Paul Scanlon Email & Phone Number

Slippery Rock, Pa

As Director of Sustainability, my responsibilities at SRU are wide-ranging; after all, "sustainability" touches everyone's lives in myriad ways. These responsibilities include working closely with our Facilities and Finance Departments to continuously look for ways to improve our buildings' energy efficiency and helping make a college education more affordable by reducing our energy costs, while simultaneously reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. I also work with our faculty in the most important sustainability goal: Preparing our students to be the next generation of thinkers, innovators and entrepreneurs to help the world meet its profound environmental challenges.One of the most economic ways to help mitigate climate change impacts is to conserve energy in our facilities. My previous career as an architectural engineer, and a close working relationship with SRU's Facilities Department, has helped contribute to SRU improving it's building energy efficiency by 40% and literally saving the university millions of dollars in operating costs.Grants I obtained through the EPA and the PA DCED have provided student interns with livable wages ($12 to $15/hour) while learning how to conduct technical assessments of food and beverage manufacturers, calculating operating cost savings and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and learning about sustainable consulting careers in the PA manufacturing industry.Additional grants received provided free Carbon Neutrality Planning services by Ever-Green Engineering, resulting in a long range plan to transition SRU away from fossil fuels burned in the central heating plant to geothermal heat pumps systems and renewable electricity to obtain carbon neutrality by 2037.

West Sunbury, Pa

Owner, engineering consulting firm specializing in energy-efficient building design, sustainability, energy conservation, building condition assessments, and hurricane upgrade engineering. I'm a registered Professional Engineer, Certified Green Building Engineer, Certified Energy Manager and LEED Accredited Professional with 35+ years experience. I'm also under contract with the Penn State Facilities Engineering Institute for developing and presenting 3-day water conservation workshops for U.S. General Services Administration facilities managers.Since becoming Director of Sustainability at Slippery Rock University, my consulting business has been limited to serving existing clients who are facing the challenge of upgrading their facilities to comply with the requirements of their business loss insurers to protect against business disruptions caused by increasing storm and hurricane intensities and frequency. Because of climate change, insurers (most notably for high production volume pharmaceutical manufacturers in High Velocity Hurricane Zones) are requiring upgrades to handle rainfall intensities literally double the minimum code requirement. Experiences gained in this type of engineering helps inform my understanding of climate change impacts and provides practical examples useful in my role as a guest lecturer for SRU sustainability classes.

Coraopolis, Pa

Responsible for managing architectural, engineering, and construction management services for all Baker & Associates Facilities staff north of the Mason-Dixon line and east of the Mississippi, including international projects such as the site survey and development of a design-build scope of work for the Afghan National Army Hospital complex in Kabul, Afghanistan.Typical design and design/build projects managed included major Higher Education, Research, Military, and Transportation projects.

Butler, Pa And Philadelphia, Pa

Director of Engineering responsible for developing strategic marketing plans, quality control and budget management procedures, and managing in-house engineering teams involved in energy research, strategic renewal planning and building design/renovation projects. I also acted as engineering project manager for selective projects, including leading teams that received the following regional and national awards:1. National ASHRAE Energy Efficient Design Award, 1986; New Commercial Building Category; The Comstock Center, Pittsburgh, PA (engineering project manager)2. National ASHRAE Energy Management in Existing Facilities Award, 1996; Allegheny College/Baldwin Residence Hall Renovation Project (engineering project manager)3. Regional ASHRAE Technology Award, 1997; Existing Commercial Buildings Category; The American College/Huebner Hall HVAC Replacement and Ice Storage System (engineering project manager)4. Regional ASHRAE Technology Award, 1997; New Institutional Buildings Category; Grafton Middle School/High School geothermal heating/cooling system (engineering project manager)5. Regional ASHRAE Energy Management in Existing Facilities Award, 1995; Bethel Park Senior High School, Bethel Park, PA (engineering project manager)6. "Small Office Building Handbook: Design for Reducing First Costs and Utility Costs," 1985; Van Nostrand Reinhold; ISBN 0-442-21126-0 (contributing researcher and editor)

Mechanical design engineer and energy conservation/solar energy specialist.