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Yanda Zhang, Ph.D.
- Associate
Technical Director
 Dr. Zhang is a mechanical engineer with over ten years of experience,
both in the research sector and within industry. Based on prior
involvement in the research and design of energy efficient buildings
systems, he has specialized experience in thermal analysis and
engineering project management
Dr. Zhang currently leads a range of projects, involving building
science research, codes and standards development, and energy efficiency
program development. He is leading the effort in providing energy
savings estimates and developing program change theories for California
IOU sponsored Title 24 code changes. He is conducting program assessment
and design for PG&E energy code compliance enhancement program. He is
one of the technical leads for the California Energy Commission PIER
project on Hot Water Distribution Systems for multifamily buildings. He
is also conducting technical analysis, market study, as well as project
management for SCE, SCG, and SDG&E appliance codes and standards
programs. He managed two PG&E emerging technologies field study and
evaluation programs, one for the mechanical vapor recompression (MVR)
technology and one for the ThermoSorber™ technology. He also conducted
technical analysis for a California Energy Commission Appliance
Standards Compliance Intervention project.
Prior to joining HMG, Dr. Zhang worked at GE Energy conducting
engineering and economic analysis on energy efficiency technologies,
leading product improvement and managing project delivery; and providing
consultation to utility companies. He developed economic models and
software tools that quantitatively demonstrated benefits of energy
efficiency technologies, and proposed and patented (pending) a new
algorithm for evaluating performance degradation induced economic
impact. Dr Zhang holds a PhD from the University of Davis where he
worked as a research assistant, studied air pollution control
technologies and developed advanced optical diagnostic systems to detect
air pollutants. His work led to several publications in peer-reviewed
journals that could benefit industrial applications.
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