We are a team of economists, attorneys, engineers, computer scientists, physicists, neuroscientists, psychologists, artists, inventors, educators and evaluators

KATHLEEN CARLSON, MBA, ATTORNEY, ECONOMIST, pSYCHOLOGIST, PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR 

Kathleen is an attorney and energy policy analyst with 33 years of energy efficiency program evaluation experience and legal experience with contracts, securities, banking, risk assessment, energy, indoor air quality, appliance standards, and environmental law. Kathy has designed and managed more than 100 EM&V studies and reports. She earned a Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University, MBA from Golden Gate University, M.S. in Psychology from JFK University, and B.S. in Economics from UC Davis. From 1986 through 1989, Kathy was a senior research associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where she worked in the Indoor Environment Group, Appliance Standards Group, and Center for Building Science evaluating technology and policy options to improve indoor air quality and energy efficiency. 

robert Mowris, P.E., engineer, Educator, artist, inventor, PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR

Robert Mowris is a registered professional engineer (M 26191), educator, and inventor with eight issued U.S. patents and several patents pending. Robert has 33 years of experience with energy efficiency and renewable energy evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V). Robert is is also a licensed HVAC contractor (CSLB #1028745) designing and installing super efficient residential and commercial HVAC systems for builders and property owners in California. Robert has designed and implemented EM&V studies of 350 residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural energy efficiency and renewable energy programs implemented by 85 investor-owned utilities, public utilities, local governments and third parties. Robert earned a Master of Science degree in Civil & Architectural Engineering specializing in Building Energy Engineering from the University of Colorado-Boulder and Bachelor of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Art Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Robert is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers, a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of the Illuminating Engineering Society of America. Robert has authored or co-authored more than 70 published papers on energy efficiency policy, program design, forecasting, evaluation, standards, and labels. Robert has measured tens of thousands of products, appliances, equipment, buildings, water/wastewater, and industrial processes using IPMVP protocols and AEA guidelines. In 1998, Robert and Kathleen authored the Energy Efficiency Policy and Program Priorities report for the California Board for Energy Efficiency. Robert has authored energy efficiency evaluation studies for Hawaii, the California Energy Commission, California Investor-Owned Utilities, Northern California Power Agency, US EPA, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Alliance to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Union of Concerned Scientists, the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP), Sierra Club, Rainforest Action Network, Earth Island Institute, and many others. Robert has been a regular contributor to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Summer Study since 1990. He has publications in peer-reviewed journals and US and international conference proceedings including the American Institute of Physics Proceedings (1985), American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990), ACEEE Summer Studies (1994-2014), International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) (2005-13), Energy Efficient Domestic Appliances and Lighting 2006-17, European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE 2006), United Kingdom WATERSAVE (2007), European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study (2007), and the Energy Efficient Motors Drive Systems 2007 conference in Beijing, China. From 1986 through 1990, Mr. Mowris was a member of the scientific and engineering staff at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he worked in the Indoor Environment Group, Appliance Standards Group, and Center for Building Science and co-authored reports with Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld evaluating technology and policy options to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, US House of Representatives, US Senate, President’s Outer Continental Shelf Taskforce, and other venues in the US and internationally.

Ean Jones, B.S., biologist, engineer, Master HVAC technician, trainer and evaluator

Ean Jones is an EPA-certified master HVAC technician and evaluator who has performed more than 100 evaluations of residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Ean has installed electric power metering equipment at numerous customer sites and has performed thousands of on-site verification field tests throughout California and Nevada and managed several thousand laboratory tests at Intertek Testing Services of North America. Ean has provided classroom and field training to more than 2,000 technicians on air conditioning refrigerant charge and airflow, duct testing and sealing, infiltration reduction, and HVAC quality installation and maintenance. Ean also performed thousands of single-family, multi-family, and commercial audits and inspections throughout California. Ean has experience performing EM&V field work, database tracking, analysis, and reporting. He also has four years of experience dealing with customer service issues. Ean earned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology from Northern Arizona University and graduated with honors in 2001.

