Commercial Buildings Initiative
Working Group: Workforce Development
Group Co-Chairs
- Michael Bobker, Senior Fellow, Institute for Urban Systems, City University of New York
- Tom Dietsche, Research Program Specialist, U.S. Green Building Council
WORKING DRAFTS:
Please suggest language that addresses any concerns or issues you may have directly into the document as tracked changes. Send documents to Garth Otto (gotto@naseo.org) with the subject line indicating the working group you are submitting to, i.e. “CBC Input on XXXX Working Group.”
Documents
- REVIEW: Meeting Minutes: 8/9/2010
- Workforce Draft Report Outline 7/19/2010
- Meeting Minutes: 4/2/2010
Draft Scope
The Workforce Development Working Group focuses on how to ramp-up certification, training, and education programs to meet the increased need for qualified personnel.
- Design
- Academic community and formal education
- Certification and continuing education
- Construction
- Operation
- Cultivating young professionals or retraining existing workforce?
- For young professionals—need to be aware of booms and busts of market cycles and demands
- States’ activities are ramping up on this, so they would be good partners on this
Current Members
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| Company Name | First Name | Last Name | Job Title |
| 21st Century Telecommunications, Inc. | William | Branham | Founder/Chairman/CEO |
| Alabama Power Company | Robert | White | Product Manager |
| Alliance to Save Energy | Jeffrey | Harris | Vice President, Programs |
| ASHRAE | Doug | Read | Director of Government Affairs |
| Beth Shearer & Associates, Inc. | Beth | Shearer | President |
| Boston Redevelopment Authority | Galen | Nelson | Green Business Manager |
| Building Intelligence Group | Jeffrey | Seewald | Consultant |
| Building Intelligence Group, LLC | Paul | Ehrlich | President |
| Business EcoSystems | George | Gosieski | Partner |
| California Energy Commission, PIER | Martha | Brooks | Public Interest Energy Research Buildings Program |
| Colorado Governor's Energy Office | Conor | Merrigan | Commercial Buildings Program Manager |
| Consulting-Specifying Engineer | Michael | Ivanovich | Chief Editor |
| DiMella Shaffer | Peter | Fourtounis | Senior Associate |
| Ductmate Industries, Inc | Ed | Rafalski | |
| EC Harris | Bernie | Devine | Consultant |
| EcoInsight, Inc. | Michael | Doane | VP, Business Development |
| EcoSocio Energy Solutions | John | Mueller | CEO |
| EE Capital Management | Brian | Hunt | Partner |
| emersion DESIGN | Shawn | Hesse | Architect |
| Garner Energy Solutions | Aaron | Needham | President/CEO |
| Green2Green Consulting | Catherine | Cotter | President |
| Grundfos Pumps Corporation | Greg | Towsley | |
| Illuminating Engineering Society of North America | Robert | Horner | Director of Public Policy |
| Institute for Market Transformation | Andrew | Burr | |
| Institute for Market Transformation | Cliff | Majersik | Program Director |
| International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories | Philip | Wirdzek | President/Executive Director |
| MBO, Inc. | Steven | Kaplan | Project Development |
| McGraw-Hill Construction | Harvey | Bernstein | Vice President, Industry Analytics, Alliances & Strategic Initiatives |
| McGraw-Hill Construction | Donald | Cotchen | Manager |
| McGraw-Hill Construction | Michele | Russo | Director, Green Content & Research Communications |
| National Association of State Energy Officials | Jim | Arwood | Regional Coordinator |
| National Glass Association | David | Walker | Vice President, Association Services |
| National Institute of Building Science | Ryan | Colker | Director of the Consultative Council/Presidential Advisor |
| National Insulaton Association | Ronald | King | Nia Past President - Fesi Liaison |
| New Buildings Institute | David | Hewitt | Executive Director |
| Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance | Jack | Davis | Market Manager, Office Real Estate |
| Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance | John | Jennings | |
| Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance | Kim | Hughes | Manager, BetterBricks Education and Training |
| Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) | Skip | Schick | |
| NYC Building Performance Consortium | Michael | Bobker | Director, CUNY Building Performance Lab |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Company | Robert | Marcial | |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | William | Bahnfleth | Professor and Director |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | Jeffrey | Brownson | Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | James | Freihaut | Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | Lisa | Iulo | Assistant Professor of Architecture |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | Richard | Mistrick | Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering |
| Penn State Indoor Environment Center | Stephen | Treado | Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering |
| Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association | Kevin | Schwalb | Director of Government Relations |
| REHAU Inc. | Kathleen | Saylor | CEO |
| Sain Engineering Associates, Inc. | Steve | Sain | President |
| Sain Engineering Associates | James | Woods | Vice President |
| Sain Engineering Associates | Nick | Stecky | Resource Efficiency Manager |
| Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Technology (SVIT) | Falguni | Patel | Lecturer |
| Solar Buildings Research Network | Meli | Stylianou | |
| South Eastern Arizona Governments Association | Susan | Buchan | Pathways Out of Poverty Program Manager |
| Southland Industries | Shane | Stanfield | Project Engineer |
| Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance | Richard | Duncan | Technical Director |
| Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) | Kurt | Riesenberg | Executive Director |
| Sustainable Buildings Industry Council | Bud | DeFlaviis | |
| The Facade Group | Rob | Kistler | Principal |
| The Facade Group | Stanley | Yee | |
| The Performance Building Institute | Mark | Sands | President |
| Time Equities, Inc. | Alice | Cook | |
| TowardsNET-ZERO | Nick | Morris | Director - Content |
| TowardsNET-ZERO | Karim | Sayani | Director - Business Development |
| U.S. EPA | Gerard | Bulanowski | Green Building Coordinator |
| United For A Sustainable America | Anthony | Cannon | Managing Director |
| Urban Land Institute | Uwe | Brandes | VP, Initiatives |
| Urban Land Institute | Matt | Johnston | Research Manager, Initiatives |
| US Green Building Council | Chris | Pyke | Director, Research |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Laurel | Colless | Head of Research Development - Sustainable Technologies |
| Unaffiliated | Sonal | Kemkar | Technical Project Manager, Engineer |