Louisa is a mechanical engineer (BSME and MSME, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). She worked as a project engineer for Baltimore County’s Public Buildings and Sewer Design Sections for 24 years. She is now an Engineer IV/Facilities Engineer with the Office of Property Management, Design + Engineering Team.

Her experiences with green buildings include serving as LEED Project Administrator for Jacksonville Community and Senior Centers, writing green educational brochures for several county projects, the major renovation of Dundalk Community Center (a “mid-century modern” historic building), and managing the design and construction of Randallstown Community Center, Baltimore County’s first LEED-certified building (nicknamed the “girl power project” after a field meeting of Susie Cunningham (project architect, Rubeling and Associates), Mary Cummings (project superintendent, Dustin Construction), Brittany Murray (LEED project manager, Lorax Partnerships), and myself – all of whom were used to being the only woman in a construction trailer). She is also a former member of the LEED Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group and a member of USGBC - Maryland Chapter MLAB.

Besides managing design and construction projects (which means keeping an eye on both costs and schedules while making sure that all the participants involved are at least reasonably happy), her work with Public Works included overseeing energy audits, evaluating and implementing energy conservation measures, and pursuing energy rebates. In her new position in Property Management, she is helping to develop and implement sustainability, green building, and energy efficiency policies and initiatives and continues to provide engineering support for new construction and renovation projects and equipment upgrades. She is also a member of Maryland's Building Energy Transition Implementation Task Force, working on the state's new Building Energy Performance Standards.

As a volunteer, Louisa has given presentations on green building issues to non-profits and written articles that provide practical advice and encourage people to live sustainably.

Louisa is also a musician, playing handbells (as “Bronze & Ivory”, a handbell-piano duet) and Celtic harp (as “cold hands, warm harp”).

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A. Louisa Rettew, P.E.