Dr. Lisa Gartland

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Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, June 1995
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dissertation - Residential Energy Use Predictions Using Patterned Behavioral Information
     Monitoring and analysis of data from four occupied houses to find daily patterns of thermostat settings, appliance usage, water heating energy, general electricity usage, and ventilation energy losses.  The energy behavior varied widely from family to family, but individual family energy use patterns were strikingly consistent from year to year.  Patterns can be used to predict residential energy use and the effects of various conservation programs. 

Graduate Coursework in Civil, Architectural and
Environmental Engineering, Spring 1991
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
      Courses Taken - Thermal Analysis of Buildings, HVAC System Design

Technical Leadership Training Program, July 1987-May 1990
GE Aircraft Engine Business Group, Evendale, Ohio
      Program & project management courses in oral and written presentation techniques, employee development, and fiscal management.

Advanced Course in Engineering, September 1984 - July 1987
GE Aircraft Engine Business Group, Evendale, Ohio
      Master's level engineering courses stressing interdisciplinary knowledge, with design problems illustrating use of concepts.  Year one covered engineering principles of thermodynamics, stress analysis, and controls.  Year two covered graduate level mathematics.  Year three focused more specifically on aircraft engine design concepts.

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, June 1987
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
      Major Heat Transfer, Minor Fluid Mechanics, Thesis - Film Cooling
      Earned in conjunction with GE’s Advanced Course in Engineering.
                 
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 1982
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
      Emphasis on courses in heat transfer, fluid dynamics, and energy use.

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Sole Proprietor & Principal Engineer, June 1998 – present
PositivEnergy, Oakland, California
     Consulting firm working on issues of heat island mitigation and building energy conservation.  Working with communities to apply existing energy efficient technologies, stressing the education and participation of manufacturers, suppliers, installers and consumers.  Projects have included: writing a book about heat islands and their mitigation; performing analyses on building insulation technologies; evaluating energy savings for the City of San Jose cool roof program; developing the State of California Cool Roof Retrofit Program; monitoring energy savings of cool roofs for various organizations; installing energy-efficient porch lighting in the City of Berkeley, CA; writing an energy guidebook and organizing energy teams for Rebuilding Together/Christmas in April; holding workshops and seminars on various energy efficiency topics for utilities and others; writing articles for trade journals.

Senior Project Engineer, December 2005 – July 2006
Quantum Energy Services & Technologies, Berkeley, California
     Providing building energy system design and re-commissioning services in support of various utility programs. Includes identifying cost-effective efficiency opportunities, making detailed energy savings calculations using building energy models or spreadsheets, and estimating installation costs.  Also doing design work using energy modeling to size and evaluate new equipment for the most cost-effective replacement.

Senior Project Engineer, September 2004 – November 2005
Nexant, Inc., San Francisco, California
     Provided engineering services to support utility energy efficiency programs, such as Savings by Design and the Building Tune-Up program. Worked to improve the operation and energy efficiency of buildings on large campuses, including offices, cafeterias, and datacenters.  Gained knowledge of air handling and zone delivery strategies, chiller and cooling tower operation, heating processes, and efficient strategies for datacenter operation.  Also used building energy models to predict the energy savings of numerous efficiency measures. 

Senior Environmental Specialist, Peak Energy Program, Sept 2003 – Feb 2004
Department of Environment, City of San Francisco
     Part-time position providing technical expertise and energy auditing capabilities to a joint energy conservation project between the City of San Francisco and PG&E.

Director, Sacramento Cool Community Program, May 1999 – October 2001
Sacramento Tree Foundation, Sacramento, CA
     Half-time position promoting the use of cool roofing & paving materials and trees & vegetation to cool the summer heat island in Sacramento.  Oversaw a steering committee and several subcommittees of experts from Sacramento area government, utility, research, non-profit and industrial sectors.  Implemented pilot projects and outreach programs.  One of four administrators of the State of California Cool Roof Retrofit Program.  

