Over 15 years experience in facilities energy management and engineering for the leading natural gas distributor, for consulting engineering firms and for a major international architect/developer. Expertise analyzing the interaction and impact of design and field conditions on energy costs and various equipment alternatives to achieve energy savings. Experience includes technical support, direct sales and marketing of natural gas HVAC systems and process equipment, training, public speaking, engineering design, drafting of mechanical systems and coordinating mechanical/electrical engineering with architectural/structural design. Registered Professional Engineer, Licensed Mechanical Contractor, and Certified Energy Manager.

Atlanta Gas Light Company, Atlanta, GA 1991 – 1999
Firm Industrial Representative (1995 - 1999)

Supported over 500 industrial and large commercial customers with firm natural gas requirements in various ways such as understanding the impact of deregulation, energy studies, equipment analysis and energy strategies.

• Added approximately 5% gas load across the customer base.

• Trained and spoke over 100 times to various groups both in the Gas Company and to civic and professional groups on assorted gas topics including: gas equipment, safety, energy cost and energy usage.

• Met 100% of target goals and 75% of stretch goals with regard to added load and customer support.

• Consistently in the 90 percentile in customer satisfaction ratings from my customer base.
• Coordinated and caught up backlogged commercial account construction projects within 30 days of starting this interim assignment.

Supported in-house sales representatives, customers, architects and engineers on technical issues related to HVAC systems, engine drive equipment, and other technologies through energy cost studies, product research, and alternative design considerations.

• Supported the installation of 44 absorption chillers for Atlanta Public Schools.

• Designed, reviewed, and recommended installation of numerous gas-fired equipment including: cooling, heating, ventilation, processes, and electrical generation to residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

Responsible for HVAC design, load calculations and energy studies. Designed all types and sizes of HVAC systems for new construction and renovations: direct expansion, chilled water, hot water, electric heating, mechanical ventilation. Projects include schools, tenant spaces (up to 10 stories), restaurants, banks, prisons and hotels (up to 600 rooms).

• Designed systems up to 400 tons from room systems to central plants serving entire buildings.

• Designed ventilation systems include room ventilation, stair pressurization, toilet exhaust systems.

• Studied energy uses in high rise central plant systems for hotels.

Designed airside HVAC systems. Performed building load calculations, energy studies and HVAC design. Designed all types and sizes of HVAC systems: direct expansion, chilled water, evaporative cooling, absorption systems, hot water, electric heating and mechanical ventilation systems. Projects included school, tenant spaces, prisons, office buildings (up to 30 stories), exhibition spaces and hotels (up to 600 rooms).

• Designed systems up to 2,000 tons from room systems to central plants serving entire buildings.

• Designed ventilation systems including room ventilation, stair pressurization, toilet exhaust systems.

Organized and updated plans and specifications, tracked and/or answered contractors' requests for information and tracked architectural instructions. Calculated and sized mechanical rooms and air shafts prior to and during the schematic design of high-rise office buildings (up to 60 stories), convention hotels (up to 900 rooms) and tenants' retail spaces (up to 100,000 square feet).

• Designed and drafted HVAC work of tenant office spaces.

• Coordinated mechanical and electrical requirements with architectural and structural design for commercial buildings described above.

• Assisted in development of owners' scope requirements into schematic designs.

• Performed field measurements of airflow to determine problems in existing buildings.

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