Abby Vaal Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Performance Services is a design-build engineering company that specializes in constructing and renovating schools, universities and healthcare facilities to deliver optimal environments through both the Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract and Design-Build procurement methods. Innovative solar power systems are integral to the energy services portfolio. The company has provided energy solutions to customers since 1998 and is a leading qualified provider of guaranteed energy projects and ENERGY STAR labeled buildings in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Missouri, Michigan, and Texas.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

* Prepare custom, comprehensive annual performance reports sourced from engineering calcs, energy consumption, equipment runtimes, renewable production (solar/wind), advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and weather data. Primary customers: K12 schools, universities and municipalities.* Monitor and analyze customer energy consumption. Work closely with controls analysts and engineering to ensure projects are paced to meet and exceed energy savings goals for up to twenty years post-project.* Identify and investigate deviations in facility performance. Report on root causes to customer, engineers and management.* Research and complete required state compliance reports for guaranteed energy savings projects.* Establish and maintain foundational company resources including contracts, databases, project tracking documents, processes and templates.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

* Recipient of the 2018 Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) Inspiring Efficiency through Marketing Award for executing a successful outreach campaign among Indiana K12 schools. The effort earned a 75% response rate to first-contact emails and a 9x increase in natural gas therm savings among the education sector.* Served as the primary utility energy efficiency program liaison to commercial natural gas customers and facilitated the distribution of program funds * Performed outreach activities to educate and build awareness of commercial incentives offered by the utility and worked with program marketing staff to elevate communication strategy * Provided tailored incentive structures, technical guidance and general assistance based on customer energy requirements, budgetary constraints and long-term savings forecasts * Prepared regular progress reports and provided recommendations on market segment targets, affiliations and beneficial partnerships based on research and analysis

* Initiated first formal sustainability program encompassing waste management, energy efficiency and carbon reduction; programs resulted in more than six million pounds of diverted waste over a three-year period* Created company’s inaugural and subsequent corporate sustainability reports in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 guidelines* Led multi-channel communication campaign both internally and externally; successfully elevated employee perception of company’s environmental responsibility in engagement survey to 93% and established company's status as a regional leader in sustainability* Served as primary relationship holder with local program affiliates and global reporting organizations including GRI, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Sustainalytics* Participated in strategic planning process that resulted in the establishment of concrete sustainability goals, tying the success of the program directly to corporate performance; regularly presented performance updates to executive management and Board of Directors* Collaborated with supply chain to develop an industry-specific sustainability survey used when making hiring decisions* Nominated and accepted into the 2015 Emerging Leaders of Evansville program

Evansville, Indiana

* Assisted environmental council on federal and state regulatory matters* Created the organization’s first digital environmental reporting database to manage permit reporting requirements for power plants, gas distribution networks and facilities across two states

• Designed research projects testing television ads for Proctor & Gamble's beauty care unit• Functioned as copywriter for all external communications to customers and potential customers

Mount Vernon, Indiana

• Served as copywriter for internal publications• Written compositions published 45+ times on internal and external company platforms

Sustainability Business Management Certificate, Corporate Sustainability

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Public Relations And Advertising

Associate Of Science (As), Paralegal Studies