IGOR ZLIMEN, Ph.D., Physicist, computer scientist, designer

Igor designs, develops and implements EM&V tracking database software systems. Igor has 27 years of software experience including designing and developing desktop applications and client and server web tools in Microsoft Access, Excel, and Visual Basic. Igor is an expert in data collection, design, and development. He develops server side DCOM objects, and designs and develops order entry and point of sale systems. He has designed and developed Visual Basic database browser applications to collect, analyze, and report sales data, as well as built applications for the day-to-day maintenance of subscription programs and customer databases. He has built Visual Basic OLE servers on different database platforms to produce Excel workbooks as complex reports for performance analysis. He has developed data transfer tools and training applications. Mr. Zlimen earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Zagreb, Croatia in 1984, and a Ph.D., in nuclear physics from Rugier Boskovic Institute, Croatia in 1991. Dr. Zlimen has worked on the following relevant projects: EM&V tracking databases and other EM&V database tracking analysis software for public and investor-owned utilities, Mobile Security Guard speech enabled cell phone and pager application, and loan Tracking Database System for Broadway Federal Bank.

ROBERT ESHOM, B.A., NATE CERTIFIED MASTER HVAC TECHNICIAN, workforce educator, trainer and evaluator

Robert Eshom is be responsible for on-site data collection, field auditor inspections, interviews, process surveys, market research, verification audits and participant and non-participant surveys. Mr. Eshom has performed EM&V site inspections, audits, and participant and non-participant surveys. He has evaluated air conditioning systems, duct leakage, lighting, building envelope repair, water heating, refrigerators, freezers, appliances, air conditioners, whole house fans, fans, air handlers, and other miscellaneous measures. He has implemented EM&V on-site and telephone participant/non-participant surveys, and performed EM&V analysis. Mr. Eshom has performed database tracking and spreadsheet analysis of residential and commercial efficiency projects and demand-side management (DSM) programs. Mr. Eshom graduated with an Associate of Science degree from Mt. San Antonio College. Mr. Eshom is NATE certified and experienced with installing, servicing, maintaining, and trouble-shooting packaged and split-system heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, boilers, heat pumps, hydronic heating systems, chillers, air handlers, and cooling towers.

Katherine Mowris, B.S, scientist, Computer SCIENCE Engineer, Web Designer

Katherine (Katie) Mowris earned a B.S. in Neuroscience from University of California, Los Angeles, and minor in Computer Science (Santa Monica College and UC Berkeley Extension). Katherine has expertise in Linear and Discrete Mathematics, C, C++, Javascript, HTML/CSS, R, SQL, and object oriented programming. She developed proprietary software applications and prototypes for a patent-pending energy-efficient thermostat using the Raspberry PI platform. Katherine worked at the Dr. Nathanael Gray Laboratory, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School identifying cell target engagement and cyto-toxicity of first-in-class candidate covalent small molecule inhibitors that target proteins, known as cyclin dependent kinases and regulate transcription in cancer. She worked at the Dr. Marie Chesselet Laboratory Parkinson’s and Huntington’s Lab on preclinical testing of neuroprotective treatments as potential therapeutics for Parkinson's and Huntington's Disease, testing of human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC)-based development candidates as a therapeutic approach to Huntington's disease. Katie performed motor and cognitive testing and molecular and pathological biomarkers of the hESC based treatment in Q140K Huntington’s Disease mouse model. Katie worked at the Dr. Lerner, Mattel Children’s Hospital in the Pediatric Neurology unit, specifically dealing with patients diagnosed with epilepsy and traumatic brain injury and interacted with patients and their families. She founded the Bruin Experiment in 2013-2015 to create the first UCLA student-run science fair outreach to under-served communities in the greater Los Angeles area and provided funding and resources for students to create their own science fair projects and participate in a science fair funded by the club and held at UCLA. She applied for and received funding, interviewed mentors and created the syllabus that taught the scientific method and mentored students in their projects of interest. She worked at Camp Kesem from 2013-2015 and counseled children whose parents have cancer and assisted with patient care, and patient experience for patients in the Medical ICU, labor and delivery, liver transplant and pediatrics units of the Santa Monica and Ronald Reagan Hospitals. Katherine developed the RMA Inc. website to summarize EM&V studies and experience.