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Richard Gregor
Richard Gregor, PE, vice president, Commercial Building Consultants, is also principal mechanical engineer at Engineered Architecture, an engineering firm providing services to building owners, contractors, developers and architects. Engineered Architecture, originally founded as the Sheerr and Gregor Corporation in New London, NH in 1979, it is now located in Amherst, NH.
Richard spent three years as president of the Hanslin Design Studio which designed and built 550 individual and multi-unit recreational homes in the Eastman Community, a joint venture of Dartmouth College, the NH Society for the Protection of Forests, Chubb Insurance, and the Manchester Bank. During this time period, the country received its first wake-up call from OPEC, in the form of the oil embargo of the early ‘70’s. Mr. Gregor designed the first active solar home in NH as well as a group of passive solar and super-insulated homes.
Richard then worked as general manager and treasurer of Yankee Barn Homes, a post and beam manufacturer using plywood & insulating foam structural panels. He rebuilt the manufacturing and beam processing facilities after a devastating fire destroyed the entire plant just two days after starting the job, continuing construction of orders on hand in a golf maintenance shed.
As a principal engineer in the A/E business, he was responsible for over 1,000 individual and multifamily homes and 300 million dollars worth of commercial and institutional building and design. Some notable accomplishments and firsts include: a passive solar mini-mall, a congregate care facility with fee simple ownership, a passive solar subdivision, Energy Star manufactured homes, and innovative sewage disposal and water conservation systems for the State of NH Highway Safety Rest Areas. Prior to that, he was a gas turbine preliminary design engineer at the Aircraft Engine Group, General Electric Co., where he worked on the preliminary design of the American SST engine.
He has been involved in all facets of the building delivery process, from initial concept, through design, general contracting, and development. He now works to integrate these disciplines with Commercial Building Consultants.
He is an incorporator of the Greater Manchester Affiliate for Habitat for Humanity. Dick has worked as a coach and Tournament Judge in the Destination Imagination and Odyssey of the Mind programs and mentor in the US FIRST Robotics Program.
Richard recieved his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) at Swarthmore College then after working in the private sector was awarded a NASA Fellowship and went to the Thayer School at Dartmouth College and completed all coursework for Doctorate of Engineering
He is a registered professional engineer in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and a member of ASHRAE, the Boston Society of Architects & NHAIA. He has lectured on sustainable affordable modular housing, renewable energy, and building mechanical systems integration at numerous workshops and conferences.