A Letter to Our Members - April, 2023

Happy Spring, everyone! Pardon our absence in Q1, but we’ve been busy as bees lining up a swarm of events for you to enjoy this year.

Meet the Columbia River Chapter board for 2023 (you can find photos and bios of each board member on our website here):

Officers:

• President: Gertrude Villaverde, Energy 350
• Vice-President: Tanner McCue, ASK Energy
• Secretary: Candice Norton, Resource Innovations
• Treasurer: Bill Kostich, Cascade Energy
• Past President: Elin Shepard, Energy Trust

Board members at large:

• Kristen Ige, Stillwater Energy
• Roxanna Magallanes, Elevate BCx

Introducing new board members this year:

• Katie Roessler, Ameresco
• Regan Cronin, Cascade Energy
• Nico Cooper, AESC

Thank you to our outgoing board members who gave their time and dedication to AEE CRC. We appreciate all the work you've done, and we will miss your faces at board meetings!

• Tom Prevish
• Bill Henry
• Bryndon Light

We have already had a running start for events this year! Here is a look at what we have already done:

Spring Energy Engineering Forum

• Presenter: Bill Henry
• Topic: Introduction?to Offshore Wind on the West Coast - Recent Trends & Opportunities
• When: April 26, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
• Where: Portland Meeting Space -- 2007 Lloyd Center Portland, OR 97232
• If you missed it, look here for the recorded slides and presentation.

Mark your calendars for other events to bloom in the next couple of months, and keep an eye out for those to unfurl later this year:

Spring Building Tour

• Location: Bonneville Dam
• When: May 23, 2023, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Where: 40 miles east of Portland, OR in the Columbia River Gorge
• Registration: Register here!??*Note: US citizens only, registration prioritizes AEE CRC members. 15 spots available. *

Summer Social (In Partnership with Oregon APEM)

• When: July 20, 2023
• Location: TBD
• Registration: Keep an eye out for an email with a link to register online!

Fall Building Tour

• Where: City of Vancouver Marine Park WWTP
• When: Tentative date - September 19, 2023
• More details and a registration link to come!

Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Training

• Location: Portland, OR
• When: October 16-20, 2023
• Registration: Registration for this in-person training will go live in late Spring!

Fall Energy Engineering Forum

• Topic: TBD
• When: November 2023

Holiday Party and Wrench of the Year Awards

• When: December 6, 2023
• Where: Location TBD

CEM Training?

• The Columbia River Chapter is hosting an in-person Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Training this fall! The Certified Energy Manager (CEM) accreditation is one of the most globally respected in the field of energy management. Since 1981, over 30,000 professionals from over 100 countries have participated in AEE’s CEM program. The program is ISO IEC 17024 accredited by Endad Nacional de Acreditación (ENAC) and American National Standards Institute (ANSI,) and is also a U.S. Department of Energy Beer Buildings Workforce Guidelines Recognized Program. It is also accredited by many other organizations worldwide. More information about the training to be posted on our website soon: aeecrc.org.

Call for Energy Engineering Forum Presenters:

Do you have a topic you’d like to present? Share your work with the rest of the chapter and earn professional development hours doing so! Please reach out to [email protected] to discuss details.

Support for Publications:

Did you know that AEE Corporate publishes three quarterly journals that include submissions from members? If you are interested in writing a paper for consideration to be published, we would like to offer a chance to have the work peer-reviewed before submission. Submissions can be made to our chapter Treasurer, Bill Kostich, or through our submission portal online.

Wrench of the Year (WOY) Awards:

We continue the tradition of recognizing the amazing work of the “wrench turners” out there with our annual Wrench of the Year Award Ceremony. We are now accepting nominations for 2023 projects! Please make your submissions through this online form.

Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation (RESF):

The AEE Columbia River Chapter is raising funds to gift a named scholarship to the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation. This local organization recognizes students in Oregon and Washington who are making impactful contributions to the energy field. You can find more information about RESF here. More information about making donations to come.

For any questions, comments, or just to say hi, please connect with us on our website, on LinkedIn, or send an email to [email protected]. Give us a buzz, we’d love to hear from you.??

Best Regards,

Gertrude Villaverde

CRC Board President