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Joseph Clair is listed as Sustainability and Clean Energy Thought Leader | Experienced C-Suite Executive | Community Advocate at Windfree Solar, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at dbhms.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Joseph Clair.
Joseph Clair previously worked as Commercial Vice President at Windfree Solar and Community Stewardship Advocate at Joseph Clair Consulting. Joseph Clair holds Ms, Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute Of Technology.
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Innovative and inspirational leader of leaders in diverse corporate, start-up, and non-profit organizations with a track record of building and growing organizations, improving mission delivery, and identifying / developing top talent. Passionate about improving the quality of life for all through sustainability and energy management initiatives, Joseph is a recognized and sought-after thought leader and facilitator working in human-centered design, sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable energy, electrification, and carbon consulting. Known for empathetic leadership, team building, visioning abilities as well as an entrepreneurial approach to organization change management, Joseph has a proven track record of impact wherever he goes.Most recently, Joseph served as the Chief Operating Officer at Slipstream guiding the $40M non-profits operations through a leadership transition and strategic planning process during which Joseph strengthened the structure and support systems of the organization to provide the foundation for 15% growth over the next three years. Prior to that, Joseph founded the DataBased+ studio at the building systems design firm, dbHMS, and served as its first Principal. The studio combined traditional sustainability planning, building performance analysis, and smart building solutions into a coordinated, human-centered design practice providing practical pathways to achieving ambitious outcomes at scales from multifamily housing to airport terminal projects. This work grew out of Joseph's independent consulting practice where he worked with non-profits and community organizations to identify and deliver sustainable solutions to community issues through collaborative "community-first" approaches.Joseph served as the first Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability at Illinois Tech, where he led the development of the university's first Campus Sustainability Plan and emissions reduction plan, securing STARS Silver recognition in the process. Additionally, Joseph served as the Managing Engineer at Chicago Public Schools co-creating the green building roadmap for new construction that delivered the largest single development of green building space in the country through the twenty-five new schools of the Modern Schools Across Chicago which all received LEED certification at levels ranging from Certified through Platinum. At the same time, Joseph led the effort to secure clean electricity for all of the schools and established smart building and design standards that serve the district to this day.
Listed skills include Sustainability, Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Design, and 35 others.
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Chicago, Illinois, Us
Enable one of the most experienced solar developers in the Midwest expand its capacity to deliver high-quality solar installations that save clients money, increase their asset value, and decarbonize the economy.
Consult with diverse corporate, education, and community organizations on sustainability, innovation, organization, and capacity development using training, advocacy, writing, and public speaking to affect change to improve quality of life for all.Highlights:* Conceptual designer of the Blacks in Green community geothermal project funded by DOE.Invited public speaker on a variety of sustainability-related issues to corporate leaders and technical professionals at both local and national conferences with audiences ranging from ten to 200.* Supported Urban Green Council in development of novel energy code compliance training and building contractor developmental training programs as well as modeling of possible future energy use outcomes based on technology deployment. Training eventually delivered to 1,000+ professionals across the State of NY.* Consulted with dbHMS Consulting Engineers to improve their approach to staffing and managing commissioning projects, laying the foundation for 500% growth in revenue over the subsequent seven years.* Provided LEED consulting and project commissioning services to adaptive reuse projects of Chicago Fire Department stations leading two projects to certification.* Provided continued technical consulting services to Perfect Power at IIT microgrid project.Launched Prairie Lab, an entrepreneurial venture to change the way design professionals learn and innovate. * Delivered coursework as an adjunct Faculty at IIT teaching building systems and innovative project delivery to undergraduates.* Provided executive coaching and mentoring to individuals within the green building community.
Chicago, Il, Us
Provided ongoing advising and networking support to further the mission of the organization.Mentor leadership and volunteers.Staff events and provide financial support to the organization.
Chicago, Il, Us
Served as Vice Chair, Chair, and Past Chair as the organization grew to 4 staff with a projected revenue of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Improved the organization’s fundamental strength through implementation of fiscal policies, development and implementation of strategic plan, and increased the visibility of the organization through launching of advocacy programs. Partnered with state and local governments on several initiatives.
