Workshop Speakers
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LED TECHNOLOGIES
John W. Curran, Ph.D., LED Transformations, LLC
Dr. John Curran has spent over 25 years in the area of product development. His executive experience includes senior positions managing the research and development efforts for several industrial high technology businesses. With over 19 patents either issued or pending, Curran has been responsible for products ranging in scope from shear wave seismic sources, to retail anti-theft units, to fire and emergency evacuation systems and, in recent years, a number of products based on LED technologies, including the first 20,000 cd white strobe signal used for obstruction lighting and the first hazardous location rated area light using LEDs. He is currently the President of LED Transformations, LLC, a New Jersey-based technology consulting company specializing in providing guidance to companies entering the solid state lighting field. Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering for Dialight Corporation, one of the pioneering providers of LED signaling devices. He is a member of the SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, IESNA and the Optical Society of America and the Acoustic Society of America. He has given a number of talks to the lighting community on the correct use of LED technology for general illumination applications both for his own company as well as the U.S. Department of Energy.
HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHTING
Charles E. Israel, Lighting Design Alliance
Charles Israel is the President of Lighting Design Alliance and is an internationally recognized lighting designer with 20 years of experience. He founded Lighting Design Alliance in 1992, creating a full-service architectural lighting design firm. Israel built a highly-select team of lighting design professionals who now serve a variety of clients worldwide. Israel works closely with the owner, the design team and manufacturers to ensure lighting systems are fully integrated with the architectural design and enhance the designer’s concepts.
Israel was elected as a fellow in the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD); received the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award from Pennsylvania State, University College of Engineering highest award; and Martin’s Professional Lighting Designer of the Year. Additionally, he serves on the IESNA Board of Directors and is the Past President of the IALD Education Trust and the Designer Lighting Forum. He has lectured at numerous universities and has spoken in 9 countries. Lighting Design Alliance has also been recognized by winning over 60 national and international design awards, including multiple awards for sustainable lighting design.
HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTRAL PLANTS
George Benda, Chelsea Group, Ltd.
George Benda is Chairman and CEO of Chelsea Group, Ltd., a leading firm in building science consulting. He oversees teams of engineers, architects, industrial hygienists and building scientists to advance environmental sustainability and energy management in buildings, recovery of buildings and campuses from a wide range of disasters and in delivering building science services that help optimize the physical asset value of client properties. More than 500 buildings, totaling over 150 million square feet of interior space, throughout the U.S. use Chelsea Group services. Benda recently deployed a team to work on optimization of the chiller plant at the Queen's Medical Center.
PV-IMPLEMENTATION – LOCAL LESSONS LEARNED
Mark Duda, Distributed Energy Partners
Mark Duda is a founding principal at Distributed Energy Partners, a Hawaii-based, owned and operated firm specializing in the development of commercial and public sector renewable energy projects and RevoluSun, a residential solar integrator. As President of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, he develops the organization’s legislative agenda and its regulatory activities in proceedings on feed-in tariffs, distributed generation interconnection, net energy metering utility decoupling, advanced metering/time-of-use rates, integrated resource planning and energy efficiency portfolio standards, among others. Duda is also Co-Chair of the Renewable Energy Working Group of the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum, a member of the Steering Committee for Energy Efficiency of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative and a member of the State of Hawaii Steering Committee for Renewable Energy Workforce Development. In each of these roles, he works to expand the supply of renewable energy in Hawaii. His previous experience also includes work as a consultant specializing in housing and mortgage market issues and as a Research Analyst at the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Riley Saito, Hawaii Projects
Riley Saito has been with SunPower Corporation (formally known as PowerLight Corporation) in the State of Hawaii since 2004, and has been actively involved with the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, Solar Alliance Representative in Public Utilities Commission (PUC), legislative policy shaping, and overall business development of commercial-scale PV systems in Hawaii. Saito's involvement in renewable energy began prior to his current position with Mauna Lani Resort as a Vice President and Corporate Controller. He championed the resort's renewable energy initiatives, which resulted in the first commercially funded PV system in the U.S. (1998 90 kWp – rooftop of Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows) along with five subsequent PV arrays totaling 675 kWp. His responsibilities included a diversity of areas outside of the finance department, including resort marketing, information technology and product/service development. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration degree in travel industry management from the University of Hawaii. He has served as President of Big Island Group, a destination marketing cooperative; Chairman of the Big Island Festival; and Design Commissioner for the Kona Village Resort. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Friends of NELHA.
