Marc Rosenbaum, P.E., is an American engineer notable for his work on the design of energy-efficient

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. Rosenbaum studied mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned BS and MS degrees. He has been involved in the design of a number of notable

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projects. Rosenbaum built his first

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house in Meriden, New Hampshire in 1978. The design process of the Meriden house was extraordinary, driven by the goal of heating the house with one cord of wood per year. Even today this is an uncommon, yet highly reasonable approach to designing a high performance residence. In 1979, Rosenbaum cofounded Energysmiths with Daniel Ingold. As of 2014, he was director of engineering at

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in Massachusetts, and he also taught a course on designing net-zero energy buildings.

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Link to Energysmiths websitePersonal Web log entries 2011- via TypepadMarc's Oct. 2023 episode of the Taunton Press Fine Homebuilding podcast
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