Loading their Board and team with many of the key UC Davis players.....
Board of Advisors:
Richard Bourne, Associate Director and Founder, Western Cooling Efficiency Center...Richard Bourne is Associate Director of the University of California Western Cooling Efficiency Center (WCEC).
Siva Gunda, Senior Engineer, Smart Energy Solutions
Mr. Gunda is the Southern California Edison International Energy Efficiency Fellow and an Emerging Venture Analyst with the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center, where he commercializes energy efficiency technologies germinating from the California Lighting Technology Center and Western Cooling Efficiency Center. Previously, he was an industrial designer with General Electric and held positions with Pacific Gas and Electric, the California Air Resources Board, and the California Fuel Cell Partnership, where he garnered invaluable experience in both design and policy in energy efficiency. Gunda is completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a focus on energy systems, at UC Davis.
Mananya Chansanchai, Energy Services Program Manager
Ms. Chansanchai was a PG&E Energy Efficiency Fellow and Emerging Venture Analyst for the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center (EEC) where she focused on the development and commercialization of energy efficient technologies. Her work through the EEC included market sizing of lighting technologies for K-12 schools in conjunction with the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), background research of HVAC opportunities for educational facilities in conjunction with the Western Cooling Efficiency Center (WCEC), and developing a life cycle cost calculator for energy efficiency projects. Previously she worked at McKesson Corporation and Citibank. She earned an MBA from UC Davis and a B.A. from UC Santa Cruz.
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