Andy started as a policy intern working on the Regional Energy Efficiency Database (REED) in the fall of 2019. Since then, he has transitioned to community solutions work, tackling projects to accelerate whole-home retrofits, grow and diversify the clean energy workforce, and support communities adopt or implement energy efficiency policies and programs.
A key focus area of his work has been benchmarking and building performance standards (BPS). While Working on a Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant, Andy became familiar with first-of-their-kind BPS policies and provided technical assistance to state and municipal partners who were at the leading edge of this work. The SBIR grant resulted in the development of the Building Energy Analysis Manager (BEAM), a database and communication platform. Andy has worked on legislation that resulted in the Massachusetts’ Large Building Energy Reporting program and on the draft regulations for Maryland’s Building Energy Performance Standard. Andy is currently leading a cohort of smaller communities to explore benchmarking and BPS opportunities and alignment with state-level policy.
A growing area of interest for Andy and NEEP's community solutions work are municipally supported electrification programs that include community coaching services. This interest stems from Andy’s previous role as the lead community coach for the MassCEC’s HeatSmart Arlington-Winchester program from 2019. In 2025, Andy will lead the creation of resources to help advance these types of programs.
Andy graduated from Clark University with a B.A. (2016) and an M.S. (2017) in Environmental Science and Policy.
Q: What's something about you that would surprise people?
A: I have been playing music my entire life and have been a part of numerous bands and jazz bands on the tenor saxophone (Andy and the Winslows and the Brass Street Boys to name a few).
Q: Who is your hero? Why?
A: While many find him to be an underrated character, I have always admired Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings. He held the weight of the world on his shoulders and never gave up.
Q: If you could spend one week anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?
A: I have always wanted to visit Easter Island because the Easter Island Heads mystify me. I used to carve similar faces into wood as a child.
Speaking Information
Benchmarking and building performance standards, packaged whole home retrofits, clean heating and cooling, local community action
