The principals have extensive engineering backgrounds and many years of experience consulting on energy and related areas.
Sharon M Jones, P.E.
Sharon Jones is a registered professional engineer with over 20 years’ experience conducting energy-efficiency engineering assessments in a variety of commercial and industrial facilities. As a chemical engineer, she has focused largely on manufacturing and industrial energy efficiency. With experience in commercial facilities as well, Sharon taught AESP's course on commercial and industrial energy efficiency. She has also held several senior engineering positions where she conducted numerous engineering services, including efficiency projects for New England utilities, regulators, and other regional organizations. Sharon is a nationally recognized expert in the energy-efficient operation of water and wastewater facilities and is widely published in the areas of variable frequency drives and energy-efficient pumping applications. She is a Certified Measurement and Verification Professional (CMVP) of the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE). Sharon has extensive experience metering commercial and industrial equipment and has operating knowledge of true-power metering equipment such as the Dent Elite Pro, AEMC 3945, Fluke 435, and Onset Hobo loggers, as well as various other instruments such as tachometers, temperature, pressure, and flow meters.
Arlene L Marge
Arlene Marge is a building technology engineer who has dedicated her career to the advancement of energy conservation and energy-efficient technologies. She works closely with New England utilities, regulators, and other regional organizations to provide energy-efficiency consulting services including technical assessment and evaluation. She worked closely with a prominent national energy-efficiency organization to support the development of their 5-year program plan, and she is an expert on residential, commercial, and industrial energy-saving technologies. She previously held the position of Program Manager for High-Efficiency Commercial and Residential HVAC Equipment for the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. As a Building Technology Engineer at Arthur D. Little, Arlene assessed energy-efficient technologies, their market potential, and opportunities for their implementation. She worked extensively on the development of various building technology programs for the U.S. Department of Energy. At DMI, Arlene worked as a demand-side management energy consultant for industrial and commercial building applications. She has experience with instrumentation and on-site measurement of energy usage, temperatures, and flows. While at MIT, Arlene worked in the research and development of advanced, energy saving building technologies; her work on advanced polyurethane foam insulation is patented. She holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Building Technology from MIT.