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STAN WALERCZYK

Experience

22 years of experience, including distribution, maintenance, turnkey retrofit contracting, speaking, writing, lighting design, consultation, third party review, energy efficiency regulations, and research. Over 500 projects including K-12 schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, convention centers, movie studios, libraries, historic commercial buildings, retail stores, factories, warehouses, parking facilities, multifamily dwellings, and single-family houses.

Presentations at major events

• How do LEDs Compare with High Performance Fluorescent, Induction, Halogen, Plasma & HID, Lightfair, Philadelphia, 5/11
• Retrofit (without Upgrade) = Wasted Opportunity, Lightfair, Philadelphia, 5/11
• Tale of Two Forts for U.S. Army Corp of Engineers ERDC-CERL 5^th Annual Technology Workshop, Chicago, 1/09
• Various topics for yearly Electro-Technology Exposition & Conference /  PCEA in Hawaii, 2003 – 2008
• Retrofit and LED seminars for U.S. Army Corp of Engineers ERDC-CERL 4^th Annual Technology Workshop, New York City, 1/08
  • MH vs. Fluorescent – 10 rounds in the Hibay Arena, IESNA AEFI, Portland, 9/07
• How to Design and Implement Scotopically Enhanced Lighting, Energy 2006, Chicago, 8/06
• MH vs. Fluorescent – 10 rounds in the Hibay Arena, Plant Engineering and Maintenance Show, Modesto, CA, 3/06
• Gap Between Marketing Hype and Best Practice, World Energy Engineering Congress, Austin, 9/05
• Advanced Lighting Retrofit Options Workshop, West Coast Energy Management Congress, San Diego, 6/05 & World Energy Engineering Congress, Austin, 9/05
• Lighting: Emerging Near and Mid Term Opportunities in Commercial Buildings, ACEEE & CEE’s National Symposium on Market Transformation, Washington DC, 3/05
• The Grand Opening of SDREO’s new Lighting and Control Displays, San Diego, 3/05

o        Also specified most of these products for San Diego Regional Energy Office

• 3Rs – Retrofit, Relight & Redesign, Lightfair, Las Vegas, 3/04
  • MH vs. Fluorescent – 10 rounds in the Hibay Arena, IESNA Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, 7/04
• Systems Applications, CTLC Strategic Planning/Visioning Forum, Sacramento, 4/04
• Cutting Edge Retrofitting and Relighting, World Energy Engineering Congress, Atlanta, 11/03

• Thinking Out of the Box – Innovative Retrofits and Relighting, IESNA Annual Conference, Utah, 8/02
• Cutting Edge Retrofitting and Relighting, Lightfair, 6/02

• The Hot Topic – Lighting and the new Energy Crisis, IESNA Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 8/01
• Fluorescent vs. HID – 10 rounds in the High Bay Arena, Lightfair, San Francisco, 5/99

General presentations

·         600+ since 1997

• For numerous institutions, including:
  • Agriculture Technology Application Center, Southern California Edison
  • Association of Bay Area Governments (Los Angeles area)
  • Association of Energy Engineers, approximate 20 webinars per year
  • Association of Energy Engineers, San Francisco Chapter
  • British Columbia Hydro
  • Building Operator Certification
  • California Center for Sustainable Energy
  • California Lighting Technology Center, Pacific Gas & Electric
  • California Society of Healthcare Engineering, several chapters
  • Cass County Electric Coop, Fargo, North Dakota
  • Cooper Lighting
  • Customer Technology Application Center, Southern California Edison
  • Ecology Action
  • General Electric
  • Hawaiian Electric Company
  • Holophane
  • Hubbell
  • Illuminating Engineering Society, several chapters
  • Iowa Energy Resource Station
  • Maui Electric Company
  • Pacific Energy Center, Pacific Gas & Electric
  • Philips
  • Portland General Electric
  • Ruud/Beta Lighting
  • Sacramento Municipal Utility District
  • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • San Diego Regional Energy Office
  • San Jose State University
  • Sonoma State University
  • Smart Lights
  • Stockton Training Center, Pacific Gas & Electric
  • Sylvania
  • University of Hawaii – Maui College
  • Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance
  • Wisconsin, State of
• Seminar schedule available in seminar page at www.lightingwizards.com

Publications (individual and co-author)

• “LED vs. INDUCTION Full Cut-off Streetlights, etc.”, white paper in www.lightingwizards.com, original 7/10, updated 12/10
• “How to Retrofit Parabolic Troffers”, white paper in www.lightingwizards.com and www.alplighting.com, 1/10
• “Ugrade Inefficient Hibays”, Plant Services Magazine, 1/10, www.plantservices.com

• “Dimming Ballasts – Buyer Beware”, LD+A, 12/06
• “Best Practice Report”, 3/06, article page at www.lightingwizards.com
• “MH vs. Fluorescent – 10 Rounds in the Hibay Arena”, 3/06, article page at www.lightingwizards.com
• “Gap Between Marketing Hype and Best Practice”, 9/05 AEE WEEC Proceedings

• “Hibay Lighting”, Campus Facility Maintenance, summer 05

• “New Capabilities for Hibay Metal Halide Technology”, E Source, 1/05
• “Hibays – It’s all about the Details” Edison Report, www.edisonreport.com, 12/04

• “3Rs Quarterly”, LD+A, 3/04, 6/04, 9/04, 12/04
• “Hibays – It’s all about the Details” DOE’s Rebuild America website, www.rebuild.org, 1/04

