JOSEPH FLANIGAN CLAIR, P.E.

1646 West 102nd Street (312) 735-6588 Chicago, Illinois 60643-2145 joseph@josephclair.com

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I have chosen a career path that will best combine

my desire for a challenging environment in a career that adds value to peoples lives, with my abilities as a problem solver who can understand, assess and address the “big picture” of a situation effectively. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

First Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability at the Illinois Institute of Technology: Worked across departments and colleges to launch a campus sustainability vision, develop a ten-year campus sustainability plan, and adopt seven campus sustainability policies in the first ten months of work. Established goal for IIT to become the most sustainable urban university in the United States, bringing students, faculty, staff and partners into the discussion of how and when that will happen. Lead the development of an Energy Policy, an Emissions Action Plan, a Stormwater/Landscape Management Plan, a Material Flow/Waste Management Plan, a Green Building Action Plan, and a Transportation Action Plan. Negotiated energy contracts that resulted in the first reduction in energy costs to the university since it started tracking such costs. Concurrently served as the project manager for the implementation of the nation’s first urban smart-grid installation taking place on the IIT campus in partnership with the Department of Energy.

Founding/Organizing Board Member of the US Green Building Council – Chicago Chapter and

2009 Board Chair: Lead the effort to incorporate the Chapter, then served as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer as the organization grew from a $75,000 per year budget with no staff to a $250,000 per year organization with two staff members. Over the two years that followed served as Vice Chair and Chair as the organization grew to 4 staff with a projected revenue of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2009. Improved the organization’s fundamental strength through implementation of fiscal policies, development and implementation of strategic plan, and increased the visibility of the organization through launching of advocacy programs. Partnered with state and local governments on several initiatives. Served as the National Green Schools Advocate for the State of Illinois for three years, leading the grassroots advocacy for green K-12 and higher education buildings.

Energy management system design, operation and commissioning work have resulted in a savings of $15,000,000.00 over 20 years.

Chicago Public Schools – Managing Engineer: Incorporated sustainability practices related to energy, water, resource management and indoor environmental quality, and lead sustainability visioning sessions for several schools. Participated in the implementation of geothermal heating for the first time in CPS, oversaw the renewable energy portfolio study, and standardized building controls and commissioning processes. Oversaw the development of mechanical, electrical and plumbing standards for the district, including reviewing implementation of the standards on new construction, renovation and asset management projects. As Energy Manager (concurrent with ME duties), participated in procurement of electricity with twenty percent renewable energy component. Served as chair of Chicago Power Alliance Energy Efficiency Committee.

City Colleges of Chicago: Designed the energy management system for the $120,000,000.00, six building campus to be built in the Englewood neighborhood. The system includes a combined heat and power plant, variable primary chilled water system (with an absorption chiller), single central plant, dedicated outdoor air units, and smart building technologies for energy efficient operation. In addition, at Daley and Olive-Harvey Colleges, designed a cost effective strategy to guarantee minimum ventilation requirements without direct monitoring of outdoor air volume. Also, as part of the replacement of fourteen air handling units, revised sequences and strategies on existing systems to maximize the energy efficiency of the buildings. Additional Energy Management System design projects include: Chicago Public Schools Standard (applied in over 50 buildings) Chicago Public Libraries and Police Stations Standard (applied in over 20 buildings)

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Work INDEPENDENT ADVOCATE Chicago, Illinois 2012-Present Community Stewardship Advocate: Through teaching, community organizing, and networking,

create opportunities for communities to become more resilient, self-sufficient, and environmentally beneficial. Specific efforts include: GPRO green building professional training, working with IIT IPRO office on community issues in Bronzeville (Chicago), leading development of ecologically minded business-development opportunities in the 19th Ward of Chicago.

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chicago, Illinois 2008-2012 Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability: Oversee adoption of the campus sustainability

vision: “IIT will become the most sustainable urban university in the United States”, and the development and implementation of a Campus Sustainability Plan 2010-2020 to achieve that vision. Announcement of vision, creation of first phase of a plan, and adoption of seven sustainability policies achieved in the first 10 months. Created the Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability, hiring student workers to lead efforts in implementing, evaluating and communicating sustainability programs and policies, with an average of six students per year working for the Office in once capacity or another. Worked across departments and colleges to include staff, faculty, students and partners in the creation of the plan, focusing the efforts of the Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability on change management instead of project management. Concurrently, directly managed the energy procurement, electricity and natural gas - $10,000,000.00 of the universities annual budget – as well as the implementation portion of a grant from the Department of Energy to install the nation’s first urban smart-grid on the IIT campus. Noted for visioning abilities, entrepreneurial approach to organization and management, and ability to inspire.

Adjunct Faculty in the College of Architecture: Teach Mechanical and Electrical Systems to third year architecture students (total of 140). Developed course compliant with accreditation standards, but with a focus on the process of minimizing or eliminating the need for mechanical systems for thermal comfort and maximizing the inherent efficiency of buildings.

