NESEA Business Member Directory

Next Phase Studios Architects is a collaborative design firm providing full design services for architecture and interiors. We work as an experienced, integrated team and use a dynamic, problem-solving approach. As individuals and studio members, we strive for a very high level of expertise and effectiveness. This method leads to creative, sustainable, innovative design, building technology, and well-managed project delivery.

NEEP was founded in 1996 as a non-profit accelerating energy efficiency in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. Today, it is one of six Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations (REEOs) funded, in part, by the US Department of Energy to support state efficiency policies and programs. Our Vision: We envision the region's homes, buildings, and communities transformed into efficient, affordable, low-carbon, resilient places to live, work, and play. Our Mission: We seek to accelerate regional collaboration to promote advanced energy efficiency and related solutions in homes, buildings, industry, and communities.

Founded in 1975, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) mission is to advance sustainability practices in the built environment by cultivating a cross-disciplinary community where practitioners are encouraged to share, collaborate, and learn.

NYSERDA is a public benefit corporation that offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. NYSERDA professionals work to protect the environment and create clean energy jobs. Since 1975, NYSERDA has been developing partnerships to advance innovative energy solutions in New York.

O’Brien Wood & Iron is a full-service design-build company combining high-quality craftsmanship with superior customer service. We create spaces that are high-performing and aesthetically stunning. New construction, additions, remodels. Renovations of existing spaces and restoration of old ones. Our personal areas of interest and expertise range from historic preservation and residential carpentry to traditional boatbuilding, Passive House standards, and high-end home design & construction.

Onion Flats Architecture’s focus on community development, multidisciplinary thinking and making, high-performance building technologies and alternative construction methodologies has won the firm national and international awards. Featuring the R&D Award from Architect Magazine, the Green Building United’s Ground Breaker Award, the ULI Willard Rouse Award for Excellence, the International Passive House Award, the ULI Global Award of Excellence, and the Emerging Voices Award by the Architectural League of New York.

Oxbow Design Build offers design and consultation services, the production of highly efficient structures, and environmentally sound renovations and restorations of existing buildings. In addition to working on structures, we design and fabricate custom furniture, built-ins, cabinetry, and displays. We use a variety of mediums, including hardwoods, plywood, metal, tile, and glass. Both residential and commercial clients are welcome. Oxbow Design Build is committed to a set of guiding principles that direct our business decisions and policies. We refer to these ideologies as ARCS, representing Aesthetics, Resiliency, Community, and Sustainability.

At Oxygen8, we help create healthy spaces for people to live, work, and play in an energy-efficient way. With a history of problem-solving through entrepreneurship, innovation, and clean technology, Oxygen8 is proud to offer commercial and multi-unit residential ventilation solutions that help create comfortable indoor environments. Our solutions provide fresh, filtered outside air to building occupants using membrane-based, high-efficiency energy recovery technology, MERV-13 filtration, and Daikin VRV heat pump technology to ensure accurate temperature and humidity control. Oxygen8's commercial products have an airflow range of 325 - 15,000 cfm and depths as low as 16".

We’re a multidisciplinary design, architecture, and engineering firm with 1,300+ talented staff and offices in the U.S. and abroad. Our work consists mainly of complex projects that benefit from our integrated disciplines and significantly impact the communities they serve.

At Passive to Positive, we push the envelope on low environmental impact, healthy, and energy-resiliency. We consult on single-family, multi-family, commercial, and institutional passive house/zero energy, zero carbon projects. We are visionaries in the fields of resilience, and carbon and energy reduction. We provide consulting services to architects, developers, non-profits, and building owners.

Paul Lukez Architecture (PLA) was established in 1992 as a studio to combine a love of creative and sustainable design with a commitment to service. PLA has served a wide range of clients and designed a variety of distinctive works over its 30-plus years of existence. Given our design process and experience, we can work across large, medium, and small projects. In 2021, PLA founded PLASES – a studio focused exclusively on our growing portfolio of sustainable projects. The PLA staff comprises highly skilled, talented individuals whose enthusiasm and energy are matched only by their commitment to the highest quality design. PLA’s pursuit of quality has been rewarded with more than 60 national and international design awards.

Performance Building Supply specializes in the highest-performing European windows and doors, providing for residential and commercial projects alike. Its focus is on passive houses, net-zero, and low-energy builds. Performance Building Supply is also the largest US distributor of SIGA Tapes and Membranes, selling nation-wide through PerformanceBuildingTapes.com.