Kenneth John Anderson
ad1lql@r.postjobfree.com 503-***-****
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-john-anderson-pe-19355a
Life Goal: To reduce energy waste and GHG emissions. My past venues included: Western SUN, Pacific Power, NEEA, RTF/BPA, CLEAResult, ETO ATAC and on-site industrial energy upgrades.
Basic Skills:
Energy Audits
Data Analysis
Programming languages: FORTRAN, BASIC, VisualBasic, Python
Technical writing
I was just recognized by EnergyCAP, LLC as one of 67 ECO Champions www.EnergyCAP.com/ecochampions
What I bring to your company: Clear thinking and a positive diverse attitude with a deep dedication to achieving company goals.
RECENT WORK SUMMARY:
Elevate Building Commissioning Portland, Oregon 11/2022 to 5/2023
Retro commissioning and audits 6634 N. Baltimore Ave., 503-***-****
Field data gathering for commissioning studies
Development of in-house energy audit system
Daimler Truck North America Portland, Oregon 11/2018 to 7/2022
Sustainability Engineer - Commercial Real Estate
NW Natural Gas and www.CleanO2.ca pilot test of heat recovery and CO2 capture from natural gas
Obtained renewable PV electricity to lower energy cost for 20 Oregon and one New Jersey facility
Brought Oregon Community Solar electricity to 450 DTNA employees
Obtained $12 million in EaaS funding for LED and HVAC upgrades in shop facilities and one truck plant
Introduced solar Power Purchase Agreement for two Mexican truck plants saving $3 million/year
Ran USDOE SEP regression analysis to track annual energy reduction and obtain ISO50001 certification
Installed Onset monitoring system to document energy use of 60 EV chargers for Oregon Clean Air
Maintained EPA Energy Star Portfolio for DTNA’s Oregon office buildings
Nortek Air Solutions Tualatin, Oregon 10/2016 to 11/2018
Worked closely with Sales Application Engineers addressing customer issues
Installed metering on one of kind HVAC systems
Worked with coil fabrication techs to improve coil cleaning to prevent damage to DX compressors
Wrote the user manual for proprietary design software for DX refrigeration circuits
Prepared schematics and BOMs for refrigeration circuits and reviewed AutoCAD Inventor shop drawings
Wrote DX thermal design manual for training junior engineers
The Energy Gleaners, Owner Lake Oswego 10/2014 to 10/2016
Bought Adapt Engineering Energy Efficiency business to run my own consulting firm
Helped Joule Smart reviewed ASHRAE Level 2 & 3 audits and improved energy saving calculations
Completed commercial and industrial energy audits
Installed metering on conveyors, lighting, HVAC, condensing boilers, injection molding machines, and recommended energy upgrades.
Presented upgrades for NREL’s SAM modeling tool for solar thermal, PV and battery modeling tool
Used SAM to calibrate predicted versus actual solar electricity generation from Tri-Met’s 60kW PV array
Conducted free energy audit for First Unitarian Church of Portland
Contracted with Energy Trust of Oregan as an ATAC
Completed 13 auto dealership energy audits on shops, showrooms, car wash, warehouses, etc.
Created 15-minute Excel tool using hourly load data from eQUEST to evaluate HVAC control strategies
Adapt Engineering, Energy Engineering Manager Portland 11/20/2011 to 1/2014
Client presentation and acquisition
eQUEST modeling auto dealership, body shop, car wash, K-12 schools, medical office, restaurant, etc.
Conducting field metering to verify energy measures
Wrote workpaper for on cogged v-belt energy savings for California utilities
Marketing energy efficiency services to building owners, operators, etc.
Evaluated organic Rankine cycle turbine-generators for waste-heat-to-electricity for Hawaiian crematory.
Bought Adapt’s energy efficiency division including electrical test gear and monitoring equipment
CLEAResult (PECI), Energy Engineer III Portland 10/2008 to 11/2011
eQUEST and Energy Plus building energy model.
Developed utility approved low-cost modeling for groups of similar buildings.
Prepared M&V reports for PSE & SDG&E verified model was within 90% of weather normalized bills.
Invented new HVAC O&M measures & wrote workpaper for SCE, PG&E, SDG&E commercial project.
Used eQUEST/DOE2.2 batch modeling to evaluate new measures for residential HVAC.
Calibrated metering equipment and analyzed energy and indoor air quality field data from 70 RTUs.
Prepared analysis for RTF/BPA approval of grocery store HVAC/RTU supply fan VFD measure.
Recognized subject matter expert in refrigerant charge adjustment in RTUs.
Won PECI’s innovation award for a new Demand Response measure using refrigeration evaporator control to sub-cool frozen food as energy storage without violating food storage regulations
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Montana State University
Post Graduate work Mechanical Engineering Southern Methodist University
Post Graduate work MBA University of Dallas
CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:
Professional Engineer, Oregon, #12973 HVAC/Refrigeration, inactive
Association of Energy Engineers CDSM and CEM, inactive
Life Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
TECHNICAL PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS (Partial list):
Written and presented 30 technical papers to ASES, ASME, ASHRAE, IEEE, Evaluation Conference, etc.
List and copies available on request.