Matthew Zirkelbach

About Matthew Zirkelbach

I like to leverage technology, sustainability, and green building to help organizations add value. I Co-Founded SustainaBase, a SaaS platform that makes the process of quantifying an organization\'s carbon footprint easier. At SustainaBase, we are revolutionizing the way organizations collect data, produce industry compliant reports, monitor carbon reduction projects, and tell their sustainability story. Drawing from my background in environmental science, I previously established RunBrook, a consulting firm that focuses on the synergies between green building and organizational sustainability. RunBrook’s green building consulting group helps the largest developers in the nation comply with building code requirements, secure RESNET HERS Ratings, and achieve green building certifications through LEED, the National Green Building Standard (NGBS), and the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC). Our team also helps customers take advantage of millions in above code tax benefits, utility rebates, and other incentives.

Experience

1. Co-founder

   Runbrook

   Feb 2009 — Present · West Palm Beach, FL, US

   MORE VALUE PER SQUARE FOOT™RunBrook\'s consultants, energy modeling professionals, energy raters and field inspectors add more value per square foot by optimizing the sustainable design and construction process. Our extensive expertise, strategic guidance and streamlined approach help clients easily secure green building certifications, comply with building codes, commission building energy systems, market their efforts, lower costs, increase profits and benefit from millions of dollars in above-code incentives.We work with multifamily developers, production home builders, architects & engineers, and building/land owners.

Education

• Florida International University

  M.S., Environmental Science

  2003 — 2005

• Stetson University

  B.A., Environmental Studies, Spanish, Geography

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Epact 179d Tax Deduction
• Environmental Science
• Sustainability Consulting
• Environmental Management Systems
• Ecology
• Environmental Consulting
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Environmental Policy
• Strategy
• Environmental Compliance
• Renewable Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Sustainable Business
• Sustainable Development
• Phase I
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Leed Green Rating
• Environmental Awareness
• Waste Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Building Energy Modeling
• Carbon Disclosure Project Reporting
• Environmental Issues
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Carbon
• Water Quality