Hammond & Co.

Bruce Hammond is CEO of Hammond & Company, an award winning construction company doing business in the north bay region for the last 35 years. The focus of this firm, since its 1980 inception has been identifying and utilizing construction technologies and practices that minimize impact on the environment, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency, resource conservation, durability, and ecologically integrated site development methods. Their projects have won many awards and have been featured in Sunset Magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, Global Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Green Building & Design, Houzz, and Green Builder. Bruce has been a featured speaker on Green Building for many conferences and professional organizations. Mr. Hammond is a LEED Accredited Professional. He was the founding Chairman of the US Green Building Council - Redwood Empire Chapter, and is currently a member of their Board of Advisors. He was one of the founding faculty of the year-long “Green Building Professional Certificate Program” at Sonoma State University where he taught for 5 years. He was Planning Commissioner for the City of Cotati, and the Solar Energy Specialist as a member of their Design Review Board. Bruce was instrumental in certifying the first LEED project in the North Bay Region, The Cotati Police & Community Services building, and in establishing Cotati’s “Sustainable Building Program.” Bruce is a member of the Certification Board of “the Green Advantage”, an ANSI certified international training program for green building professionals. Bruce has a passion for green building, ecological landscape design, and the art of Aikido. He is a lifelong learner and a lover of wild places. He lives in Santa Rosa with his wife and children.

Broc Croll is Vice President, Senior Estimator, and a long time Project Manager at Hammond & Company. He is a Certified Green Building Professional (USGBC / Longview 2010) and has worked in the company since its inception in 1980. He is a master woodworker and studied with the Japanese master craftsman Makoto Imai, training in layout methods, wood selection, tool-use, cabinetmaking and traditional house construction joinery methods. As Hammond & Company has grown over the last 35 years towards projects of ever greater range and scope, he has worked in many capacities and has developed estimating and cost capture methods that manage the company’s work history as a key asset. He is a “master” of Excel and has been a consistent project advisor to our clients, providing thoroughly considered budgets for review and discussion as the projects move from the stage of early project ideas toward ever greater definition and final budgets. Broc is skilled with estimating and scheduling software, as well as Vectorworks, the computer aided design application we use for project illustration. He has many years of managing a crew and a team of skilled subcontractors and staying ahead of the fast paced decisions needed in the field. He has worked to develop much of the guiding documentation we use to support the project management process. Alongside all that he has a dry wit and is a gem of a person. He loves wild birds and places. And you should hear him play flamenco guitar!

Jeremy is a Building Scientist, Designer and Project Manager with 18 years of experience in the construction
industry. He previously worked as Managing Director of Hyphae Design Laboratory, an ecological design firm, was a
Research Associate with the Residential Building Systems Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and
worked as a project manager for ZETA Communities and Canyon Construction. Jeremy also worked with
Architecture for Humanity, Kleiwerks International and other non-profit organizations to develop international lowincome sustainable housing solutions. Jeremy has presented his research in conferences around the country, is a
LEED accredited professional and certified green builder. His research is focused on cutting edge sustainable
building practices, energy and air quality monitoring systems and Deep Energy Retrofits. He has managed the
construction of multiple LEED platinum projects in both commercial and residential construction. Jeremy has
extensive project management experience in both conventional and alternative construction, as well as design,
research and development projects. He is proficient in 3D modeling, energy modeling, energy monitoring and
design. Jeremy brings innovation, building and material science, and an overall sustainable building expertise to the
Hammond & Company team.
Academics
2011 UC Berkeley, M.S in Architecture
2003 New College of California, B.A. in Humanities, “Eco Dwelling”
Certifications
2006 Certified Green Builder (Bay Area Build it Green)
2004 LEED AP Certified
Relevant Experience
2013-Present Project Manager, Hammond & Company www.hammondandcompany.com
2012-2014 Managing Director, Hyphae Design Laboratory www.hyphae.net
2010-2012 Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Performance of Buildings Group http://homes.lbl.gov/
2008-2010 Project Manager, ZETA Communities www.zetacommunities.com
Prefabricated Net-Zero-Energy housing
2007-2008 Material Science Researcher, Global Homes International
2003-2008 Carpenter and Project Manager, Canyon Construction www.canyonconstruction.com
Publications and Projects
2012 DOE/LBNL Research Report “Eleven California Deep Energy Retrofits”
Project Manager, Co-Author
Home Energy Magazine Article “Deep Retrofit X 10”, Co-Author
Masters of Science in Architecture Thesis “Deep Energy Retrofits - Ten California Case Studies”
ArcCA article “California Prefab: Current Market Report”, Co-Author