John Loercher
Senior Lecturer
Director, Building Science Program
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Phone: 518-276-4060
John is a Professor of Architecture, CPHC instructor for the Passive House Institute U.S. and owner of Northeast Projects LLC. He is a Certified Passive House Consultant and holds a Master of Architecture from Parsons the New School for Design. He has served as the director of the Building Sciences Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 2021 and teaches Building performance studio I & II, Building Science Capstone studio as well as environmental and technology lecture classes within the Architecture and Building Sciences curriculum.
Outside of RPI, his firm Northeast Projects specializes in Passive House design, high performance building envelopes and advanced energy modeling. It serves a diverse range of projects from single-family and multi-family residential, commercial, new construction and retrofits.