Energy Related Contract Experience (Chronological)

The Energy Management Technology Training Program, a contract with Los Rios Community College District. Managed contract from Sept, 1998 through July, 2002.

"Development Of An Advanced Evaporative Heat Exchanger Module," RFP#500-97-503, a California Energy Commission PIER (Public Interest Energy Research) contract with Davis Energy Group of Davis, CA. Managed contract from 1999-2000.

Provided technical review of Phase II grant applications submitted to the Department Of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Spring 1998. DOE contact person is Robert E. Berger, SBIR Program Manager. A list of projects selected for Phase II awards is available on the Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov.sbir

"New Concepts for Solar Thermal Systems," RFP No. RDC-7-17675, November, 1997. Proposal to further refine the Morley High Sierra Drainback system design and measure energy savings for installation using gas water heater. Included project team consisting of Bob Pelton (Morley Manufacturing); Charles Newcomb (Chair, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy) and Dr. Sukhbir Mahajan (Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy), Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA; researchers Jim Huggins and Steve Long of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), Cocoa, FL. Note: although this proposal was determined to be competitive for the subject RFP by the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), the contract was not awarded due to the lack of funding originally anticipated to be available.

"Analysis And Recommendations Report; Evaluation Of An Indirect-Direct Evaporative Cooling System; Montessori Country Day Child Care Center," Sacramento, CA; September, 1997. Provided technical assistance and report write-up in association with Melas Energy Engineering, under contract with SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District).

"Solar Hot Water Test Facilty," a multi-agency collaborative project between the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), in a technology assessment project involving side-by-side testing of four different system approaches to solar domestic hot water heating. This ($80k CEC budget; $160k overall) contract took place between the spring of 1995 through the spring of 1997. Provided contract workstatement & budget development as well as contract management.

"Passive Solar Design Assistance Training Program," Madlin's Enterprises, Palm Spings, CA prime contractor. This ($34k) contract took place between the spring of 1995 through the spring of 1997. Provided contract workstatement & budget development as well as contract management and technical assistance.

"Evaporative Cooling Technology Demonstration Center," Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Ho Fu Wu prime contractor. A three year (1995-1997), $326k contract managed by Phil Misemer of the California Energy Commission (CEC). Provided technical review and task write-up assistance to P. Misemer of the CEC.

"Energy and Economic Evaluation of Opportunity Technology Commercialization (OTCOM) Program Technologies," RFP #500-94-007; OTCOM Program Technologies to be addressed (for residential and commercial applications) included indirect/direct and direct evaporative cooling, passive solar space heating and cooling, high performance wall systems, geothermal (ground source) heat pumps, and thermal energy storage. This ($27k) contract was scheduled for completion between 2/95 and 3/96, but was cancelled prior to completion. Provided contract workstatement &budget development as well as contract management.

"Cooling Technology Demonstration Project With The Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency (SHRA)," a multi-agency collaborative project between the California Energy Commission (CEC), Department Of Energy (DOE), SHRA, Lawrence Berkeley Labs (LBL), and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), in a technology demonstration project involving an assortment of cooling strategies and energy conservation technologies. Two stage evaporative cooling, white roofs, and ground source heat pumps will be retrofitted to existing low-income public housing projects in Sacramento. This ($100k CEC budget; multi-million dollar overall) contract was scheduled between July 1, 1994 to March 31, 1995. Provided contract workstatement & budget development as well as contract management.

"1992 Residential Measurement Contract," Bruce Wilcox, Berkeley Solar Group prime contractor. This project's objective was to assess the Energy Efficiency Standards for residential buildings for meeting state mandates regarding building energy efficiency. This ($200k) contract took place between the summer of 1992 and the spring of 1995. Provided contract workstatement & budget development as well as contract management.

"Residential Monitoring Contract," CEC Contract #400-90-012, Bruce Wilcox, Berkeley Solar Group prime contractor. This project's objective was to assess the Energy Efficiency Standards for residential buildings for meeting state mandates regarding building energy efficiency. This ($100k) contract took place between the summer of 1991 and the spring of 1993. Provided contract workstatement & budget development as well as contract management.