Technical Specifications for Geothermal Heat Pump Systems  

Doug Gagne is a project analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He currently provides early-stage federal project development support for renewable energy and resilience projects, including techno-economic analyses to identify what mix of generation technologies will most cost-effectively meet a site's power needs. He also supports early-stage resilience project development and brings extensive federal procurement expertise.

Otto Van Geet is a Principal Engineer at NREL. He has been involved in the design, construction, and operation of energy-efficient research facilities such as laboratories and data centers, office and general use facilities, and low-energy-use campus and communities. Van Geet was one of the founding members of the Labs21 (Smart Labs) program and his experience also includes renewables screening and assessment, PV system design for on- and off-grid applications, energy audits, and minimizing energy use. Van Geet has authored many technical reports and conference papers and been recognized with many awards from professional associations, including the 2007 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management and the 2011 GreenGov Green Innovation Presidential Award for the NREL Research Support Facility data center.

John Shonder is a Senior Advisor to the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has devoted his career to enhancing energy resilience and reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in federal facilities, as a Principal Investigator for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; as Program Manager for FEMP support at ORNL; and as Director of the Sustainability Performance Office at the US Department of Energy. His work in the private sector includes Director of UESC Program Development for a major Energy Services Company (ESCO).