Projects

Odds and Ends

Corporate Report Template

Designed, installed, and provided training in the use of a Microsoft Word template to be used for reports prepared by a not-for-profit consulting firm. Defined styles for all document elements and created a custom menu and toolbar for applying those styles.
Client: Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.

WVC STC 2001-2002 Membership Directory

Designed the annual membership directory of the Willamette Valley Chapter (Portland, OR) of the Society for Technical Communication.
Volunteer work for WVC STC.

Proposal to Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

Designed, edited, assembled the text for, and created diagrams and charts for a contract-winning proposal to the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance to manage a program for electric utilities that promotes energy-efficient residential lighting.
Client: Ecos Consulting, Inc.

Proposal to the Port of Portland

Designed, cowrote, edited, and produced a proposal to the Port of Portland, in response to an RFP, to dismantle and recycle the materials from a pier on the Willamette River.
Client: Storie Steel and Wood Products Company, Inc.

WVC STC 1995-1996 Membership Directory

Designed and produced the annual membership directory of the Willamette Valley Chapter (Portland, OR) of the Society for Technical Communication. Wrote Excel Visual Basic macros to generate both alphabetical and randomly sorted listings for separate sections of the directory--Contact Information, Capabilities, Job Categories, Skill Areas, and Knowledge Areas.
Volunteer work for WVC STC.

Strategic Issue Papers

Edited and cowrote issue papers on addressing, in the 1996 Power Plan, the reliability and persistence of energy savings through Building Commissioning and Operation and Maintenance.
Client: Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR (while employed at PECI)

A Conceptual Design for a Demand-Side-Management Program for Commercial New Construction, Renovations, and Remodels

Designed a conceptual demand-side-management program aimed at new commercial construction. Designed and wrote the 26-page program description. Designed a set of program-screening spreadsheets and evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the program. Documented the analysis in a 38-page appendix.
Client: Consolidated Edison of New York (while employed at PECI who was under contract to the Natural Resources Defense Council)

A Model of the Design/Construction Decision-Making Process in Consolidated Edison Service Territory

Developed a decision-making model of the design/development process as it relates to the building-approval process in New York City. Designed, wrote, and illustrated the resulting 75-page report.
Client: Consolidated Edison of New York (while employed at PECI who was under contract to the Natural Resources Defense Council)

An Early-Warning System for Identifying Commercial-Building Construction, Renovation, and Remodeling Projects

Developed recommendations for an early-warning system for identifying new construction projects early in the design stage. Documented the recommendations in a 25-page report.
Client: Consolidated Edison of New York (while employed at PECI who was under contract to the Natural Resources Defense Council)

Demand-Side-Management Program for New Commercial Construction

Headed the development of a detailed demand-side-management program aimed at new commercial construction. Designed and wrote the resulting Program Description. Designed and wrote a draft Implementation Manual for the program.
Client: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (while employed at PECI)

Data-Collection Form

Designed a 13-page on-site data-collection form for EPRI's Northwest Commercial Evaluation Project.
Client: Electric Power Research Institute (while employed at PECI who was under subcontract to Xenergy)

Survey Questionnaire

Helped design and edited the questionnaire for a survey to assess the satisfaction of building occupants with the thermal and environmental conditions in their workplace.
While employed at: Bonneville Power Administration