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Creating building energy models for residents in different climate zones. Proposing weatherization and HVAC upgrades to reduce the home's overall energy consumption of both gas and electricity depending on the home's energy usage. Calibrating energy models after upgrades have been installed while inspecting all contractor's work and assuring it meets our quality standards and will yield the savings originally modeled.

Acting as a customer liaison for energy efficiency programs with utilities. Educating customers on the benefits of specific energy efficiency upgrades to their home. Collecting and analyzing program data and performance. Building resident specific energy models using past electric usage and data gathered during an in-home energy audit and providing specific recommendations for energy saving upgrades. Trained four other staff members to take on this role. Produced training manuals and video tutorials.

- Completed a greenhouse gas inventory for the City of Livingston and Park County, Montana analyzing government operations as well as a special focus on the City and County’s disposal of solid waste. - Researched the feasibility of proposed city-wide composting. - Sized PV arrays for several government buildings.

-Led the redesign of an experimental permeability test to improve the test’s safety, accessibility, and speed. -Developed all Standard Operating Procedures for production of the eC17 (an internal membrane for commercial and grid sized redox-flow batteries) which included an inventory tracking system to collect defect data, also developed Equipment Safety Standards for all production and test equipment, and completed Job Hazard Assessments for all production procedures. -Created the company’s Chemical Hygiene Plan and maintained environmental health and safety compliance for eChemion’s chemical inventory for both governing bodies and facilities management.

-Worked with California Energy Commission’s EPIC (Electric Program Investment Charge) research grant investigating CBECC-Res (California Energy Commission’s compliance software) and the California Simulation Engine (CSE) to alter the source codes used for domestic hot water use with the goal to utilize heat pump water heaters as thermal storage for residences, charging them during low carbon and low TDV times.-Designed zero irrigation landscaping for affordable housing projects in California.

Helped fellow environmental resources engineering students during drop-in tutoring sessions sponsored by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.

Graded homework and laboratory assignments for the Environmental Data Modeling and Analysis course.

Taught & developed Spanish curriculum for a class of 8 2nd – 4th graders, with Humboldt State student teachers at Fieldbrook Elementary School.

Led laboratory activities and graded homework assignments for the Introduction to Environmental Resources Engineering course.

-Worked as hostess, togo specialist and server.-Worked in teams of 4 as a server, led teams of up to 6 as a hostess, and prepared as many as 10 togo orders at one time.

-Worked as birthday party host, lane attendant, snack bar and front desk cashier.-During times of volume there would be lines up to 40 people needing assistance. -Worked with computer system and learned lane maintenance.