California Commissioning Collaborative Board

Gregg Ander, FAIA
Chief Architect, Southern California Edison
Vice Chair, California Commissioning Collaborative

Mr. Ander has authored more than 65 technical and design-related articles and was the executive producer of four "Environmental Showcase" television programs for NBC. He has won twelve awards from organizations such as the American Institute of Architects (AIA), American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Edison Electric Institute, California Energy Commission, and the U. S. Department of Energy for various energy-related projects. He was recently awarded the Corporate Architect Award from the AIA California Council. Mr. Ander was one of the first funders of the U.S. Green Building Council, is a member of IESNA and ASHRAE, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC), the New Buildings Institute (NBI), the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS), and the California Commissioning Collaborative (CCC).

Norman Bourassa
Energy Commission Specialist
California Energy Commission

Norman Bourassa is an Energy Commission Specialist with the Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER) at the California Energy Commission. He manages research contracts and provides strategic planning advice for the PIER Building End-use Energy Efficiency program. Prior to joining PIER, he worked the Commercial Building Systems Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He also has experience as an energy engineering/analyst consultant for two separate companies in the Bay Area. He has a BA in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley and an Electronics Engineering Technology degree from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Canada.

Dan Burgoyne, Sustainability Manager
California Department of General Services

Dan Burgoyne is the Sustainability Manager for the State of California's Department of General Services (DGS), where he works on the Executive Office's Green Team on state green building, commissioning and green purchasing programs.

Dan is a California-licensed architect, LEED Accredited Professional, and has more than 24 years of experience in the design and construction industry as an architect, project manager, contractor, and owner. Dan oversees LEED certification on more than 5 million square feet of new and renovated State DGS buildings and is a policy advisor for California's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Task Force. He is a past Board member of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), chairs the USGBC's Government committee, and serves on the Board of the California Commissioning Collaborative.

Dan's work efforts include developing and implementing policy improving California's sustainable building, energy and resource efficiency, and environmentally preferable purchasing, as well as the development of in-house commissioning capability for DGS.

Donald (Don) Frey, Principal / Executive Vice President
Architectural Energy Corporation (AEC)

Mr. Frey serves as Chairperson of the California Commissioning Collaborative Advisory Council. He has been involved in business management; project management; engineering; and building energy-related research, design, and development for more than 29 years. He is a registered professional engineer in Colorado and Tennessee. In 1982 he co-founded Architectural Energy Corporation, where he is currently Executive Vice President. His professional career has focused on improving building energy performance. His work has included developing and applying innovative building performance evaluation techniques, participating in product development and assessment projects, and conducting field demonstrations. He is currently working on research and demonstration projects with government organizations, utility companies, and private industry clients.

Greydon Hicks

Jessica Mack

Jim Parks, Program Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
President and Treasurer, California Commissioning Collaborative

Mr. Parks was responsible for developing the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) retrocommissioning program in 1999. He has been an active member of the California Commissioning Collaborative since its inception and currently serves as President and Treasurer. Mr. Parks has worked as an electrical engineer, Energy Specialist, and as a planning supervisor, responsible for developing SMUD's energy efficiency programs. He currently supervises SMUD's Energy Efficiency and Customer Research and Development group. This group is responsible for energy efficiency and transportation research and development activities and promoting emerging technologies.

Bill Pennington, Manager of Buildings and Appliances Office
California Energy Commission

For the past 26 years Mr. Pennington has held management roles related to the development and implementation of California's Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24) and Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 20). For 5 of those years, he was advisor to the "Scientist" Commissioner at the Energy Commission, and provided advice to all Commissioners on energy efficiency issues. In addition to leading the standards work at the Commission, he currently oversees the development of a Report to the Legislature on how to improve the energy efficiency in existing California residential and nonresidential buildings in response to Assembly Bill 549 (Statutes of 2001). He has served on the ASHRAE 90.2 Committee on Energy Efficiency Standards for Residences, the National Home Energy Rating Systems Technical Committee, the Board of the Community Energy Efficiency Program, the Board of the National Council for the Qualification of Lighting Professionals, and currently on the California Building Standards Coordinating Council and the 2006-08 PG&E Energy Efficiency Program Advisory and Peer Review Groups. He was instrumental in the original creation of the California Commissioning Collaborative.

Chuck Poindexter
Senior Account Executive, San Diego Gas & Electric
Savings by Design Program
Commercial Construction Energy Efficiency

Chuck Poindexter has been with the Savings by Design (SBD) program since 1996 and has more than 28 years experience in various capacities, including commercial energy analysis, field project management, customer relations and quality assurance manufacturing to the SBD program. Previously, he served as an energy consultant at SDG&E, conducting energy audits and helping business customers convert to energy-saving lighting and mechanical systems. In addition to his responsibilities at SDG&E, Mr. Poindexter is also an active member of the ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning), San Diego Chapter, having served on the Board of Governors (2001-2005) and chairs several ASHRAE committees. He is also a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society, San Diego Chapter and has served on committees with BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) and the SDCCAR (San Diego County Commercial Association of Realtors).