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Building Energy Analysis Program, June 1995 - Aug 1998
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
     In charge of the “Cool $ense” program to promote integrated chiller and building retrofits in response to CFC phase-outs. Developed a diagnostic system for commercial building energy operation based on real-time data analysis. Worked in the Heat Island Group investigating the effects of cool roofing on building cooling energy use, and modeling the heat transfer of cool roofing in the roof/attic system. Organized weekly educational seminars for the energy analysis division.

Instructor, College of Engineering, September 1992 - June 1995
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
     ENGR 123 - Introduction to Engineering Graphics, a 4 credit class of 100+ students.  Projection theory, descriptive and computer-aided drafting.
                                               
Engineering Sub-Contractor, June - July 1993
Criterion Engineers/Planners, Portland, Oregon
     Revised the menu system and made corrections to the CHOICES (Choosing Integrated Community Energy Solutions) computer spreadsheet program.  This program estimates energy & emission savings potentially achievable through energy efficient urban design.

Instructor, College of Engineering, Summer Quarter 1992
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
     ENGR 260 - Introduction to Thermodynamics, a 4-credit sophomore level class of about 50 students. Introductory thermodynamic principles, including 1st and 2nd laws and preliminary cycle analysis.

Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Spring Quarter 1992
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
     ME 323 - Thermodynamics, a 4-credit junior level course of about 50 students. Power & refrigeration cycles, gas mixtures, combustion and chemical equilibria.

Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fall 91-Winter 92
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
     Analyzed data collected from four occupied houses to predict daily energy use based on weather conditions and other variables.

Engineer, Turbine Aero and Cooling Design, February 1984 - May 1990
GE Aircraft Engine Business Group, Evendale, Ohio
     Designed cooling systems for large commercial aircraft engine turbines.  Responsible for the cooling design and testing of turbine vanes, shrouds, casings and cavities, based on gas stream fluid flow and temperature characteristics, temperature limitations of materials, and engine performance goals. 

Engineer, Core Thermal-Hydraulics, June 1982 - December 1983                                 
Westinghouse, Advanced Energy Systems Division, Madison, Pennsylvania
     Developed computer codes to design thermal-hydraulic characteristics of the Clinch River liquid metal fast breeder reactor.  Predicted mass flows, pressure drops and temperatures of reactor core assemblies during operation.