Larry Gilbert, Kairos Energy Capital
Larry Gilbert’s career has been advising and managing entrepreneurial and investment companies. He is regarded as an expert in transaction structuring, renewable energy investing and venture investments. Prior to founding Kairos Energy Capital, Gilbert was Managing Director and CEO of Sennet Capital, a private equity merchant bank providing debt and equity capital to Hawaii renewable energy projects and mid-market companies. He has also served in a number of roles connected with venture capital investments, including acting as a portfolio and transactional advisor and as operational management for portfolio companies.
Gilbert began his career as a corporate and transactional attorney. He founded, developed and managed a successful Honolulu law firm serving entrepreneurial and business clients. During this time, he became involved with VeriFone, Inc. where he served as counsel and advisor from its earliest stages through its IPO.
Gilbert received his juris doctorate from UCLA in 1977 and a bachelor's degree from Pitzer College in 1974. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Enterprise Honolulu and on the board for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hawaii. He is also on the Board of Advisors for the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii and serves as a virtual professional-in-residence for the UH Shidler College of Business, where he also occasionally acts as a guest lecturer.
Steve Burns, Hawaiian Electric Company
Steve Burns has been promoting the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for over 30 years, during which he received a master of science degree in technology and human affairs from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Since moving to the Big Island 22 years ago, he has worked in the government, utility and private sectors on the application of appropriate energy technologies, primarily the use of photovoltaic (PV). He served as the first Energy Coordinator on the Big Island; managed the first integrated resources planning (IRP) processes and nationally recognized PV and electric vehicle programs for Hawaii Electric Light Company (HELCO); managed the start-up and operation of ProVision Technologies, Inc., an unregulated Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) company focusing on PV systems and services; and has provided PV development consultation expertise to a number of Pacific Island territories and throughout southeast Asia. He is currently spearheading the development of new PV initiatives for Hawaiian Electric Company and serves as an Energy Commissioner for the Hawaii County Energy Commission. Burns built his PV-powered, off-grid home in the Hamakua district of the Big Island, where he continues development of his sustainable homestead, farm and healing retreat.
COMMISSIONING-LOCAL LESSONS LEARNED
J. JAY SANTOS, P.E. , Facility Dynamics Engineering
Jay Santos is a principal and co-founder of Facility Dynamics Engineering. Facility Dynamics is a 21-year-old firm that focuses on commissioning and retro-commissioning. They have commissioned over 1,300 projects in the past 16 years. Facility Dynamics is also active in controls design; controls master planning; and fault detection and diagnostic software. Santos has directed the development of DDC/control master plans for numerous institutions and organizations nationally. These plans deal with procurement issues associated with DDC controls and typically include standardized approaches to system sequences, documentation and specifications. He teaches DDC and commissioning courses at the University of Wisconsin, North Carolina State and the PGE Energy Center in San Francisco. He has also developed an Advanced Commissioning Course focused on teaching the skills necessary to functionally test HVAC systems and controls in the field. Santos also developed the DDC website for the Iowa Energy Center. He is member of the HPAC Engineering Editorial Advisory Board and a former member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Professional Development and DDC Guideline committees. Locally, Facility Dynamics has been involved in dozens of commissioning projects at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH); energy and controls upgrades at PJKK Federal Building; retro-commissioning over three million square feet at Schofield Barracks; and boiler troubleshooting at the Queen's Medical Center. They also developed a set of controls standards that MCBH uses that consists of standardized specifications, points lists and sequences for common HVAC systems. Facility Dynamics is also the commissioning agent for a new barracks at Schofield, the UH Campus Center expansion and the UH Cancer Research Center.
VARIABLE REFRIGERANT VOLUME AIR CONDITIONING
Mike Viale, Daikin AC
Mike Viale joined Daikin AC in June 2008 as a Sales Engineer. He has over five years experience in the HVAC field as Project Manager and Design Engineer for a commercial HVAC contractor in the Bay Area as well as a Branch Manager for an HVAC and refrigeration supply warehouse. Viale has a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from California State University-Chico. He is also an LEED Green Associate and an engineer-in-training (EIT).
Ryan Lee, Air Treatment
Ryan Lee earned a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Gonzaga University in 2000. Upon graduating, Lee has designed and sold custom HVAC equipment as a manufacturer’s representative in California and Hawaii. He also supported a network of representative offices as regional sales manager for Greenheck Fan Corporation. Lee joined the Air Treatment Hawaii office in May 2007.
