Energy efficiency and utility based Solar PV

Kenneth John Anderson

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-john-anderson-pe-19355a

Career Summary: Within the guidelines of my employer, my life is to reduce fossil fuel energy waste and CO2 emissions. I have over 30 years of energy engineering and economic analysis experience with 15 years with PacifiCorp (Pacific Power) in Oregon. Represented Daimler with a group of buyers to purchase wholesale power. Recommended that Daimler Plant in Mexico buy wholesale solar power for cost savings of a million per year.

Key Accomplishments:

Worked with T&D planning evaluating how energy efficiency could delay system upgrades.

Developed off-balance sheet, utility on-bill financing for energy upgrades to new commercial buildings and evaluated rate schedules for commercial and industrial customers.

Completed multiple industrial energy audits and installed metering to verify savings.

Wrote guideline for thermal batteries and calculations to size iron-based flow batteries

Presented to National Renewable Energy Lab my pre/post evaluation of 60 kVA solar PV system

Obtained $2 million from Bonneville Power Administration for new efficient buildings program.

Sold on-site generator control equipment and won an innovation award for a refrigeration-based demand response technology

Ran remote metering system for Time-of-Day utility customers

RECENT WORK SUMMARY:

Elevate Building Commissioning Portland, Oregon 1/2022 to retirement

Energy Auditor and Modeler

Added Building Retuning and Monitored Retro-commissioning

Daimler Trucks North America Portland, Oregon 12/2017 to 11/2022

Sustainability Engineer - Commercial Real Estate

Obtained grant to install and test new technology for heat recovery and CO2 capture from natural gas exhaust

Obtained utility solar power for 20+ plant facilities and roof-top solar for warehouses.

Obtained $12 million off-balance sheet financing for energy upgrades for manufacturing plant.

Ran regression models for 7 plants to obtain ISO50001 certification.

Proposed solar Power Purchase Agreement for Saltillo, Mexico’s plant saving $1 million per year

Legend Solar and Blue Raven, Appointment Setter Portland, Oregon 7/25/2017 to 9/1/2017

Door-to-door canvassing to educated homeowners on the benefits of owning solar electric panels,

Worked with Base CRM software, TSheets and GroupMe

Nortek Air Solutions Tualatin, Oregon 10/2015 to 11/2017

Designed the refrigerant loop for Nortek’s first DX custom cooling for Data Centers

Installed testing equipment and analyzed data on prototype and early production units

Wrote DX thermal design manual and the software instructions for training junior engineers

The Energy Gleaners, Owner Lake Oswego 1/2014 to 10/2016

Completed industrial energy audits installed metering on car wash, auto shops, conveyors, lighting, HVAC, boilers, compressors, injection molds, etc

Client presentations and acquisition

Reviewed ASHRAE Level 2 and 3 investment grade energy audits for Energy Trust of Oregon

Taught DOE-2/eQUEST energy modeling to engineers

Adapt Engineering, Energy Engineering Manager Portland 3/2013 to 1/2014

Client presentation and acquisition

Completed energy audits on K-12 schools, medical office, restaurant, etc.

Conducted field metering and energy data trend logging to verify savings.

Evaluated organic Rankine cycle turbine-generators for waste-heat-to-electricity for Hawaiian crematory.

CleaResult (PECI), Energy Engineer III Portland 10/2008 to 1/2013

Prepared M&V reports for PSE & SDG&E verifying model was within 90% of weather normalized billing.

Invented new HVAC O&M measures & wrote workpaper for SCE, PG&E, SDG&E commercial project.

Ran data analysis using Excel ANOVA to evaluate 1-minute pre/post data RTUs.

Won PECI’s innovation award for a new Demand Response measure in grocery stores.

Prior positions:

NW Energy Efficiency Alliance, New technology Portland PacifiCorp (Pacific Power), Engineer, 15 years Portland DOE funded Western SUN, Active Solar tech Portland Texas Instruments, Thermal Engineer Dallas, Texas

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science

Mechanical Engineering

Montana State University

Post Graduate work

Post Graduate work

MBA

Mechanical Engineering

University of Dallas

Southern Methodist University

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES:

Professional Engineer, Oregon, #12973 HVAC/Refrigeration, retired Life Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Certified CTM by International Toastmasters

TECHNICAL PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS (Partial list):

“Production Process Improvements for the Manufacture of Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Cells,” Kenneth J. Anderson, Michael Ponder, Greg Mihalik and Ron Reis, Solar 2002: Sunrise on the Reliable Energy Economy, ASME, Reno, NV, June 15-20, 2002.

“Motor Projects in the Pacific Northwest,” Kenneth Anderson, Michael Ponder, and Andy Ekman, ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Rye, New York, July 29 – Aug 1, 2003.

“Compressed Air Energy Savings: SAV-AIR Monitor and Control System and the PNW Compressed Air Challenge,” Kenneth J. Anderson, Michael Ponder, and Phil Degen, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and Steve Scott, Pacific Energy Associates, and Bill Annen, SAV-AIR, LLC. 25th National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 13 – 16, 2003

“Assessment of Nonintrusive Motor Efficiency Estimators,” Emmanuel B. Agamloh, Alan K. Wallace, Annette von Jouanne, Kenneth J. Anderson, and James A. Rooks, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 41, No. 1, January/February 2005.

“Unitary HVAC Premium Ventilation”, Reid Hart, Jack Callahan, Kenneth Anderson and Patrick Johanning, ASHRAE Conference, 2010 and ASHRAE Transactions. Vol. 117, Part 1.

“On-bill Financing May Address Barriers to Energy Efficiency,” Kenneth J. Anderson” Indian Energy Manager: Quarterly Journal for Energy Engineers & Managers - India, April-June 2012, Vol:5, No:2, pp12-16.

“Short-Term Data Logging to Identify Low-Cost/No-Cost Opportunities for Improving Energy Efficiency,” Tom White, P.E., CEM; Chief Engineer, Green Building Initiative; Ken Anderson, PE; Principal, The Energy Gleaners; Paul Williamson, EMC; Principal, Planwest Partners; Kevin Stover, P.E., Commercial Programs Consultant, Green Building Initiative; World Energy Efficiency Congress Summer Conference, October 2014.

“Using SAM to Re-calibrate Estimated Energy Production from Portland General Electric’s Solar PV Array Based on Actual Electrical Data”, SAM Users’ Virtual Conference, July 9, 2015. https://sam.nrel.gov/virtual-conference-2015

“New Technologies that Capture CO2 from Natural Gas and Diesel Fuel,” presentation, January 14th, 2022.

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