FEMP Portfolio & Project Tools to Identify Performance Contracting Opportunities  

Matt works as a project manager in NREL's Project Development and Finance Group within the Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center. His work is primarily focused on supporting the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) in performance contracting and distributed energy procurement. Prior to joining NREL, Matt was an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and worked as a construction project manager with NORESCO. He has experience overseeing and managing projects that include building management system and HVAC control upgrades, LED lighting retrofits, boiler and chiller installations, and combined heat and power plant build outs.

Jeremey Alcorn is a certified energy manager and currently serves as a Climate and Sustainability Officer for the Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration. He has over 20 years' experience in sustainability, facility energy and water management, high performance buildings, renewable energy, greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, climate risk and adaptation. Prior to joining GSA, he served as a consultant and provided hands-on, federal sector support developing sustainability programs; energy and water management programs and analysis tools; high performance building guidance and implementation plans; renewable energy deployment analyses; GHG reporting and mitigation; and climate risk management. He has authored publications on energy efficiency and renewable energy, alternative fuel sustainability, and implications of climate change on U.S. access to space. He holds a BS in Environmental Science and Political Science from Allegheny College and a MS in Environmental Science and Policy from George Mason University.

Berkeley Chatot is the National Energy Program Manager at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within the U.S. Department of the Interior. She has over 10 years' experience working in the sustainability field with a focus on facility energy and water management, and high-performance sustainable buildings. She specializes in data analysis of enterprise-wide building performance to inform programmatic decisions. Her work supports renewable energy implementation, greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and reduction, and climate resilience. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a concentration in Construction Management and Sustainability from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Kennesaw State University.

Dr. Christine Walker is a Senior Energy Advisor, providing technical support to the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and the Department of Defense. She performs engineering and economic analyses for the implementation of energy, resiliency, and cost savings projects at federal facilities. Before this position, Christine worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory supporting FEMP, and in industry for energy service companies for more than 10 years in developing ESPC projects in the public, private, and federal markets. She has over 20 years of experience leading and managing project development and engineering teams and addressing comprehensive energy management in the commercial, institutional, residential, and industrial markets through analytics and building performance analyses. Christine received her doctorate in building technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA and MS in business analytics from Indiana University Kelley School of Business, and her Master of Science in mechanical engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois. She is a licensed professional engineer in multiple states.