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Chicago, Illinois 2005 - 2008 Managing Engineer and Energy Manager (concurrent): Responsible for maintaining building

standards and overseeing new construction on behalf of the district. Lead development of revised standards including sustainability and green building practices, as well as new controls and commissioning standards. In addition, as energy manager, responsible for review of utility bills, oversight of energy management plan and procurement of nearly $90,000,000 worth of energy annually for the district. Implemented pilot programs in building automation system implementation, retro-commissioning and renewable energy implementation.

Interim Director of Asset Management (2007-2008): Provided leadership of facilities operations and maintenance during a time of transition while concurrently filling Managing Engineer’s duties. Increased facility assessment procedures, revamped school operations and management budgeting and increased quality of area facility management staff. Supervised a staff of twenty-five.

PRIMERA ENGINEERS, LTD Chicago, Illinois 2002 – 2005 Commissioning Authority and Energy Management Specialist/Senior Mechanical

Engineer: Designed energy management systems for clients throughout the Chicagoland area including Marshall Field’s State Street, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Public Libraries, Metra (downtown headquarters) and Illinois State Water Survey. Served as a commissioning authority, working to guarantee quality installations for clients such as the Department of General Services (Chicago), Target Corporation, McCormick Theological Seminary.

SOLE PROPRIETOR OF CHARACTER ENERGY SERVICES Chicago, Illinois 2000 – 2002 Providing consulting services ranging from HVAC commissioning and coordination to energy

management system design to energy auditing for a variety of contractors, consultants and end-users.

HENRY BROS. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT Hickory Hills, Illinois 1999 - 2002 Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Coordinator: Coordinated mechanical, electrical or

plumbing related contractors on large-scale (>$25,000,000.00) renovation/addition projects. Worked with blue-collar and white-collar team members to deliver a culture of cooperation on all projects. Regular job reviews resulted in well above average ratings from company and owner representatives.

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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Work CONTROL ENGINEERING CORP. Oak Brook, Illinois 1994 - 1999 Experience Sales Engineer/Project Manager: Designed and supervised installation of temperature control (continued) systems for HVAC applications. As a sales/design engineer, wrote temperature control

specifications for design consultants, and created sequences of operations, point configurations and system architectures for direct digital control (DDC) systems.

ROBERT MORRIS COLLEGE Chicago, Illinois 1994 – 1995, 1999 MORRAINE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Palos Hills, Illinois 1998

Instructor: Taught course in Elementary Statistics (MVCC) and introductory college algebra (RMC) to 20-25 students. Created a syllabus centered on understanding the uses of statistics and algebra with less emphasis on the tedious mathematics thereby helping the students develop a sense of what practical applications of statistics and algebra might arise in their professional careers. The goal of the course was for the student to develop personal tools so they could devise ways to analyze situations and present their solutions clearly.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Licenses/ Licensed professional engineer in the State of Illinois. Societies/ Member of US Green Building Council - Chicago Chapter (2009 Chair, 2008 Vice Chair, Skills 2006-2007 Treasurer, and founding Board Member) LEED ® Accredited Professional Former Certified Energy Manager – energy auditing and modeling

Additional Professional Skills: Energy usage and utility bill analysis; Software experience with Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, building automation system and SCADA user interfaces, Itex Core Imaging Software; Some programming experience in FORTRAN, Assembler, C;

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Education ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chicago, Illinois Post-Master’s work in the Energy, Environment, Economics Program Research areas include developing the Sustainable Village, developing metrics for sustainability that

can be applied across buildings, products and processes, developing economic and energy evaluation methods for buildings to determine the most cost effective development strategy for multi-building owners.

Graduate with Highest Honors 1995. Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Solid/Structural Mechanics

Accepted to graduate programs at Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Notre Dame and Illinois Institute of Technology. Received NASA supported fellowship providing full scholarship with stipend. Published Thesis entitled “Real-Time, Surface-Normal Pressure Measurements Using Reflection

Moiré, Fringe Analysis”. Courses: Engineering Analysis (application of Calculus of Variations), Advanced Mechanics of

Materials, Experimental Stress Analysis, CAD/CAM Design, Calculus of Variations (mathematics department), Fracture Mechanics

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, Indiana Graduate with Honors 1992. Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering Received University of Notre Dame Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering Departmental Fellowship-a

four year scholarship for a combination Master’s/Ph.D. program aimed at developing new professors for the university level. (Declined award) Four years named to Dean’s List; Member of Pi Tau Sigma-engineering honors society

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interests Musical theater (direction, production, choreography and performance), dance (instruction and

performance), basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, skiing, reading, running and coaching of youth softball , baseball and basketball

Ran, and completed, the Chicago Marathon as part of a fund-raising campaign in 1998 for the Arthritis Foundation. Completed the Chicago Sprint-Distance Triathlon in 2002.

Active in supporting my high school.

Have taught dance and/or choreographed musicals for local high schools for over 20 years.