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Matthew L. Griffey, CEM Project Engineer

 

Value Delivered

Matt helps clients reduce energy consumption and costs, while increasing their facilities’ comfort and productivity. His responsibilities include conducting audits, performing analyses, and creating reports that recommend a wide range of energy conservation measures. In the process, he assesses whether a building’s mechanical systems are providing maximum cost savings or should be replaced with newer, more energy-efficient equipment. He also examines the lighting system to identify areas in which the client could reduce energy usage by installing higher efficiency lamps, designing new lighting layouts, or putting in room occupancy sensors. In addition, he reviews the control system sequencing to be sure it is providing optimum energy efficiency. And he measures building operations factors, such as illumination intensity, relative humidity, room temperatures, and building equipment noise levels, and compares them against industry standards to determine which of these factors need to be improved.

 

Outside, Matt examines the building envelope, including doors and windows. He also records electric, gas, fuel oil, and other utility usage to establish a baseline for calculating the impact of energy saving measures. During a project, Matt ensures that all equipment has been installed for maximum energy savings. And when a project is over, Matt and his team continue to monitor facility performance, ensuring that the company’s recommended improvements are providing the benefits clients expect.

 

Expertise

While he was an engineering student at Purdue University, Matt worked as an engineering firm intern, designing mechanical systems for healthcare facilities. Before joining ECS, he spent two years as a project manager with a commercial lighting systems and design firm.

 

Matt holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Purdue and has completed additional studies in computer science at Butler University. He has also attended numerous programs offered by leading manufacturers, including Bell & Gossett’s nationally acclaimed hydronic systems education program, Little Red Schoolhouse; GE’s Lighting and Electrical Institute at Nela Park; and Lighting Analysts’ AGi32 lighting design software training.

 

A member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), Matt is a certified energy manager. He is currently working toward his professional engineering license and his LEED certification.