Nominee: Jordan Piet Hoogendam, P.Eng.
Employer: President, Zon Engineering Inc., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, mechanical concentration, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Notable Accomplishments:  Hoogendam has proven himself a leader in the field of sustainable and solar photovoltaic design. A pioneer in the introduction of the LEED® rating system in Canada, he was instrumental in the development of its templates and the creation of a unique industry-leading training program. Hoogendam has been responsible for LEED certification on a dozen projects, and is currently working on as many in the institutional, commercial and non-profit sectors. Hoogendam is an accomplished solar photovoltaic design engineer, and recently completed the first bi-facial façade mounted photovoltaic system in Canada at the University of Toronto. He is dedicated to educating people about the benefits of sustainable and solar design. For that purpose, he developed a green building education kiosk system that translates complex sustainable design concepts into an accessible format.

Nominee: Amy Jarvis, P.E.
Employer: Mechanical Engineer, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch, Portland, Ore.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, Calif.
Notable Accomplishments:  As an engineer committed to local, national and global sustainability, Jarvis is one of three lead authors of the World Health Organization’s forthcoming Healthcare in the Green Economy, How Carbon Reduction May Impact Health in Health Sector Services, for which she developed strategies combining reduced carbon impact with improved health care and is also a contributing author to the LEED® for Healthcare Reference Guide. She is the lead energy analyst and LEED coordinator for Kaiser Permanente’s first LEED project and a key team member and lead energy modeler for the Kaiser Permanente Small Hospital Big Idea Competition to develop the hospital of the future with a near-zero environmental impact.  Jarvis works with Healthcare Without Harm to develop guides for low-resource facilities to implement these strategies. Other achievements include her work on three projects seeking the new Earth Advantage Commercial certification; involvement in solar feasibility and planning for Central Oregon Community College and the Oregon National Primate Research Center; and procurement of over $1 million in energy incentive funding for clients.

Nominee: Melanie G. Kuechle, P.E.
Employer: Project Engineer, M/E Engineering, Buffalo, N.Y.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y.
Notable Accomplishments: Kuechle’s accomplishments cover a wide range of areas including mechanical and HVAC systems designs, energy conservation, sustainable building projects and LEED® accredited facilities for numerous educational, municipal, governmental and commercial clients. Her HVAC design experience includes the Buffalo Niagara Medical Center Innovation Center housing biosafety laboratories and support spaces. Her public school experience includes multi-million dollar renovations to the Forestville Central School District Music and Auditorium Additions. Kuechle’s responsibilities for the Forestville School project included energy modeling, HVAC system design and grant application support services to secure NYS Energy Research Development Authority incentives.  Her municipal and governmental accomplishments include numerous projects for the NYS Dormitory Authority, Buffalo/Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority and the NYS Thruway Authority. Her most recent accomplishments have focused on energy conservation and sustainability projects at the SUNY Buffalo and the LEED certification of a new Greatbatch Manufacturing Facility in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Nominee: Brian Medina
Employer: Mechanical Engineer, ESD, Chicago, Ill.
Education: Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration in Finance, Benedictine University
Notable Accomplishments:  Medina’s resume is comprised of a number of healthcare, institutional and LEED® projects. Standout projects include the addition of the Student Services Center at the College of DuPage, which is pursuing LEED Silver, and the LEED Gold Loyola University Medical Center School of Nursing, a 60,000 square foot new construction that uses desiccant dehumidification, chilled slab radiant cooling and natural ventilation. His focus during his career has been the development and implementation of 3D modeling software for use in design, coordination and construction. Brian is currently part of ESD's Mission Critical Facilities group. He has primarily been involved in the design of mission critical facilities including private use and collocation data centers. His current work aims at maximizing economizer hours and reducing water consumption for large chilled water systems while meeting performance and redundancy requirements.

Nominee: Eric Smith
Employer: Mechanical Design Engineer, Turner Engineering, East Rochester, N.Y.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, New York
Notable Accomplishments:  Smith has developed a strong skill in building HVAC system design while utilizing the application from ASHRAE standards related to ventilation, energy and thermal comfort.  Smith designed a bank office branch tenant build out within a LEED 2009 Core and Shell building and applied ASHRAE standards 55, 62.1   and 90.1 as required by LEED.  These design standards helped his design comply with the bank’s sustainability goals.  Eric also designed the HVAC system for a certified Platinum, LEED for Homes combined assisted living and independent living facility for a religious order that included an indoor therapy pool, chapel and living quarters.  The use of radiant floor heating, energy recovery ventilation and high efficiency equipment and controls helped to create an environmentally conscious facility for the order.  On another project, Smith worked with a local nursing home organization to design the HVAC system on the first local greenhouse project, which is an independent, self-contained skilled nursing facility designed to look like a private home in the surrounding community.  He applied state codes and engineering principles to design a cost effective system for providing individual zone control to each occupant’s room, and applied variable capacity compressors, high efficiency equipment and direct digital controls to provide a thermally comfortable environment for all of the occupants as well as an energy efficient system for the skilled nursing provider. Smith’s largest accomplishments within the office and community have been through his commissioning efforts.  He provided commissioning services for a local community college’s new offsite classroom building.  The project was 27,000 square feet with a $5 million dollar construction budget.  Through his field testing efforts, defects were discovered that prevented the energy efficiency measures to not function, thus saving the college about $11,000 a year in operating costs.  The majority of Smith’s commissioning work is within the healthcare field as required by ASHRAE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.  He developed a procedure for applying the industry best practices to the requirements of Standard 170. Through the use of energy efficient equipment on every day design, work on LEED projects, commissioning and education of building owners and operators, Smith has helped foster the intentions of sustainable design practices within the Rochester community.