Butte Mountain Resort and Gunnison County Housing Authority on affordable housing and solar design.</li>
<li>Volunteer – The Equilibrium Fund</li>
<li>Board Member, Gunnison County Housing Authority.</li>
<li>Chair, Affordable Housing Committee of Gunnison County Land Use Resolution (LUR).</li>
<li>Energy and Resource Representative Gunnison County Green Points.</li>
<li>Founder Green Building Group, Crested Butte.</li>
<li>Co-Founder Town of Crested Butte Energy Option Points Rating System.</li>
<li>Sustainable Communities Symposium volunteer and speaker.</li>
</ul>
<p><br />
Notable Accomplishments:</p>
<ul>
<li>1st straw bale home in a National Historic District 1997.</li>
<li> Creation of second Green Points Program in the US – Town of CB 1997. Coordinated creation of New Urbanism for CBMR’s North Village.</li>
<li>Coordinated development of LEED building for Western State College.</li>
<li>Green Points Program task force of Gunnison County LUR.</li>
<li>Presenter at the National Geographic, Patagonia, Aspen Energy Forum, Sustainable Communities Symposium, the Smart Shelter Network, and Solar Energy International.</li>
</ul>
<p><br />
Education:</p>
<ul>
<li>BS in Environmental Studies and Environmental Design, Botany Minor, University of Vermont. Magna Cum Laude, with Honors 1987.</li>
<li>1991 Solar Energy International - Solar, Natural Home Design, Affordable Housing.</li>
<li>Western State College, Architecture.</li>
<li>University of Alaska, Botany.</li>
<li>University of New Hampshire Business School.</li>
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