Chris Schaffner

Chris Schaffner

Chris Schaffner

LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ID+C, LEED AP O+M, LEED Fellow, LFA, USGBC Faculty, ASHRAE BEMP, ASHRAE HBDP

CEO

Sustainability Consulting

  • 3.1M GSF
  • 16 Projects
  • 37 Years Experience

About

It sounds like magic, but it's true. We can build better buildings that are healthy, productive, comfortable, efficient, easier to maintain, cheaper to own and operate, and have a lower environmental impact. And we can do it without increasing construction costs. 

Chris Schaffner, PE, LEED Fellow, is the founder and CEO of The Green Engineer, Inc., a sustainable design consulting firm located in Concord, MA. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. and is a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts, California, and Vermont.

Chris has over 36 years of experience in the design of building systems, with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainability. These projects have been across many building types, ranging from high-rise office buildings to small-scale multi-family residential. His projects include energy-intensive building types such as research laboratories and hospitals. His portfolio includes more than 225 projects that have achieved LEED Certification.

Experience

Building Types

  • Assembly
  • Education K-12
  • Education: Higher Ed
  • Healthcare
  • Industrial / Warehouse
  • Laboratory / Tech / Science
  • Lodging
  • Office
  • Residential: Affordable Multi Family
  • Residential: Multi-family
  • Retail
  • Food Sales & Service
  • Mixed Use
  • Restaurant
  • Senior Living

Achieved Project Certifications

  • CHPS
  • ENERGY STAR
  • LEED
  • Living Building Challenge

Projects

  • Green Meadow Elementary School Project

    Energy Modeler

    Education K-12

    Maynard, MA | 2027

    90K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • Franklin Cummings Tech

    Sustainability Consultant

    Education: Higher Ed

    Roxbury, MA | 2025

    67K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • 786 Belmont Public Library

    Sustainability Consultant

    Assembly

    Belmont, MA | 2026

    40K GSF

    Net Zero (Targeting) Designed to be highly efficient and PLANS TO offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis, when the project is completed.

  • Eastham Public Library

    Sustainability Consultant

    Assembly

    Eastham, MA | 2016

    17.5K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • Lexington Visitors Center

    Energy Modeler

    Assembly

    Lexington , MA | 2020

    6.7K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • Walden Pond Visitor Center

    Sustainability Consultant

    Assembly

    Concord, MA | 2016

    5.6K GSF

    Net Zero (Targeting) Designed to be highly efficient and PLANS TO offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis, when the project is completed.

  • Old Oak Dojo

    Energy Consulting

    Assembly

    Jamaica Plain , MA | 2013

    924 GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.