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- Helped manage development and implementation of a hospitality portfolio-level utility reduction program for select service hotels and resorts, including utility data management, tool and resource development, and on-site visits to identify operational improvement opportunities. - Provided support to senior living, warehouse, and healthcare partners and initiatives in the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® program. - Represented the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Initiative as Sector Matter Expert for Healthcare and Hospitality. - Supported commercial buildings compliance with state and municipal benchmarking, disclosure, and energy audit regulations.

- Engaged with commercial hospitality clients through the development of portfolio-level utility management programs, implementation support, and utility data analysis to identify trends and energy savings. - Represented the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Initiative as the Account Manager for Healthcare and Hospitality.- Supported healthcare and hospitality partners and initiatives in the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® program. - Assisted commercial real estate clients to develop and submit responses to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) and EPA’s ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award.- Provided expertise in EPA’s ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager benchmarking tool as well as compliance with benchmarking and reporting laws at the state and municipal level.

- Developed and maintained business intelligence applications; - Provided ad-hoc reporting and client support; - Managed master data and systems integration; and- Worked closely with building, energy efficiency, and sustainability subject matter experts to refine client deliverables and recommendations.

- Helped develop a strategy and tools to meet the challenges of integrating corporate sustainability, specifically energy management, in large international hospitality portfolios and a national healthcare portfolio effectively and efficiently. Quantified the financial value associated with the energy and water performance improvement in portfolios through intensive and innovative data analysis, telephone interviews, and coordinating and attending site assessments. - Supported, organized, and managed follow up for the collection of a global hospitality company’s hotel utility data and calculation of their environmental footprint for a sample of their portfolio. - Responsible for monthly green policy research for large hospitality client in select domestic and international markets to help ensure the client anticipates proposed policies and complies with existing policies. Policies include, but are not limited to, greenhouse gas reporting or trading, energy performance reporting, and electronics recycling.- Provided program design and implementation support for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® Commercial program, specifically for ENERGY STAR Partners in the healthcare, hospitality, and entertainment industry. Conducted market research and outreach, prepared communications materials, served as a technical resource for Portfolio Manager, coordinated and attended conferences, improved and enhanced sector Web sites, and supported the update and launch of new Portfolio Manager benchmarks.- Helped to create, edit, and manage materials for utility programs that taught participants how to benchmark their buildings’ energy performance and develop their energy management plans. Customized program materials for hospitals, commercial real estate, and higher education. Supported both the hospital and commercial real estate programs and their participants.

- Worked extensively on Crozet Master Plan 5-year Revision efforts both within the County and in the community by compiling, summarizing, and presenting survey responses on proposed changes in the Plan to the community board and helping coordinate a series of open community meetings.- Attended weekly staff meetings as well as many topic meetings including the Crozet Master Plan, South Eastern Energy Alliance grant, Local Energy Alliance Program, Commission on Children and Families, County green initiatives, and others.