Mr. Conrad is a Principal of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in the design of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for commercial, cultural, educational, residential and retail applications. Mr. Conrad holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering. A graduate of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Conrad is a licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering in eleven states. His work has focused on building engineering design issues for over twenty years. His work in the commercial sector has focused on the engineering issues of utility systems in our already built environment of the recent past and its early beginnings of the 20th Century. In New York City his firm has designed many projects throughout the Manhattan Buroughs and he has been the building engineer for the Woolworth Building for over 25 years.

Mr. Conrad has been involved in the study and design of special climate control systems throughout the United States and has served clients including National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, The Frick Collection, Getty Conservation Institute, The Pierpont Morgan Library, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Park Service, and many house museums.

Mr. Conrad is actively involved in BOMA New York and was awarded Outstanding Member of the Year. He is currently the committee chair of the BOMA International’s Codes and Voluntary Standards Committee. He sits on New York City development committees, relating to Mechanical Codes, Accessibility, and Sustainability. He is an active member of the USGBC New York Chapter and has lectured the group on sustainable projects.

Mr. Conrad has authored many articles on HVAC issues in buildings design. He recently coauthored the ASHRAE Applications Handbook Chapter 20; Museums, Libraries and Archives design. He is a voting member of ASHRAE Standard Committee SSPC90.1 (energy standard) representing the commercial building sector. He is also a member of the National Archives and Records Administration Advisory Committee on Preservation.

Mr. Conrad is a LEED Accredited Professional specializing in building commissioning and processing building LEED-NC certification. As principal consultant at LFG, Ernest has lectured on sustainability elements at New York University, Fashion Institute of Technology, National Preservation Institute and Simmons College.

Mr. Rauth is a Principal at Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in environmental systems for museums, libraries, archives, and historic facilities. The firm also specializes in the design of me-chanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for architecturally significant cultural, commercial, and educational applications. Mr. Rauth holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering in a number of states. His work has focused on unique engineered systems in buildings for over twenty years.

Mr. Rauth has an expertise in the design of climate control systems and has served clients including The Cloist-ers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rockefeller Archive Center, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Mu-seum, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, The National Park Service, and many house museums throughout the United States.

Mr. Rauth has a penchant for historic building systems and has contributed to Historic Structure Reports through investigation and documentation of early heating, ventilation, plumbing, fire protection and electrical systems. Mr. Rauth has provided guidance on the preservation of early systems when they are considered im-portant to the history of the building.

Mr. Rauth is a LEED Accredited Professional and was incorporating energy conserving features into his me-chanical systems designs long before it was fashionable to be "green". Before he was a design engineer, Mr. Rauth spent the first years of his career as an energy consultant. He quickly learned that retrofitting systems to become energy efficient is more difficult than designing energy efficient systems from the start. Mr. Rauth is a strong advocate of sustainable design.

Mr. Newbold is a Principal of Landmark Facilities Group, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in environmental systems for museums, libraries, archives, and historic facilities. The firm also specializes in the design of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems for architecturally significant cultural, commercial, and educational applications. Mr. Newbold holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s of Business Administration. Mr. Newbold is a licensed Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering in numerous states, and his work has focused on unique engineered systems in buildings for over twenty years.

Mr. Newbold has been involved in the study and design of special climate control systems throughout the United States and has served clients including The Cloisters at the Metropolitan Museum, The Frick Collection, The Pierpont Morgan Library, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Park Service, and many house museums.

Mr. Newbold has a special expertise in the design of geo-exchange heat pump systems for unique applications such as historic house museums, libraries and archives. Mr. Newbold is certified by the Association of Energy Engineers to be a Certified Geo-exchange Designer. Geo-exchange projects include Kenmore Plantation in Fredericksburg VA, Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield, CT, The Edith Wharton Estate in Lee MA, and the Frank Lloyd Wright DD Martin Estate in Buffalo NY.

Mr. Newbold is an active advocate of sustainable designs in museums, libraries, archives, and historic sites. He is a LEED accredited professional specializing in LEED North Carolina projects and commissioning. Mr. Newbold is a frequent speaker in the preservation community on various HVAC sustainable design initiatives.