Larry Palmiter passed away on November 30, 2008. Mr. Palmiter was a Principal and Senior Scientist at Ecotope for 25 years. His contributions and insights have been an important part of the development of energy policy and building research for more than 30 years. Mr. Palmiter’s work has had a profound impact on our region and has been influential in many other forums around the country. His contributions and insistence on quality research and understanding will be missed. David Baylon, President and Principal
efficiency since 1975. He has authored or co-authored many of the key studies that have informed the Pacific Northwest's approach to energy conservation in both the residential and commercial building sectors. Since 1987, Mr. Baylon has managed and co-authored several reviews of energy codes and standards in the Pacific Northwest. This work has included reviews of residential energy codes for the Bonneville Power Administration, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, the State of Oregon, and for various jurisdictions in the State of Washington.
Mr. Heller has worked at Ecotope since 1986 providing design, research, and consulting on energy and resource efficiency in buildings. He has been the lead mechanical engineer for Ecotope since 1997. Mr. Heller’s experience consulting for housing authorities, local developers, architects, and universities has focused on improving energy efficiency and indoor air quality in thousands of housing units and commercial buildings. He performs engineering design work using an integrated design approach to energy efficient construction. Mr. Heller has specialized knowledge and experience with passive solar design, super insulation, heat recovery technologies, innovative mechanical system designs, rainwater harvesting, and alternative energy systems. He served 4 years on the U.S. Green Building Council’s Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group. 
Bob Davis has served as Project Manager for HVAC equipment performance and duct research conducted in light commercial buildings, single-family, and manufactured homes for BPA, EPRI, the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB), Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Puget Sound Energy, Portland General Electric and the Oregon Office of Energy. He has written numerous field protocols, instrumented many homes with automated data collection systems, conducted dozens of technical training sessions, and has extensive experience troubleshooting gas appliances and heat pumps. Mr. Davis received a B.S. in Chemistry & Energy Systems from The Evergreen State College in 1986.
Shawn Oram has worked at Ecotope since 2002 specializing in mechanical design engineering, energy optimization and performance modeling. He specializes in design of cost-effective mechanical systems and has experience with specialized systems such as solar, geothermal and heat recovery systems for both small and large projects. Mr. Oram is also a member of International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA).
Poppy Storm has experience managing budgets, schedules, project communication, field studies, utility coordination, and report development. Recent projects include: performance assessment of Northwest Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes; Commercial Building Stock Assessment; High Efficiency Heat Pump Long-Term Monitoring study; and a summary report of energy efficiency potential in the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Storm has an interdisciplinary background in climate change, adaptive leadership, sustainable business practices, and green marketing. She also has more than 10 years’ experience managing, writing, and editing technical reports and strategic marketing materials. 
Ben Larson has a multi-faceted background in physics, experimental design, quantitative analysis, numerical modeling, climate change, alternative energy, and energy efficiency. Mr. Larson also has experience performing extensive literature research, market assessments, and product life-cycle analysis. He has played a key role in maintaining and developing the SEEM energy simulation program which is used to model energy efficiency improvements in the residential sector. In addition, he has provided analytical support to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council and to the Energy Star program in developing more detailed analysis of existing program offerings including heat pumps, basements, slabs, etc. Prior to joining Ecotope he managed R&D labs in several fields.
Kevin Geraghty is a PhD economist with extensive experience performing statistical analysis. His skills involve handling large amounts of data using statistical analysis tools, particularly SAS and STATA. He has developed techniques for assembling and cleaning billing data, field instrumentation data, and field data. Mr. Geraghty recently joined Ecotope as an employee after more than a decade of collaboration with the firm as a consultant. His work has included statistical consulting, including database development, creating numerous sample designs for program verification, non-residential and residential energy use studies, co-authoring verification studies of utility conservation programs in California, and carrying out the statistical analysis on measure persistence studies, as well as standard regression-based DSM evaluations using billing and load research data.
Carmen Cejudo provides engineering design support to Ecotope’s lead engineers in residential and commercial HVAC system design. Ms. Cejudo completes building heating/cooling load calculations, computes the thermal conductivity of custom wall sections and oversees AutoCAD file creation and maintenance. She advises clients on energy efficient building strategies and current energy code requirements. Ms. Cejudo also develops energy code compliance documentation for commercial and residential buildings and evaluates building performance using computer simulation programs including SEEM, eQuest 3.6, and EnvStd. She helps clients attain performance goals for their building such as: increased envelope efficiency, effective ventilation, Washington State Energy Code compliance, Energy Star HERS Rating, and LEED® certification.
Mr. de Montigny has 35 years of engineering experience and is licensed in six western states. His project experience includes engineering for hotels, low and high-rise office buildings, single and multi-family buildings, hospitals, and restaurants. Mr. de Montigny is also actively involved with ASHRAE and the Washington State Building Code Council. He is a past ASHRAE president for Washington State. Mr. de Montigny joined the Ecotope design team in 2003 after closing De Montigny Engineers, which he owned and managed in the Seattle area for 24 years.