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Zero By Degrees joins BVH Integrated Services

Jon Haehnel and Lindsay Huff

Bloomfield, CT According to BVH Integrated Services, a 120-person multi-disciplined consulting engineering firm that provides building and site engineering services, Zero By Degrees, a specialist in building envelope consulting, has joined the firm.

Zero By Degrees (ZBD) was founded in Vermont by Jon Haehnel in 2009. BVH’s commissioning department, led by Lindsay Huff, has worked with Jon Haehnel and the ZBD team for over 5 years. In that time together, they have provided solutions for numerous building envelope commissioning projects. 

“We are very excited to announce that Zero By Degrees has joined BVH. Having ZBD’s building envelope expertise as part of our integrated services now gives our clients single source access from pre-design through post-occupancy,” said Karl Frey, CEO. “Our expanded cross-disciplinary expertise will further support our vision of providing a seamless integration of services to our clients.”

BVH’s in-house building envelope services now include:

• Building Envelope Commissioning;

• Building Envelope Diagnostics;

• Building Envelope Plan & Specification Reviews;

• Building Envelope Consulting;

• Large Scale Blower Door Testing;

• Pressure Balanced Blower Door Testing;

• Infrared Imaging;

• Pressurized Fog Testing;

• Window Airtightness Testing;

• Window Water Penetration Testing;

• Membrane Adhesion Testing; and

• Mock Up Testing and Inspections.

With offices in Conn. and Mass., BVH is a multi-disciplined engineering firm providing civil, site utilities, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering, technology design, commissioning and building envelope services. Serving clients since 1958, BVH is a leader in sustainable design, with clients in the academic, healthcare, research, corporate, destination, and municipal markets.

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