Working Groups

The Working Groups supported the Consortium in its tasks to: (1) identify potential next-generation technologies; (2) prepare an analysis of cost and non-cost barriers; and (3) collaborate with industry stakeholders. Through an extensive collaborative effort, the Working Groups developed draft chapters in their respective fields, which were then combined in two main reports on technologies and practices, and market and policy. Visit the CBC Reports page to download and review the reports. For more detail on each working group and the draft chapter they contributed to, please refer directly to the pages linked below.

 

TECHNOLOGIES & PRACTICES

  1. Building Envelope
  2. Mechanical Systems, Plumbing, and Controls
  3. Lighting/Daylighting and Controls
  4. Process, IT, and Miscellaneous Equipment
  5. Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Multi-Building Systems, and Grid Integration
MARKET & POLICY
  1. Codes and Standards
  2. Integrated Design and Building Delivery
  3. Benchmarking and Performance Assurance
  4. Voluntary Programs
  5. Finance & Appraisal
  6. Owners & Tenants
  7. Workforce Development

 

TASK LEADS BIOS

Dave Hewitt, Market & Policy Lead

Dave Hewitt is the task lead for developing Analysis of Cost and Non-Cost Barriers Report for the Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium and will coordinate with the Market & Policy working groups.

Dave Hewitt is Executive Director of New Buildings Institute (NBI), a national nonprofit which conducts research, develops strategy and publishes technical guidance to reduce building energy use, primarily in the commercial sector. Prior to joining NBI, Dave directed the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s commercial sector portfolio. He has also served as Director of Research, Development and Evaluation at Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships; Director of the Energy Office for the City of Portland, Oregon; and the first Executive Director of the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation. Dave’s work includes 15 years as a consultant with Pacific Energy Associates, with clients in the utility, government and advocacy sectors relating to demand-side program design and evaluation throughout North America. He also helped design the initial set of program for the Energy Savings Trust in London, UK.

 

Brad Hollomon, Technologies & Practices Lead

Brad Hollomon is the task lead for developing the Next Generation Technologies Report for the Zero Energy Commercial Buildings Consortium and will coordinate with the Technologies & Practices working groups.

Brad Hollomon is an independent consultant specializing in renewable energy and efficiency, technology transfer, and market development. In his former position as Program Manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, his focus was on equipment in commercial buildings, using approaches ranging from regulatory standards to large-scale procurement initiatives organized to stimulate industry development and production of innovative systems. Before joining the laboratory in 1995, Mr. Hollomon was a program officer at Winrock International, a contractor to the US Agency for International Development.

In earlier positions, he directed the renewable energy and alternative fuel vehicle programs at the NY State Energy R&D Authority, conducted market planning and research for a biomass energy venture by the International Harvester Co. (now Navistar), and directed studies of energy technology and national policy at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.