Technology Planning & Deployment Staff
Michael C. Baechler
Battelle Portland Operations
620 SW 5th Ave
Suite 810
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 417-7553
Fax: (503) 417-2175
Email: michael.baechler@pnl.gov
Expertise:
- Residential Energy Efficient Design and Construction
- Environmental Assessment of Utility Programs and Projects
- Environmental Management and Planning
- Energy Eficiency Program Design and Implementation
Experience:
Michael Baechler has been with PNNL's Portland office since 1984. He is currently drafting best practices for residential energy-efficient construction in each of five climate zones. This series of documents also focus on net zero energy houses. He has worked with electric, gas, and water utilities from across the nation to develop efficiency programs. These programs have focused on the volume purchase of advanced consumer technologies. He has undertaken environmental and economic studies and assessments of power generation, marketing, transmission, and conservation. He managed the development of a dynamic modeling tool simulating power production and marketing across the western United States. He managed assessments of hydroelectric dispatch and power marketing for power generated in California's Central Valley Project. Analyses included both traditional and restructured utility environments. He managed an assessment of renewable energy for the U.S. Department of Defense. Mr. Baechler is the author of several environmental documents and over 60 books, articles, and reports. He is currently Co-Chair of the 2008 American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.
Education:
B.A., Environmental Studies, Honors College, University of Oregon
M.P.A., Energy and Environmental Policy Analysis and Management,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University