Adam M. West Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado

Under the Director of Sustainability, assisting with energy and water efficiency, sustainable building, solar energy, and lifecycle costs.

Denver, Colorado

Assisted in the expansion of AWWA’s sustainability program by evaluating existing resources in various sustainability categories such as water conservation, source water protection, and stakeholder engagement. • Conducted research, collaborated with utilities, and authored articles on sustainable water best practices. Work published in AWWA's Opflow.• Led discussion groups at the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision training at University of Colorado Boulder. • Toured numerous water treatment facilities and gained a firsthand understanding of operations and water treatment practices.

Atlanta, Ga

Responsibilities included managing green building certifications, grant management for solar training, and sustainability training. • Guided project teams to obtain LEED certification from initial goal setting to project completion. Green building certification experience with offices, schools, multi-family, fire/police stations, big-box retail, restaurants, and ENERGY STAR. • Instructor and developer for the LEED Green Associate Test Preparation class. • Managed the Department of Energy’s Solar Instructor Training Network with Florida Solar Energy Center for the Southeast region. Received training in solar PV and thermal energy. • Assisted with writing and submitting proposals. • Interfaced with the public to answer questions on solar energy. • Analyzed sites for solar electricity production. Developed and conducted a training on PV technology. Sat on the Lanier Technical College Solar Advisory Committee. • Quantified opportunities to save energy and water costs in existing buildings through energy audits and client collaboration. • Developed greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and made recommendations for reducing emissions. • Modeled and analyzed energy use with building energy simulation software (eQUEST).• Led professional tours of Southface’s Eco Office and trained interns to give free public tours.

Atlanta, Ga

Green Building Certification; Department of Energy’s Solar Instructor Training Network; Energy and Water Assessments; Energy Modeling; Sustainable Design Reviews; Organizational Sustainability Planning; Commercial Services Call Line; Involved with the development of the Southface Eco Office Online Tour of sustainable technologies.

Atlanta, Ga

Green Building Certification; Energy and Water Assessments; Developed GHG Analysis, Green Procurement Analysis, and Transportation Analysis services for Grants to Green program; LEED Design Review and Training; Commercial Services Call Line

Supported Commercial Services team with green building certification and energy and water assessments. Other responsibilities included: front desk rotation, public tours, events support, and recycling/composting.

Worked on the construction of the Southface Eco Office.

Master Of Science - Ms, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders, Peru Program: Tech Team member for drinking water project in Huacapongo.Graduate.

B.A., Environmental Studies, Minor: Geographic Information Systems