Manufacturers and water and wastewater treatment agencies face many obstacles as they strive to improve energy efficiency in their facilities. The following individual technology focus area-webpages are meant to be one-stop shops for those seeking actionable solutions for energy efficiency challenges involving specific systems.

Each page contains links to helpful resources, such as relevant Better Plants showcase projects and implementation models, DOE tipsheets and publications, software tools, webinars, and contact information for a subject matter expert:

Meet our Technical Experts

Through Better Plants, partners receive support from Technical Account Managers (TAMs) who help facilities develop energy management plans, identify energy-saving opportunities, and track energy performance metrics. In addition to assisting partners with their energy management goals, the TAMs are also subject-matter experts in a variety of technology focus areas. Explore their areas of expertise, below. 

Kristina Armstrong armstrongko@ornl.gov	Indraneel Bhandari bhandarii1@ornl.gov	Mahabir Bhandari bhandarims@ornl.gov	Blake Billings billingsbw@ornl.gov
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Analysis MEASUR Tool Suite Techno-Economic Analysis	Renewable Energy Systems Electrical Power Systems Combined Heat and Power (CHP)	Building Envelope and Modelling Building Energy Performance Combined Heat and Power (CHP)	Industrial Assessment Centers Industrial Demand Response Utilities
Alexandra Botts bottsam@ornl.gov	Subodh Chaudhari chaudharisa@ornl.gov	Daryl Cox coxdf@ornl.gov	Wei Guo guow@ornl.gov
Compressed Air MEASUR Tool Suite Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC)	Process Heating Steam Systems Waste Reduction and Circular Economy	Motors Pumps Diagnostic Equipment Program	Process Cooling and HVAC Refrigeration Smart Manufacturing
Dipti Kamath kamathdd@ornl.gov	Paul Lemar pll@rdcnet.com	Travis Michalke travis.michalke@icf.com	Kalie Miera mierake@ornl.gov
Life Cycle Assessment Techno-economic Analysis System Dynamics	Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Renewables & Microgrids Economic Feasibility Analyses	Building Energy Modeling Building Performance and Analytics Building Audits and Engagement	ISO 50001 / 50001 Ready Energy Performance Calculation Carbon Reduction Targets
Paulomi Nandy nandyp@ornl.gov	Sachin Nimbalkar nimbalkarsu@ornl.gov	Ikenna Okeke okekeij@ornl.gov	Chris Price pricecr@ornl.gov
Energy Tool Development 50001 Ready Carbon Reduction Targets	Process Heating Heat Waste Management Smart Manufacturing	Carbon Capture Technologies Chemical process modeling Life cycle assessment/techno-economic analysis	HVAC Systems Control System Designs Smart Manufacturing
Prakash Rao prao@lbl.gov	Shelby Saji shelby.saji@icf.com	Senthil Sundaramoorthy sundaramoors@ornl.gov	Kiran Thirumaran thirumarank@ornl.gov
Water Water-Energy Nexus ISO 50001	Lighting Motors HVAC Systems	Process Cooling and Refrigeration Steam	Compressed Air Process Heating Energy Performance Calculation
Thomas Wenning wenningtj@ornl.gov
Fans Steam Energy-Systems Software

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