Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen, LEED Green Associate, founded and leads the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Better Buildings Residential Network, a national membership network of more than 430 residential energy efficiency programs and partners, co-founded and leads the Health and Home Performance Initiative, and is responsible for educational programming for the DOE Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.

 

He served as Account Manager for over $175 million in grants that developed energy efficiency markets during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) following the Great Recession. Prior to joining the Dept. of Energy over a decade ago, he was Director of the Responsible Purchasing Network -- a national membership network of businesses, universities, government agencies, and nonprofits that buy green products in volume. He launched the first global standard to verify corporate social responsibility reports with the UK-based international organization AccountAbility, managed the national NGO program at the United Nations Association of the USA, and taught at New York University concerning NGO-Corporate social responsibility partnerships.