Skylar Swinford is the Principal of Energy Systems Consultants (ESCO), an Idaho-based building energy and enclosure consulting firm.

Swinford graduated with a degree in Environmental Science from Willamette University in 2007 and has worked in the high-performance building industry since. He is a CPHC® (Certified Passive House Consultant), Phius+ Rater, and a BPI-certified Building Analyst and Envelope Professional.

He has consulted on hundreds of residential and commercial building projects in the Northwest and across North America. This ranges from his work on many Net-Zero Energy and Certified Passive House projects, to the forensic evaluation of failed buildings.