Sustainable Energy Solutions (SES) is a mechanical engineering firm focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The extensive knowledge that the SES team brings to energy analysis and design has resulted in over $20,000,000 of aggregated documented energy savings.

1. Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy LEED®
SAVING ENERGY THROUGH BETTER ENGINEERING

2. Experts in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
WHO WE ARE

3. FIRM PRINCIPAL, DR. BYARD WOOD
 Fellow of:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE)
American Solar Energy Society (ASES).
 Founding member of the Solar Rating and Certification
Corporation (SRCC); served as the executive director until
2005.
 Principal investigator for more than 55 projects funded
by the US Department of Energy, State of Arizona, State of
Nevada, ASHRAE, NSF, Public Utilities, and Industry.
 Supervised more than 300 energy assessments with
energy conservation recommendations for schools, public
buildings and manufacturing facilities.

4. FIRM PRINCIPAL, DENIS DONOVAN
 Founding principal of the Energy Assessment Center, Dept.
M.E., University of Nevada, Reno
 Provided technical assistance to both Sierra Pacific and
Nevada Power for rebate programs
 Served as the technical lead for Rebuild America: Nevada
 Secured several DOE funded awards for energy work in
Nevada
 Worked to create the Nevada Energy Team, the Nevada
Office of the Industries of the Future, the Renewable Energy
Project of Nevada, and the Facility Operator Certification for
Utility Systems (FOCUS) program

5. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
 Mechanical Engineering Design
 Mechanical Engineering Consulting
 Energy Assessments
 Renewable Energy System Designs
 Energy Systems Computer Modeling
 LEED Consulting & Certification
 Turnkey Projects

6. Cost & Energy Savings
CASE STUDIES

7. EAGLE PICHER GRAND SIERRA RESORT
Innovative Design Energy Savings
 SES designed a unique Combined  SES worked with GSR facility
Heat and Power (CHP) Plant for EP engineers to identify opportunities
Minerals. The CHP combines for reducing energy usage in their
electrical generation with thermal chilled water system. By
generation to provide very high implementing recommended
operational efficiencies. Recently improvements, the GSR was able
completed, at this very early stage to reduce the run time on their
of operation, operating efficiencies second chiller by more than 350
have exceeded the design hours in the first month of
expectations. The anticipated operation, saving more than
resultant cost savings will provide 180,000 kWhr and $20,000 in
a return on investment in under 3 the first month alone.
years.
CASE STUDIES

8. CARSON VALLEY SWIM CENTER LEXUS OF LAS VEGAS
Solar Thermal LEED EB Gold Certification
 Designed as the primary heating  Providing Lexus of Las Vegas with
source for the facility's main indoor project management and energy
pool as well as the domestic hot efficiency services for their LEED
water, the solar thermal system certification project led to many
supplies an estimated 85% of the successes including a 42%
main pools annual energy usage and reduction in process water use and
nearly 100% of the domestic hot a 20% reduction in energy use.
water usage. Additional design
SES led the dealership through the
improvements at the CVSC included
implementation of a new
onerous and detailed LEED EB
dehumidification system that green building rating process
significantly improved air quality in which culminated in a successful
the building. LEED Gold Certification.
CASE STUDIES

9. Innovative, Energy Efficient Design
SERVICES

10. ENERGY DESIGN
Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency
 Renewable energy system  HVAC System Design
assessment and design  Combined heat & power
 Renewable engineering systems (cogeneration)
design and consulting (PV, design
solar thermal & wind)  Plant-wide or focused energy
 Renewable energy systems efficiency assessments
modeling  DOE Energy Assessment and
Best Practices guidelines
 Over 500 energy
assessments performed

11. ENERGY SUPPORT
Cost Savings Energy Modeling
 Power contracts and energy  Building and/or complete
load shaping energy system modeling
 Energy Solution Design and (DOE Energy+, TRNSYS)
Implementation  Whole building energy
 Utility Regulations simulation (LEED NC)
 State Energy Legislation  Renewable energy systems
 Over $20,000,000 in
modeling
aggregated documented
energy savings

12. Mining
Manufacturing
Light Commercial
Swim Complexes
Hotels/Casinos
LEED BD&C and O&M
INDUSTRIES SERVED

13. Sustainable Energy Solutions