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• Gartland, Heat Islands, Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas, Earthscan, London, UK, May 2008. more info>>
• Gartland, Jerome, Cuevas & Smieciuch, “Yahoo, A Model for Demand Management and Response”, National Conference on Building Commissioning, New York, NY, May 4-6, 2005. (pdf)
• Caulfield, Gartland & Sutter, "Evaluation of Summer Demand Reduction Third Party Initiative: San Jose 'Cool Roofs' Incentive Program", Equipoise Consulting & PositivEnergy for Pacific Gas & Electric, March 2002. (pdf)
• Gartland, "Rebuilding Together Energy Team Guidebook ", PositivEnergy, Oakland, CA, January 2002. (pdf)
• Clear, Gartland & Winkelmann, "An Empirical Correlation for the Outside Convective Air Film Coefficient for Horizontal Roofs", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report # LBNL-47275, January 2001, also Energy & Buildings, Vol. 35, Issue 8, pp. 797-811. (pdf)
• Gartland, "Cooling California Communities", Currents, An Energy Newsletter for Local Governments, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, California, November/December 2000. (pdf)
• Gartland, "Three Overlooked Ways to Save Energy in Your Building", Construction Specifier, pp. 17-23, September 2000. (pdf)
• Gartland, Environmental Directions Radio Series, Interview #1158B, March 5, 2000. 
• Gartland, "Cool Coatings Heat Up Savings", Maintenance Solutions, January 1999.
• Gartland, "Roof Coating Evaluation for the Big Box Store in Vacaville, California", PositivEnergy, Oakland, CA, September 1998. (pdf)
• Gartland, Azerbegi & Sartor, “Benefits of Integrated Chiller and Building Retrofits: A Collection of Case Studies”, Proceedings from the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Volume 4, pp. 157-168, August 1998. (pdf)
• Akbari, Gartland, Konopacki, Latham & Rainer, “Measured Energy Savings of Light-Colored Roofs: Results from Three California Demonstration Sites”, Proceedings from the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Volume 3, pp. 1-12, Pacific Grove, CA, August 1998. (pdf)
• Piette, Gartland, Khalsa, Rumsey, Lock, Sebald & Shockman, "Development and Testing of an Information Monitoring and Diagnostic System for Large Commercial Buildings" Proceedings from the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Vol 8, pp. 263-274, August 1998. (pdf)
• Parker, Huang, Konopacki, Gartland, Sherwin & Gu, "Measured and Simulated Performance of Reflective Roofing Systems in Residential Buildings", ASHRAE Transactions 1998, Volume 104, Part 1, 1998. (pdf)
• Konopacki, Gartland, Akbari & Rainer, “Demonstration of Energy Savings of Cool Roofs”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report # LBNL-40673, December 1997. (pdf)
• Gartland & Azerbegi, “Cost Effective Building Envelope Options for Reducing Cooling Loads in Commercial Buildings”, Proceedings of the Integrated Chiller Retrofit Forum, San Francisco, CA, September 23-24, 1997, also presented at the Roof Consultants Institute’s Building Envelope Symposium, San Diego, CA, November 20-21, 1997. (pdf1 & pdf2)
• Konopacki, Akbari, Pomerantz, Gabersek & Gartland, “Cooling Energy Savings Potential of Light-Colored Roofs for Residential & Commercial Buildings in 11 US Metropolitan Areas”, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report # LBNL-39433, May 1997. (pdf)
• Gartland, “Demonstrated Energy Savings of High Albedo Roof Coatings and Future Directions for Research”, Interface, Journal of the Roof Consultants Institute, November 1997, Vol. XV, No. 11, pp. 8- 17, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-40058. (pdf)
• Gartland, “Using Trees and Light Surfaces to Cool Cities”, Urban Ecologist, the Journal of Urban Ecology, 1997, Number 1, p. 5. (pdf)
• Gartland, Konopacki & Akbari, "Modeling the Effects of Reflective Roofing", 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1996. (pdf)
• Emery & Gartland, "Quantifying Occupant Energy Behavior Using Pattern Analysis Techniques", 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1996. (pdf)
• Levinson, Akbari & Gartland, “Impact of the Temperature Dependency of Fiberglass Insulation R-Value on Cooling Energy Use in Buildings”, 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 1996. (pdf)
• Akbari, Rosenfeld, Taha & Gartland, "Mitigation of Summer Heat Islands to Save Electricity and Reduce Smog", Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, January 28-February 2, 1996, Atlanta, GA.
• Gartland, Residential Energy Use Predictions Using Patterned Behavioral Information, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, June 1995. 
• Gartland, Emery, Sun & Kippenhan, "Residential Energy Usage and the Influence of Occupant Behavior", ASME Winter Annual Conference, 93-WA/HT-48, 1993. (pdf)

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Dr. Lisa Gartland

Education
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Activities & Awards:

• Organized & taught many Cool Roofing classes for Pacific Gas & Electric.
• Frequent speaker on heat island mitigation & building energy conservation topics.
• Honored as "Leading by Example" by the US Department of Energy's Rebuild
• America group for work organizing Energy Teams for Christmas in April
• 1999 ASHRAE Symposium Paper Award for "Measured and Simulated Performance of Reflective Roofing Systems in Residential Buildings".
• Organizer of nine Energy Teams to implement energy efficiency measures in homes rehabilitated by Bay Area Christmas in April Affiliates, 1999-2001. 
• Volunteer with the Presidio Alliance for sustainable retrofit of San Francisco’s Presidio into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, 1997-1998. 
• Volunteer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Open House 1995 & '97.
• As a doctoral student at the University of Washington:
  • Graduate Student Representative to the Educational Policy Committee, College of Engineering, Fall 1992 - Winter 1994.
  • Chair of the Task Force for Women and Minority Issues, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Winter & Spring 1994.
  • "Urban Issues" Session Leader for Spring 1994 Graduate Student Seminar
  • Marsh Fellowship Recipient, College of Engineering, 1991-92.
• Hobbies include singing soprano in various choral groups, renovating my house, and raising a delightful little boy.
• Owner of Inside Outside Fitness, a small fitness center located in Oakland, CA.

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