Paul Raymer

Paul H. Raymer has been working with building science for more than forty years. He has taught building science courses to diverse audiences from home inspectors and weatherization specialists to architects and engineers.  He is a Senior Advisor in Building Science with ICF Consulting and the Chief Investigator for Heyoka Solutions.  He is the author of the Residential Ventilation Handbook V2 (2017), Recalculating Truth (a novel) (2014), Death at the Edge of the Diamond (a novel) (2020), Second Law (a novel) (2022), Confined Spaces (a novel) (2024), and has published articles in “Northeast Sun”, “Smart Home Owner”, and “Home Energy”.  He was a member of the LEED EA Technical Advisory Subcommittee, BPI’s Standards Technical Committee, and is Subcommittee Chair for Heating, Cooling, and Ventilation of the NREL SWS.  He is BPI Envelope, Building Analyst, Heating Professional, AC/Heat Pump, Infiltration and Duct Leakage, and Healthy Home Evaluator certified and a certified HERS Rater. He is an IREC assessor, a former IREC Certified Master Trainer and he is a full member of ASHRAE (a 20-plus year voting member of the 62.2 SSPC). And he was the lead SME for the NREL/IREC QCI micro-credential development project.