• Codes and Standards Enhancement Initiative for PY2004: Title 20 Standards Development, for PG&E for California Energy Commission, 03 – 04
  • “Metal Halide Lamps & Fixtures”

• “Retrofit/Upgrade Quarterly”, LD+A, 9/02, 12/02, 3/03, 6/03, 9/03, 12/03
• “Cutting Edge Retrofitting, Relighting & Redesigning”, Energy & High Performance Facility Sourcebook, proceedings of the 2003 World Energy Engineering Congress
• “So Watt If Already T8s”, published as “Watt’s the Word on T8 Retrofits?” Energy User News, 4/03
• “Follow The Money”, LD+A, 8/02
• “Essay by Invitation” (a.k.a. Penny Wise and Dollar Foolish”, LD+A, 7/02
• “Essay by Invitation” (a.k.a. Hibays, Hibays, Hibays), LD+A, 2/02
• “IESNA Guidelines for Retrofitting Lighting Systems in Commercial & Institutional Spaces”
• “Sight and cent-savers tips for seniors”, Alameda Journal, 9/26/01
• “Why Should the Customer Have to Pay Twice”, LD+A, 9/01
• “Essay by Invitation” (a.k.a. The Case for T5HO Hibays), LD+A, 6/01
• “Essay by Invitation”, LD+A, 9/00
• “Essay by Invitation” (a.k.a. HIDon’t), LD+A, 4/99
• “Comparing Fluorescent and HID”, Energy User News, 9/98
• “Essay by Invitation”, LD+A, 11/97
• “The T8 Advantage”, LD+A, 7/97

Contributor to papers

• California Title 20 Appliance Standard Reports, 2004 to present, by ACEEE & Energy Solutions for PG&E for California Energy Commission
  • T8 and T12 lamps, ballasts and fixtures
  • MH lamps, ballasts and fixtures
  • Under Cabinet Fluorescent Fixtures Attached to Office Furniture
  • BR, ER & R20 Incandescent Lamps
• “Spectrally Enhanced Lighting Program Implementation for Energy Savings: Economics Validation Study”, by B. Liebel, R. Lee, S. Berman & M. Fountain, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Building Technology Program, 06
• “Energy Conservation Using Scotopically Enhanced Lighting In An Office Environment”, by Brian Liebel and Rita Lee of AfterImage+Space, DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory, 04
• “CEE High Performance Commercial Lighting Systems Initiative”, by Center for Energy and Environment, 04
• “Controlling Lights the DALI Way”, by Ira Krepchin and Kristi Kamm, E-Source, 04
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Reports, 03 – 04
  • Daylight harvesting and re-retrofit for Knox Library at Monterey Navy Post Graduate School
  • LPS to T5HO retrofit of street pole fixtures at Socal military base
  • HPS and probe start MH to electronically ballasted pulse start MH hibays at Socal military base
• “Super T8s: Super Lamps, Super Ballasts”, by Robert Sardinksky and Jim Benya, E Source, 03

Certifications

• NCQLP – LC  (National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions – Lighting Certified)
• AEE – CLEP  (Association of Energy Engineers – Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional)
• IES – CTK  (Illuminating Engineering Society – Certificate of Technical Knowledge)
• EPA Green Lights – Surveyor Ally  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Associations

• IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) 1/95 – 11/08

Committees

• DOE CALiPER Guidance Committee member, 11/08 – present
• AEE CLEP Review Board Member, 8/08 – present

• IESNA Effects of Lamp Spectral Distribution Committee Board Member, 9/07 – 5/08, 2/10 – present
• IESNA Energy Management Lighting Committee Board Member, 5/99 – 9/05
• IESNA Retrofit/Upgrade Subcommittee Chairman, 5/99 – 4/03
• IESNA Retrofit/Upgrade Subcommittee Board Member, 4/03 – present
• IESNA Golden Gate Section Board Member, 7/99 – 6/00
• The Lighting Forum Golden Gate Section Board Member, 6/00 – 6/02

Awards

• California State University Best Practice Lighting Design/Retrofit Award, 5/10
  • Lead designer for San Jose State’s Martin Luther King Library
• Lighting Efficiency Advocate of the Year – San Francisco Chapter of AEE, 11/01
• One International Illumination Design Award – EPRI, 2/00
• Two International Illumination Design Awards – EPRI, 2/99

Employment in Lighting

• Alamo Lighting, distribution, maintenance and retrofit contracting, 1989 – 2000
• Sun Industries/Sun Energy Solutions, design and build retrofit contracting
  • Full time, 2000 – 2002
  • Consultant on retainer, 2003 – August 2004
• Lighting Wizards, principal of independent consulting firm, 2003 – present, including
  • U.S. Department of Energy research on spectrally enhanced lighting, assisting Brian Liebel, 2003 – present
  • Several 3^rd party energy efficient programs, including Right Lights and Smart Lights, 2004 – present
  • California Energy Commission’s Title 20 Appliance Standard, for PG&E through Energy Solutions, 2004 – present
  • Project manager for California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research, through California Lighting Technology Center, 2005 – 2009
  • Clientele list and testimonials available at www.lightingwizards.com

Education, formal

• Bachelors in psychology from Southern Illinois University
• Masters in oriental philosophy from Goddard College
  • Thesis on how Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism relate to the Tai Chi Classics.

Contact info

Stan Walerczyk (wall-er-check)

California land line & fax: 925-944-9481

Cell: 808-344-9685

Email: stan@lightingwizards.com

Web: www.lightingwizards.com

California office: 149 Camino Posada, Walnut Creek, CA 94595

Hawai’i office: Kihei, Maui (in development)

January 1, 2011