OC Renewables Board of Trustees
James Matarese is an Energy Consultant and Principal of Canopy Energy Consulting, specializing in commercial, industrial and utility grade energy management solutions. He has over ten years experience working with utility, municipal, commercial and residential clients. Areas of expertise include building performance, sustainable design and renewable energy. His technical specialties include Energy Audits, Solar Thermal, Solar Electric (PV), Lighting Retrofits, Water Management, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Sales and Marketing.
James has worked with SCE, SDG&E and ten Southern California municipalities to implement the Community Energy Partnership (CEP), where he provided energy tune-ups for low income and small business customers. He has also worked with PG&E to perform energy audits on large commercial facilities in downtown San Francisco as part of the Business Energy Coalition (BEC) demand response program. By partnering with large facilities such as Bank of America Plaza, Transamerica Tower and Union Bank of California the BEC was capable of shedding up to 50 MW during times of peak demand.
He has worked with Architects and Builders in the area of sustainable design by helping to create and distribute GreenTouchscreen software that has earned the USGBC’s LEED Innovation in Design credits. He has experience providing Energy Management solutions for Home Owners Associations which include financial analysis and system design for Solar Thermal (Pool Heating), Solar Electric (PV), Domestic Solar Hot Water, Interior and Landscape Lighting Retrofits. His company, Canopy Energy Consulting, currently provides comprehensive energy audits and efficiency upgrades to residential and commercial customers throughout Southern California.
Dr. Lori Greene is the Director of Research Development and Outreach for the UC Irvine Center for Solar Energy. Dr. Greene received her Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Her dissertation research focused on nanotechnology and solar energy conversion. Her Nanowire Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells paper is now one of the most cited articles in Nature Materials, a premier peer-reviewed journal. At UCI, Dr. Greene is the Research Development Officer and Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Solar Energy in the School of Physical Sciences and leads the development of grant proposals, the graduate student lunch forum on solar energy, and university activities and community outreach programs relating to solar energy and other green technologies.