Chicago, Il, Us
Oversaw day to day finances and growth of the organization from a $75,000 per year budget with no staff to a $250,000 per year organization with two staff members.
Chicago, Il, Us
Led the effort to incorporate the Chapter. Served as the National Green Schools Advocate for the State of Illinois for three years, leading the grassroots advocacy for green K-12 and higher education buildings.
Madison, Wisconsin, Us
Provide operational support to a leadership transition from organization founders to new executive team.Guide development of implementation work plan for first-of-its-kind strategic plan targeting improved organizational realignment, 15% growth in revenue, and increased mission outcomes. Support restructuring of engineering and training functions to better position organization for future funding and mission delivery. Champion and support enhancement of cybersecurity infrastructure to reduce or eliminate downtime. Support CEO and People Officer in advancing cultural transformation to complete work of a 2019 merger.
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Successfully built and led studio of 15 to 20 team members focused on growing analysis, smart building, and sustainability planning teams in one research-driven, human-centered design support studio. Created greater value for clients, increased profitability, widened variety of service offerings, and improved talent development.Grew revenue 300% over 5 years and commensurate capacity for high-performance design, clean energy planning, and sustainability planning.As a member of the firm’s Executive Team, provided rotating oversight for human resources, management development, and business development. Improved processes and communication, increased transparency, and delivered improved value to internal and external stakeholders.
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Work with clients to achieve transformative change in their relationship with energy by creating financial value for clients while minimizing or eliminating the negative impact energy use has on their stakeholders and the wider community.Realigned firm expertise around energy and sustainability from disparate, cost inefficient work centers to a combined studio of cross-disciplinary professionals. The combined studio created greater value for clients, improved professional development of talent, increased profitability, and wider variety of service offerings.
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Collaborated across departments and colleges to launch a campus sustainability vision, develop a ten-year campus sustainability plan, and adopt seven campus sustainability policies in the first ten months of work. Established goal for IIT to become the most sustainable urban university in the United States, bringing students, faculty, staff, and partners into the discussion of how and when that will happen. Led the development of an Energy Policy, an Emissions Action Plan, a Stormwater/Landscape Management Plan, a Material Flow/Waste Management Plan, a Green Building Action Plan, and a Transportation Action Plan.Negotiated energy contracts that resulted in the first reduction in energy costs to the university since it started tracking such costs.
Chicago, Illinois, Us
Provided day-to-day project management for the implementation of a first-in-the-region microgrid on the IIT Mies Campus.Supported DOE-funded activities including procurement, design oversight, and research integration.
Chicago, Il, Us
Supervised a staff of 25 providing leadership of facilities operations and maintenance for 600 school units spread across 400+ school facilities for the third largest school district in the country during a time of transition while concurrently filling Managing Engineer’s duties. Increased facility assessment procedures, revamped school operations and management budgeting, and increased quality of area facility management staff.Worked directly with CEO, CAO, CFO, and GC to deliver consistent facility services.
Chicago, Il, Us
Managed new construction program, maintained building standards, and oversaw new construction for the district. Led development of revised building standards including sustainability and green building practices, as well as new controls and commissioning standards laying the foundation for the largest single development of certified green building space in the country at that time including LEED Gold and Platinum level buildings.Served as Energy Manager responsible for review of utility bills, oversight of energy management plan and procurement of nearly $90,000,000 (2008 dollars) worth of energy annually for the district. Delivered $750,000 in cost savings by implementing pilot programs in building automation system implementation, retro-commissioning, and renewable energy.
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Joseph Clair works for Windfree Solar.
Joseph Clair is listed as Sustainability and Clean Energy Thought Leader | Experienced C-Suite Executive | Community Advocate at Windfree Solar.
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @dbhms.com for Joseph Clair at Windfree Solar.
Joseph Clair is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States while working with Windfree Solar.
Joseph Clair has worked for Windfree Solar, Joseph Clair Consulting, Illinois Green Alliance, Slipstream, and Dbhms.
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Joseph Clair holds Ms, Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute Of Technology.
Joseph Clair is listed with skills including Sustainability, Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Design, Energy, Leadership, Leed, and Public Speaking.
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