Christopher Kent Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage the multi-stakeholder process to develop the ENERGY STAR energy efficiency specification for a suite of 9 commercial food service equipment efficiency specifications resulting in annual reduction of 140,000.
• Managing the multi-stakeholder process to develop the ENERGY STAR energy efficiency specification for Imaging equipment and Display products, resulting in reduction of over 4million metric tons of greenhouse gas.
• Manage the international implementation of the ENERGY STAR program, coordinate with 9 international countries and represent the US in international harmonization efforts including APEC, International Energy Agency’s.
• Manage contracts for ENERGY STAR program administration and specification development efforts

• Developed innovative pollution prevention programs for the promotion of environmentally preferable electronic products, hospitals, Pollution Prevention metrics, State Pollution Prevention program evaluations
• Managed a national lifecycle source reduction pilot program for Federal facilities on environmental management of electronic assets.
• Technical expert on the development of an Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool and industry standards.
• Collaborated in developing a Federal MOU on Electronic Asset between 5 Federal Partners.
• Technical Evaluation Lead on federal electronics recycling contract
• Coordinated the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) Environmentally Preferable Purchasing workgroup

• Placement focused on understanding the policy-making processes Japanese ministries and institutions undertake to promote green products and disposal of environmentally sensitive electronics. Examined models for.
• 1 year full time Japanese language training at Diplomatic Language Services and Japan Area Studies at Foreign Service Institute
• 6 months in Japan’s Ministry of Environment’s Environment and Economics Bureau working on green purchasing policy development
• 2 months in Japan’s Ministry of Economics Trade and Industry’s Information and Communication Electronics Division working on home appliance recycling policy development
• 3 months in Japan’s Ministry of Economics Trade and Industry’s Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau in the Recycling Promotion Division working on container recycling policy development..

Landscape Design

Bs, Biological Science