Robert Hahn, Mitsubishi Electrics & Electronics USA
Robert Hahn is the West Region Manufacturer Sales Representative for Mitsubishi Electrics & Electronics USA. He has an extensive educational background from Cal State Long Beach, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business/marketing; Mitsubishi HVAC Tech School in Nagoya, Japan; Carrier Technical Product Development in City of Industry, Calif; and Lindsay-Cooper School of Refrigeration in Irving, Texas. Hahn has 14 years in the HVACR industry, including DX systems, chilled water, air quality, filtration and controls. He is a member of the Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI); Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE); Manufacturers' Agents National Association (MANA) and is on the Board of Directors for the Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries (IHACI). He enjoys golfing and surfing in his free time.
Jonathan Marshall, LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. - Commercial AC Division
Jonathan Marshall is an Applications Engineer within the commercial air conditioning division for LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., a worldwide leader in consumer electronics and variable refrigerant flow air conditioning products. He focuses on working with engineers, distributors, contractors and building owners on applications of LG applied commercial variable refrigerant flow (VRF) products. Marshall earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and has completed extensive engineering training programs with several major HVAC equipment manufacturers. Marshall worked within the Southern California HVAC construction industry since 2003 before becoming accepting his current position at LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. He regularly supports LG personnel and clients with regard to Multi V – the LG applied commercial VRF product, takes responsibility of engineering projects and conducts engineering training classes on proper design and application of Multi V products.
PACOM RENEWABLE ENERGY INITIATIVE
Ross Roley, Cubic Applications
Ross Roley is a Senior Military Analyst for Cubic Applications, working in support of the U.S. Pacific Command Joint Innovation and Experimentation Division, developing energy strategies and conducting energy experiments. He is a retired Air Force Colonel with 33 years of experience in the federal government. Roley grew up in Bellingham, Washington and graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 with a degree in mathematics. He later earned a master's degree in operations research from the Air Force Institute of Technology. During his time in the Air Force, Roley served four tours of duty in the Pacific, spent eight years on various headquarters' staff and worked installation support issues for 11 years. He also participated in 10 strategic planning efforts, including one for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (CDRUSPACOM) in 1995 designed to reorganize the headquarters. He commanded two Air Force squadrons and led both to “Best in Air Force” recognition, winning hundreds of awards along the way. He is a distinguished graduate of the Squadron Officers School and Air Command and Staff College.
Bill Nutting, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Bill Nutting has been the Energy Manager/Utilities Engineer for the past 20 years with Marine Corps Base Hawaii. He is responsible for managing all aspects of energy and water conservation programs in over 900 buildings at several locations, totaling over 6 million square feet. Nutting managed a 25-year energy savings performance contract for all facilities that produced annual savings of over $4 million. He established and implemented automation/improvements in utilities metering, accounting and billing procedures. He was instrumental in reducing annual electrical energy consumption by 7 percent, producing $6 million cost avoidance in utilities bills last year. Nutting has a bachelor of science in architectural engineering from the California State Polytechnic University. He is a licensed civil engineer and architect.
Greg Gepdhart, NAVFAC
Greg Gebhardt is the Director of the NAVFAC Hawaii Energy Office. He has been with NAVFAC for the past 10 years and has extensive experience with PV, wind, ocean technology (OTECH), wave and biofuel. He worked on other energy-related projects, including landfill gas, energy security, water conservation, energy conservation, sustainability, alternative energy vehicles and Infrastructure. Gepdhart previously worked as the Director of Environmental Laboratory with the U.S. Navy. He became a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) in 2003. Gepdhart has a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in cross-cultural communications.
Keith Yamanaka, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii
Keith Yamanaka has been the Energy Manager for the U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii since 1999. His extensive energy related experience includes incorporating sustainability principles in facilities and improving energy security for the military sector. He has a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Hawaii and has been a Certified Energy Manager since 2000.
HAWAII PEER GROUP COMPARISONS
Sean Harrington, OPOWER
Sean Harrington is the Director of Client Solutions for OPOWER. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Harrington leads the company’s operations on the West Coast. He is an experienced entrepreneur, having founded and built a successful company and worked in the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Harrington holds a bachelor of science in geomatics engineering from the University of Calgary and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Michael Chang, Hawaii Energy
Michael Chang serves as Deputy Program Manager at Hawaii Energy, the state energy conservation and efficiency program. He has a broad range of energy experience gained from 18 years in the energy industry, helping local businesses to identify ways to cut energy costs, obtain viable financing, implement energy-saving actions, achieve energy efficiency goals and, most importantly, how to maintain the persistence of the savings. Chang has served as Honolulu Branch Manager at Johnson Controls, Commercial Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Hawaiian Electric Company and as a Seabee Construction Electrician in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Chang holds bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from the University of Hawaii. He currently serves as President of ASHRAE Hawaii, a professional association of engineers involved in heating, refrigeration, and air conditioning.