Olga Cano |  Environmental Engineer for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Olga M. Cano is an Environmental Engineer in the Homes Program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense® Program. She is involved in the development and implementation of the WaterSense Homes specification and certification system. Through this program, the EPA aims to promote water efficient system and practices in the residential sector. Prior to joining EPA in 2015, Ms. Cano worked as an architect in the hospitality and residential sector for 7+ years and then went on to serve in the Peace Corps as a Water & Sanitation Volunteer in Peru as part of the Peace Corps Masters International Program. Ms. Cano holds a B.A. in Architecture from Florida International University and a Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She was part of the 2nd place team winners of the 2013 Amazonas River Race.

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Scott Doyle  |  Technical Director of Quality Assurance & Training at RESNET^®

Since entering the residential energy industry as a RESNET HERS® Rater in 2003, Scott’s background has included wide variety across housing types, climate zones, codes, programs, and business types.  Always up for a new challenge, he has consistently embraced opportunities to serve in a variety of roles.  Some of these roles included HERS Rater, Quality Assurance Designee, Instructor, committee chairman, program manager, and division director.  Prior to his role with RESNET, Scott was already directly involved in industry standard development through committee appointments and served as a volunteer subject matter expert for multiple professional certification exams.

As RESNET’s Technical Director of Quality Assurance and Training, Scott’s role is to manage, train, and mentor the individuals performing important quality control and training for the home energy rating industry across the U.S and to guide industry standard and policy changes that support this effort.  RESNET’s mission is to make the energy use of all homes transparent, thereby driving residential sector energy use toward net zero.  The majority of his nearly two-decade career has been with growth and profit-driven organizations in the private sector.  But in retrospect, Scott has been supporting this larger goal in some way across the last two decades.  Since joining the non-profit side in 2017, Scott directly supports RESNET’s mission by enhancing the consistency of home energy ratings through improved quality assurance and training.
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Steve Byers | CEO at EnergyLogic

Steve Byers is the CEO of EnergyLogic. He has been involved in this industry for nearly thirty years (as of next year). Early on, Steve flew airplanes for the US Air Force. Putting both work experiences together, he considers himself to be one of the luckiest people that he knows! He loves the Rubik's cube, that is building a company that cares about people, the planet and profit. Steve feels fortunate to work with a great team at EnergyLogic, as well as the opportunity to work with great clients in a challenging and honorable industry.
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Joe Medosch {med-osh} | Owner of Energy & Environmental Consulting and Client Success Manager for measureQuick

Joe is an Industry Master Trainer, national presenter, and his diverse background in multiple trades provides a unique understanding of “The House as System.”  Joe has been evaluating homes for 25+ years and has been a Comfort Consultant /Trainer for over 15+ years providing solutions on Healthier/Energy Efficient Home Performance and co-creator of Retrotec rCloud app.
Certifications/knowledge base and committees include Board Member on Healthy Air Research and Certification Authority (HARCA), ACCA, IAQ/IEQ assessments, ICC, BPI, RESNET, SMACNA, ASTM.

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Peter Troast | Founder & CEO of Energy Circle

Peter is recognized as one of the country's foremost authorities on marketing for home performance, HVAC and other efficiency related contracting companies. He authors the widely-read Energy Circle blog and is a passionate advocate for the power of the whole house home performance business model. He and his team work with over 350 companies in 49 states grow their business through services like website design and development, search engine optimization, lead generation and strategic content production. He is a popular and high ranking speaker about marketing for contractors at ACI, RESNET, ACCA, BPI and EGIA conferences and events. For 2015, he received the Tony Woods Award for excellence in advancing the home performance industry.

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Dan Perunko | El Presidente at Balance Point Home Performance

Dan Perunko is co-owner of Balance Point Home Performance, a small training and contracting company specializing in creating low-energy homes. Dan is excited by the level of comfort and efficiency that is achieved in the homes BPHP works on. In addition to construction and training services, BPHP has been installing heat pumps of all shapes and sizes. The movement to decarbonize buildings has increased the call for their services. Dan is also very interested in the unintended consequences of electrification and large-scale heat pump adoption. He has been developing best practices for line set testing to try and help the industry avoid refrigerant leakage in new installs.
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Bruce Manclark | Trainer at CLEAResult

Bruce is a nationally recognized leader in residential consulting on energy efficiency, energy efficiency technical training, implementation of conservation programs, and quality control testing. Bruce has helped clients such as the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Bonneville Power Administration, Energy Trust of Oregon and others develop program strategies for HVAC, new homes and existing homes programs. Bruce previously owned an energy services company, Delta T, specializing in the implementation of residential energy conservation programs and services. In April 2016, he was inducted in the Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame recognized for his significant and lasting contributions to the building performance industry over the course of his career. Bruce is currently on the Board of Directors for Efficiency First.

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Nathan Kahre | Innovation & Initiatives Manager at EnergyLogic

Nathan Kahre brings his experiences working for a home builder to EnergyLogic. As the Innovation and Initiatives Manager, Nathan works on internal and externally facing projects to keep EnergyLogic at the forefront of innovation and excellence in our industry. After graduating with a master’s degree in building science from Appalachian State University, Nathan came to the Denver metro area to work for a high-performance production home builder. Time spent working for a builder has helped Nathan understand what is important to builders and what information they need to get the job done. He has presented on building science, renewable energy, and home builder quality assurance throughout the country including sessions at RESNET, EEBA, & IBS. Nathan is also active in the local community volunteering on issues that are important to him and doing his best to be on a mountain bike as much as possible.
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Jonah Schein | National Program Manager for Homes & Buildings at  the EPA WaterSense^® Program

Jonah Schein is the National Program Manager for Homes & Buildings at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense^® Program. Jonah is a self-professed water nerd who has spent his career focused on water efficiency; first via desert agriculture and for the last two decades, through high performance buildings. He has overseen the technical development and implementation of the WaterSense labeled homes program since its inception. He has also led numerous efforts to better understand, and influence water use in the field. In addition to the WaterSense labeled homes program, these have included the EPA Water Score for multifamily properties as well as several standards, research reports, and papers focused on modeling, quantifying, and understanding water use. Jonah lives in Washington, DC with his wife and their dog Jilly, who can usually be heard in the background on any phone or conference call he takes while working from home. In his free time, Jonah enjoys biking, running, swimming, hiking, camping, climbing, traveling, and just about any activity that lets him play outside.
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