TREAT's History and Development Team
TREAT's development has been sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in cooperation with the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NYSERDA is currently integrating TREAT as the required auditing tool for their Home Performance with ENERGY STARŪ, New York ENERGY STARŪ Labeled Homes Programs, and the Assisted Multifamily Program. TREAT models building energy consumption using the SUNREL™ building physics calculation engine developed by NREL and licensed for use in TREAT.
Additional support for the development of TREAT has come from the utilities participating in NHsaves, the utility residential energy conversation program for New Hampshire.
Management Staff
Gregory Thomas, President of Performance Systems Development, Software Architect , has been actively providing energy efficiency and building performance services for 24 years. Mr. Thomas is widely published, and has made technical, marketing, and program design related presentations at numerous national and state conferences. Mr. Thomas is a Past President of Affordable Comfort Inc., the not-for-profit responsible for the production of the premier North American conference for residential energy efficiency. He was responsible for the development and implementation of the first performance contract for low-income multifamily weatherization, a $12M demand side management contract with Niagara Mohawk. Mr. Thomas has had a commercial HVAC contractor's license and designed the HVAC systems for EcoVillage at Ithaca.
Ethan MacCormick, VP for Services to Energy Businesses - provides Home Energy Ratings and manages TREATratings.com, the online ratings portal for TREAT users. Ethan is establishing Performance Systems Development as a Ratings provider in a number of states including New York, Texas, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, California and Pennsylvania. Ethan has over fifteen years experience as a contractor.
Shannon Mackey, Software Manager, applies 20 years of formal education, and lab and field implementation experience in electronics, computer engineering, and renewable energy systems to the design and development of software applications for energy and environmental analysis.
Development/Support Staff
The following Performance Systems Development Staff works to develop, support, test, and market online tools for TREAT.
Emelie Cuppernell, Developer/Tech Support, has three BPI certifications, EPA Universal Refrigerant certification and is a RESNET Home Energy Rater. As a new mother Emelie hopes to solve our energy problems for the next generation.
Buddha Buck, Software Programmer, has been a programmer since the mid 1980's, developing an MRP system with C++ and Dataflex, and programming institutional system XML interfaces. He's also assisted the design of the next generation of the Perl programming language and been the Python Foundation mentor for the Google Summer of Code program. His entire life he has been asked if that is his real name.
Jim Paquette, Software Engineer, contributes his degree from UMass Dartmouth in Software Engineering, and experience with data storage systems and software interface usability. He also participates with Habitat for Humanity and Solar Decathlon projects
Other Developers and Contributors
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) - Andrew Fisk, Bill Reinhardt, Lee Butler, and Jim Quirk.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - Ron Judkoff, Paul Torcellini, and Mike Deru developed the SUNREL™ Building Energy Simulation Engine that provides most of the building physics modeling within TREAT.
Chris Balbach, PE, Engineer, is a liscensed NYS Professional Engineer with over 10 years of experience working with energy usage in buildings. Chris's expertise includes a deep understanding of energy simulation software algorithms and methodologies. Chris is proficient in the use of over 30 different energy simulation software packages, and works closely with the TREAT software devlopment team on algorithm improvements. A former HVAC design engineer, Chris was responsible for designing and energy modeling several innovative HVAC systems for schools in the Northeast US. Chris background also includes sales and marketing experience with several fortune 500 companies. Chris is a Certifed Energy Manager, and is also recognized as a Certified Green Buildings Engineer.
Maria Karpman, Project Engineer. Ms. Karpman has familiarity with both the mechanical engineering aspects of project requirements, as well as with software development. Her responsibilities include coding, and translating program requirements into written specifications, including input screens, output reports, and algorithms. Ms. Karpman has an MS in Computer Science and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
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