Council of Advisors

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The Council of Advisors is the other governing body of the WHPA.  It is composed of all members of the Executive Committee and up to 47 industry organizations (including industry organizations in the Executive Committee).  As with the Executive Committee, individual companies are not eligible to sit on the Council of Advisors.  The Chair of the Council of Advisors is an industry representative, not an IOU or CPUC member.

The Council of Advisors sets goals for and directs the implementation of Performance Alliance work. This includes the very important tasks of 1) recommending the work to be done in Subcommittees and Working Groups, 2) hearing reports from the Committees and Subcommittees, and 3) providing direction including accepting, rejecting, or sending back for further action the work of the Committees and Subcommittees.

Meetings

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The Council of Advisors meets quarterly by conference call. Meeting times will be posted as the information becomes available.

Structure

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Council of Advisors Member List

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In 2012 other eligible industry groups will be invited to join the Council of Advisors.  These include the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), California Energy Efficiency Industry Council, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), International Facility Management Association (IFMA), Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM), Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA) and others.

The member companies, a general description of the company, and their representative(s) serving on the Council of Advisors are listed below. Click on the company logo to go to their website.


Member Description Representative
  ACCA is a non-profit association serving more than 60,000 professionals and 4,000 businesses in the HVACR community, working together to promote professional contracting, energy efficiency, and healthy, comfortable indoor environments.
Don Langston
  Air Conditioning Trade Association (ACTA) is a non-profit, contractor member association. We serve free enterprise non-union HVAC, Mechanical, and Service Contractors, as well as their employees and the industrial suppliers that service them. Jill Mojica
  Ensuring human comfort, productivity, and safety, while practicing environmental stewardship is the mission of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute. Through our certification program, standards, advocacy, and other activities, we strive to help save energy, improve productivity, and ensure a better environment. Warren Lupson
  ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of over 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education. Bob Baker
  We are a developer of technical standards for home performance and weatherization retrofit work. From these standards, we’ve developed professional credentialing for individuals and company accreditations – including quality assurance programs – that help raise the bar in home performance contracting. Tiger Adolf
 
CALBO (California Building Officials) is a nonprofit 501(c)6 organization dedicated to promoting public health and safety in building construction through responsible legislation, education and building code development. Founded in 1962, CALBO provides a host of valuable services to its over 500 members.  Tom Garcia
  The California Energy Commission is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency. It is our mission to assess, advocate and act through public/private partnerships to improve energy systems that promote a strong economy and a healthy environment.
Eurlyne Geizler
  The CPUC regulates privately owned electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit, and passenger transportation companies. The CPUC serves the public interest by protecting consumers and ensuring the provision of safe, reliable utility service and infrastructure at reasonable rates, with a commitment to environmental enhancement and a healthy California economy. Hazlyn Fortune
  HARDI members market, distribute, and support heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment, parts and supplies. HARDI proudly represents more than 440 distributor members representing nearly 4,000 branch locations and over 500 suppliers, manufacturer representatives and service vendors. Talbot Gee
  HVAC Excellence is a not for profit organization that has been serving the HVACR industry since 1994. It is our goal to improve competency through validation of the technical education process. We know that all of the challenges that face our industry are achievable by continuous improvement in the way that we prepare technicians.
Tom Tebbe
  The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials has been protecting the public’s health and safety for more than eighty five years by working in concert with government and industry to implement comprehensive plumbing and mechanical systems around the world. Hugo Aguilar
  The International Code Council is a member-focused association dedicated to helping the building safety community and construction industry provide safe, sustainable and affordable construction through the development of codes and standards used in the design, build and compliance process. Jay Peters
  The Institute of Heating and Air Conditioning Industries, Inc., is a non-profit trade association of contractors, manufacturers, distributors, utility firms, and related businesses actively engaged in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, and sheet metal industries. Bob Wiseman
  Founded in 1997, North American Technician Excellence (NATE) is the nation’s largest non-profit certification organization for heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration technicians. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, NATE is the certification organization governed, owned, operated, developed and supported by the entire HVAC/R industry. Kathy Corr
  National Comfort Institute, Inc. is the leader in HVAC diagnostics for both air flow and combustion related topics. We provide training, equipment and consultation to HVAC contractors around the world so they can provide more comfortable and energy efficient homes and offices. Dominick Guarino
 
 

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. We provide natural gas and electric service to approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.

K.C. Spivey
James Tuleya
 
Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) was founded in 1995 to develop a national market for home energy rating systems and energy efficient mortgages. RESNET's standards are officially recognized by the federal government for verification of building energy performance
Steve Baden
  Since 1933, Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) has been training and educating professional HVACR technicians and contractors. We provide opportunities for enhanced technical competence by offering comprehensive education and certification to our members and the HVACR industry.
Mark Lowry

Edison International, through its subsidiaries, is a generator and distributor of electric power and an investor in infrastructure and energy assets, including renewable energy. Edison International is the parent company of Southern California Edison—a regulated electric utility. Mel Johnson
Paul Kyllo
  SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides energy service to 3.5 million people through 1.4 million electric meters and 850,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. Our service area spans 4,100 square miles. Jeremy Reefe
  Located in headquarters outside Washington, D.C., the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA), an international association of union contractors, has 1,834 members in 101 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil. Josh Rosa
  Serving a population of 1.4 million people, SMUD is the nation’s sixth-largest electric utility that’s owned by its customers. SMUD began delivering power to the Sacramento region in 1946 and since then has provided electricity for most of Sacramento County, as well as small portions of Placer and Yolo counties. Ravi Patel
  The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) serves to protect and raise the living standards of over 150,000 skilled men and women employed throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.  We work in the construction, manufacturing, service, railroad and shipyard industries.
Erik Emblem
  Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has been delivering natural gas to its customers for more than 140 years. It is the nation’s largest natural gas distribution utility, providing safe and reliable energy to 20.9 million consumers through 5.8 million meters in more than 500 communities. Carlos Ruiz
  The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems. There are approximately 340,000 UA members who belong to over 300 individual local unions across North America.
Don Tanaka
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