Brian Kuhn is the Principal of Developers Marketing Services of Plymouth, MA, which offers
consulting services and project development expertise in the
Renewable Energy and Real Estate industries. He is also a partner in
Aeronautica
Windpower,a venture which markets and manufactures wind turbines.
Brian holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in ‘Renewable
Energy Systems and Business’, from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst (’77), where he was a member of a small
team of engineers that designed and built the UMass
Solar Habitat and Wind Furnace for the Department of Energy. This wind turbine introduced
many innovations, including the use of a 3 bladed, variable pitch
rotor and the use of a monopole tower – features that are now
standard in today’s modern wind turbine designs. The Wind Furnace turbine is currently heading to a new home at the
Smithsonian Institute in Washington.
As the National Solar Specialist for
Rheem Manufacturing Company, (the worlds largest manufacturer of
water heaters) Mr. Kuhn taught the design and installation of
Solar Hot Water systems to installation contractors and
distributors across the United States. Other energy related
activities include waste water heat recovery and off-peak
thermal storage systems.
Mr. Kuhn also offers the unique perspective of
over 15 years of experience as a licensed real estate broker with
involvement in land procurement and development projects across the
Northeast. Clients have included builders,
developers, financial institutions, the Resolution Trust Company,
FDIC, Freddie Mac, and many more.
Mr. Kuhn or his companies are current or past members of
the National Association of Realtors, the National
Association of Home Builders, The American Wind Energy Association, and the Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association. He is the author of several
articles published about solar and wind energy.
Brian served as Chairman for the
Plymouth
Energy Committee, an advisory group which reports to the Board of
Selectmen for the town of Plymouth, MA.
He is the
principal author of ‘Plymouth 2020’, a plan adopted by the town which calls for virtually all of
Plymouth’s Municipal electricity to be produced by renewable
sources - most notably wind power - in time for the town’s 400th anniversary.
Brian.Kuhn@DevelopersMarketingServices.com
