Pathline Foundry
Your building is leaving money on the table.
Facing a compliance deadline, chasing a utility rebate, or just tired of bills nobody can explain? I find what your building is losing and fix it, then stay a partner as the savings keep coming. One engineer, start to finish, across the Pacific Northwest.
Partners
- West Ridge Energy
- Straven Strategy Group
Affiliations
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- University of Utah
- ASHRAE
- Association of Energy Engineers
The Problem
Why buildings lose money.
Most buildings waste up to 30% of the energy they use.
ENERGY STAR puts it at up to 30% or more, lost to inefficiency. Utility bills are complex and rate structures are layered, so most owners pay what shows up and move on. They don't know what they're losing because nobody has shown them.
You can't optimize what you can't see.
Without clear data, energy gets treated as a fixed cost. Operations run the same way year-round. Inefficiency hides in plain sight because there's no visibility into what's actually happening.
The usual solution is a report that goes on a shelf.
Most consulting ends at the audit. A PDF gets delivered, recommendations sit unimplemented, and the consultant moves on. The savings stay theoretical.
Pathline Foundry exists to change that. Starting with wherever you are right now.
Where To Start
Start wherever you are.
Whether it's a commercial building, an industrial facility, or an institution like a school district, the reason to call is one of three: compliance, incentives, or plain old waste. It's the same engineering underneath: find what your building is losing, fix what pays back first, and prove the savings.
You have a compliance deadline.
Washington and Oregon now require it.
New state laws require large buildings to hit energy-performance targets or face penalties. The largest buildings' deadlines have already passed, but most owners still have theirs coming up and don't realize the clock is running. I take you from benchmarking through the audit to a filed, compliant plan, and capture the early-adopter incentives that help pay for the work.
- Benchmarking and compliance strategy
- ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits
- Energy Management Plans and O&M
There's rebate money on the table.
Utilities will pay for much of this.
Idaho Power reimburses a large share of a detailed energy assessment and the upgrades it recommends, and Washington and Oregon add incentives of their own. Most eligible facilities never claim a dollar. I run the audit these programs require and handle the paperwork, so the incentive does the heavy lifting.
- Idaho Power Custom Program audits
- Utility incentive applications
- ASHRAE Level 2 energy audits
Your bills keep climbing anyway.
You don't need a mandate to stop wasting money.
No deadline, no rebate, just a building that costs more to run than it should. I find where the energy and the money are going, fix what pays back fastest, and hand you the tools to keep it that way. This is the engineering underneath all of it.
- Energy and cost diagnostics
- Operational optimization
- Energy forecasting and load advisement
Why Me
One senior engineer. Start to finish. No junior handoffs.
In plain terms: I'm state-qualified to run the audits these laws and incentive programs require. I've led federally funded energy audits, and done building-performance research in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The credentials below are the proof.
PhD, Chemical Engineering
Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
Qualified Person, WA & OR
DOE Oak Ridge Research Fellow
Most consultants deliver a report and disappear. I build the software that keeps the savings coming, and I stay a partner while it does, so I win when you do. Tracking what you actually save is part of the work, not an afterthought.
Every engagement is done by me, a PhD chemical engineer and Certified Energy Manager with experience leading DOE-sponsored energy audits and building forecasting tools that deliver measurable results.
Not sure where to start?
Every building is different. Tell me about yours and I'll tell you what I'd do.
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