Kevin Brenner
President
Healthy Home Energy & Consulting
Brewster, NY USA
“There isn’t a more important trade that anybody can be doing right now than saving the planet.”
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Milestones
My road in life has taken me all over.
Both my father and brother were podiatrists, so I always assumed I would go into podiatry as well.
I graduated college with a degree in psychology and then went on to medical school for podiatry.
After medical school, I was awarded a residency but ultimately decided not to continue.
I had been doing carpentry on the side and started my own company, Brenner Builders—it started with me as the plumber, electrician, and carpenter, and then grew into a successful 60-person company.
I eventually started testing the houses we worked on to see how they’d perform for energy consumption and realized that this could be a whole new business model.
From there, I created Healthy Home Energy & Consulting.
I managed both companies for a while but eventually closed Brenner Builders because my values no longer aligned with my clients’.
I’ve since been solely focused on Healthy Home Energy & Consulting, where we aim to improve the health and comfort of people’s homes while also saving the planet.
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Education
High School
Career
President
I own a company focused on indoor air quality, energy efficiency, and fossil-free air source heat pump installation.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Entrepreneurship
Environment & Nature
Upholding a Cause and Belief
Day to Day
There is no typical day for me. That said, each day will contain some kind of research, reading about a new technology or product, and working on being a better boss. A lot of my day is focused on spreading building science education to my coworkers, either formally or informally. For example, sometimes I'll visit a job site and gauge an employee's knowledge on why they're doing what they're doing. I also take calls and interviews in effort to educate the public on our mission.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for everyone
Focus on learning a trade that you're passionate about and that can help save the planet. That can mean becoming an electrician who works toward energy efficiency or it can mean becoming a software engineer who creates a new sustainability-focused product. You don't necessarily need to go to college to do so. Find the right path for you personally to learn that trade. I'm self-taught, which worked out well for me because I was able to build my knowledge and experience myself from the ground up.
