McDonald’s New Headquarters Building, Chicago
Developed detailed baseline and high-efficiency food service equipment daily energy profiles for use in a LEED project.

Food Service Appliance Inventory & Energy Profiles for Military Base Exchange Food Courts
Inventory and assessment of appliances in a food court for Burger King, Subway, and Anthony’s Pizza.  Provided analysis of menu and appliances to develop a baseline and high efficiency daily energy profiles based on transaction data and sub-metered electrical power. 

Foodservice energy profiles for Two Hotels, Shanghai Disney Resort
Analysis of menu and appliances to develop a detailed baseline daily energy profiles for 8200 meals per day for two hotels in an international resort. 

Foodservice Energy Profile Development for Prototype Army Dining Facility
Analysis of menu and appliances to develop a detailed baseline daily energy profile based on a rotating 21-day menu with up to 1200 meals per meal period.

Food Service Energy Profile Development for Job Corps Dining Facility, Reno, NV
Analysis of menu and appliances to develop a detailed baseline daily energy profile based on a monthly menu with up to 900 meals per day.

University of Colorado, Center for Community, Food Service Energy Model Profile
Data analysis and energy profile development, and suggested ECMs (at AEC).

Food Service Equipment Condition Assessment
Inventory and assess appliance condition for 250 appliances and systems in the Colorado Convention Center, including kitchen ventilation and walk-in refrigeration systems.

 Energy Audits for Full Service Restaurant
Inventory and assessment at three full service restaurants of kitchen appliances, sanitation and kitchen ventilation systems, analysis of utility bills, developed energy budget by major appliance, provided recommendations for low-cost/no-cost energy saving measures as well as estimated paybacks for using higher efficiency appliances.
Montana State University Rendezvous Dining Pavilion LEED Project
 Energy modeling using Design Builder and Energy Plus for a 60,000 sf mixed use facility designed to service 5,500 meals per day.  The facility includes the dining and kitchen areas on the main floor, student lounge on the second floor, and support areas and office area with separate entrance in the basement.
 
Apartment Complex
 Energy modeling using Design Builder and Energy Plus for a 260,000 sf, two-story, 300-unit apartment complex.
 
McDonald’s Net Zero Energy Store Study by Rocky Mountain Institute
 Supporting analysis for energy modeling of a McDonald’s Net Zero Energy Store by a team led by Rocky Mountain Institute. Support included kitchen load profile development used in an Open Studio/Energy+ energy model, review of ECMs for practicality, and participated in final presentation.  This project was the next step after the Duke Study.
 
McDonald’s Net Zero Energy Store Study by Duke University
 Energy modeling to support analysis of a McDonald’s Net Zero Energy Store by a team of Duke University graduate students.
 
McDonald’s LEED Volume Program and Six LEED Individual Projects
 Project management, data analysis, energy modeling using eQuest, report writing and editing, and LEED documentation for LEED certification of stores with up to 2,300 meals/day.

 

Yum! Brands Taco Bell/KFC LEED Project

Project management, data analysis, energy modeling using eQuest, report writing and editing, and LEED documentation for LEED certification (at AEC).

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Fast Food, Full Menu, And Institutional Monitoring & Modeling Program

Project management, instrumentation installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing (at AEC).

Project Management and Data Analytics for QSR
Provided schedule and coordination support for an innovative cloud-based data acquisition system.  Analyzed data stream as it became available online.

Instrumentation And Data Analysis for Eight Military Demand Controlled Kitchen Ventilation (DCKV) Systems
Provided project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing. Co-author of ASHRAE paper published Jan 2015.

Commercial Kitchen Benchmarking, Technical Assistance & Monitoring Consulting For National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL) Commercial Building Partnerships
Provided technical analysis to develop a spreadsheet methodology to benchmark restaurant chain stores with annual utility data and a spreadsheet for developing typical food process energy profiles for use in energy simulations, as well as report writing and editing.

Projects at Architectural Energy Corporation

Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Makeup Air Effects Project
Project management, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Wendy’s Geothermal Heat Pump Demonstration Monitoring and Analysis
Project management, on-site construction observation, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Taco Bell Modeling and Monitoring
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Denny’s Monitoring and Analysis
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Carl’s Jr. Energy Management System Monitoring and Analysis
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Edison Grille at Knott’s Berry Farm Appliance Monitoring and Analysis
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

In-N-Out HVAC Monitoring
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Variable Demand Hood Controls Monitoring and Evaluation (Applebee’s & Panda Express)
Project management, instrumentation selection and installation, data quality review, data analysis, report writing and editing.

Program Director for Projects at AEC

Energy-Efficient & Affordable Small Commercial/Residential Buildings Research Program

Advanced HVAC Systems for Improving Indoor Environmental Quality and Energy Performance of California K-12 Schools Program

Advanced Automated HVAC Fault Detection and Diagnostics Commercialization Program

EPRI Fast Food, Full Menu, and Institutional Monitoring and Modeling Program

Program Manager for Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Laboratory, 1993 – 1999

Utility Focused Market Model for Zero Energy New Homes Project (Technical Director)

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