Our Team
Our mission is to support and facilitate the building performance industry through administration, education, training, and technical consultation. Our principals are dedicated to providing the leadership, training and expertise that is vital in today's market. Allow us to introduce you to the leaders at The BER.
Eurihea Speciale
Eurihea Speciale is well known in the industry for his work as the HERS Manager and QAD at Southface. His background includes many years of experience, beginning with working for his father's construction company. (Eurihea notes “child labor laws were not a high priority in Utica, NY, in those days.”) His own construction business prospered as well, but now his interests are focused on building performance, including high efficiency and Green buildings.
Eurihea brings valuable advanced training in areas vital to to the industry. His undergraduate work was done in the Construction Management program at Syracuse University. He is also a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Georgia State University, where he earned a BBA by studying Business Management, Real Estate Development, Market Management, and Architectural Drafting. Eurihea’s qualifications describe an individual who can step comfortably into the role of managing the HERS Provider for TheBER.
Chris McTaggart
Chris McTaggart is a graduate of Michigan State University. He has done research and lived in South America, where he saw first hand the consequences of the ruthless harvesting of resources. His commitment to building performance is based on sincere personal concerns about the geosphere. Chris also comes to TheBer from Southface, where he was an intern and Eurihea’s invaluable protégé in HERS Management as well as in other programs. Chris has excellent command of Spanish. He brings advanced software and computer mastery along with excellent research abilities and the communication skills to help Raters get their jobs done right and done now.
