Michelle B Tinner

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Michelle B TinnerShe/Her

CPHC®, HERS® Rater

Director of High Performance Design

Sustainability Consulting

  • 692.7K GSF
  • 9 Projects
  • 16 Years Experience

About

My goal is to help make Passive House the achievable mainstream standard for our collective future. 

Michelle is Director of High Performance Design Services at SCI where she consults on residential and commercial building projects with a focus on high-performance, quality assurance and health. She supports teams to make data driven decisions using energy analysis and best practice building science. Throughout her 10+years of work in a variety of programs in various capacities including performance testing, extensive energy modeling, as well as program implementation and management, she continually strives to bind innovation with sustainability and affordability. Michelle is the Northeast Phius Alliance representative for the national chapter as well as the treasurer of the Phius Alliance New York. 

Experience

Building Types

  • Education: Higher Ed
  • Mixed Use
  • Office
  • Residential: Affordable Multi Family
  • Residential: Multi-family
  • Senior Living

Achieved Project Certifications

  • ENERGY STAR
  • LEED
  • PHIUS
  • ZERH

Projects

  • Pan-American Square Apartments

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Buffalo, NY | 2025

    163K 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.

  • Danvers The Riverbank

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Danvers, MA | 2025

    137K 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.

  • James Linburgh Senior Apartments

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Yonkers, NY | 2025

    78.3K 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.

  • Baird Road - Senior Apartments

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Perinton, NY | 2025

    76.3K GSF

    Net Zero (Achieving) The project is highly efficient AND ≥100% of the building energy is offset with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis. Energy consumption and renewable energy generation must be based on measured data.

  • Cottage Street Housing

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Chelsea, MA | 2024

    72.5K 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.

  • West Newton Armory

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Newton, MA | 2025

    59.4K 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.

  • Westgate Apartments

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Rochester, NY | 2024

    50.2K GSF

    Net Zero (Achieving) The project is highly efficient AND ≥100% of the building energy is offset with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis. Energy consumption and renewable energy generation must be based on measured data.

  • Stonley Brookley

    CPHC

    Residential: Multi-family

    Jamaica Plain, MA | 2025

    37.9K 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.