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Catherine Chappell - Director
 Catherine Chappell, P.E.
(mechanical) has a
long list of project management accomplishments, especially in the area
of utility program evaluation. She
has managed and consulted on numerous measurement and Evaluation (M&E) projects. These projects address several
issues including energy use and technology baselines, net-to-gross
analysis and market effects.
She is currently
project manager for the multi-year Measurement & Evaluation Study of
SMUD’s SB5X Energy Efficiency Programs. For this project, she
developed program
evaluation plans for a wide variety of energy efficiency programs,
including: residential air
conditioner rebates, refrigerator pick up and recycling, small, medium
and large commercial and industrial lighting rebates, vending machine
controls program and refrigeration tune up programs. For each of these nine programs,
she manages the development of the evaluation plans, program databases
and energy savings estimate protocols.
She is also involved in
Market Assessment and Evaluation (MA&E) studies for Southern
California Edison, including tracking statewide nonresidential new
construction program activities. For the Edison project, she coordinates contractor
activities, including establishing protocols, providing technical
guidance, reviewing data and reports and serving as the Nonresidential
New Construction representative to California’s Market Assessment and
Evaluation Statewide Team of Research Organizations (CAL-MAESTRO). Ms Chappell also serves as
technical advisor to the Industrial, Nonresidential Remodeling and
Renovation and Nonresidential Market Share tracking groups.
Her project management
work involves coordination of survey teams, supervision of data analysts
preparation of consulting reports, developing and tracking budgets,
schedules and deliverables. She also works with the HMG partners
to create business development strategies and company-wide
administrative policy.
She is also an
experienced Title 24 consultant, having worked with hundreds of
commercial building projects to achieve energy code compliance and
providing training to building officials and other energy consultants on
the nonresidential energy standards. From 1988 through 1991 she was a member of the California
Energy Commission Professional Advisory Group, as a representative of
the California Association of Building Energy Consultants (CABEC). Ms. Chappell received her B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering
from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
To contact Cathy, email
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