Renée Azerbegi is President of ambient energy located in Golden, Colorado. She has eleven years of experience specializing in energy modeling, LEED green building rating documentation, life cycle costing, renewable energy, energy audits, feasibility studies, green specifications, and energy efficient mechanical design. Ms. Azerbegi has provided sustainable design solutions to many building projects including offices, laboratories, courthouses, educational facilities and visitors centers. Ms. Azerbegi was the co-chair of the Greening USGBC’s Greenbuild 2006 committee, the 2005 President of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, the Collaboration Committee Chair for the Colorado Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Local Organizing Chair of SOLAR 2006 for the American Solar Energy Society. She is a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Energy Manager. She wrote the monthly LEED Update articles for Colorado Building Green in 2006. She has a Master of Science in Building Systems Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she quantified both the economic and environmental impacts of LEED for her Master Thesis, and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and Geography from the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Azerbegi’s portfolio includes numerous presentations, articles and publications on alternative energy sources, energy conservation opportunities, sustainable mechanical and electrical systems, green technologies, LEED, and water conservation.

Linda Morrison is a Senior Engineer at ambient energy with fourteen years of experience in facility audits for energy efficiency, operational efficiency, sustainability, and energy modeling. Ms. Morrison's experience also includes supply and demand side energy strategies, mechanical and electrical system efficient design, measurement and verification protocols, and pro-forma financial business case analysis. Ms. Morrison’s projects have provided many strategic upgrades to various facility types including commercial, educational, healthcare, industrial, and governmental facilities. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and is a registered Professional Engineer. Ms. Morrison’s previous experience includes work at Johnson Controls consulting with clients on meeting their strategic facility objectives and budgets with custom turnkey design/build solutions. This work also included extensive project management, as well as leading the western region team of engineers. Ms. Morrison is a member of the Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineering Directors, the Association of Energy Engineers, and the Colorado Renewable Energy Society.

Dr. Walker has twenty-four years of experience in solar energy engineering and building science. He has provided renewable energy system design assistance, energy efficiency and renewable energy feasibility studies, as well as energy modeling for dozens of projects including commercial, multi-family residential, industrial, laboratories, and remote sites. Along with being a Senior Engineer with ambient energy, Dr. Walker is also Senior Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory where he provides design assistance to Federal buildings. Dr. Walker is an Adjunct Professor at colleges in Colorado where he teaches energy conversion, solar engineering, design of solar buildings, advanced heat transfer, applied thermodynamics, and advanced energy technology. He has a Doctorate of Philosophy, a Master of Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University and is a registered Professional Engineer with the State of Colorado. He has written many publications on solar water heating, natural ventilation, photovoltaics, performance contracting, measurement and verification, financing options for renewable energy and distributed generation, green building project planning and cost estimating, advanced metering, and procuring architectural/engineering services for sustainable buildings. He is most active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, where he was the Associate Editor of the Journal of Solar Energy.

Jen Burianek is a Sustainable Design Specialist with a background in Interior Design. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art in Interior Design with a focus in sustainable design from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, CO. She applied both sustainable materials as well as the Need for Nature theory in her conceptual redesign of an underprivileged Colorado elementary school for her Bachelor's thesis. She coordinates LEED and other sustainability requirements for projects, prepares design charrettes, and assists with planning operation and maintenance programs. Ms. Burianek is a member of the US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter and the AIA Committee on the Environment.

Kristen Ivanick has work experience conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in the commercial real estate industry, assessing the impact to endangered species from proposed government construction projects, and communications work for voluntary U.S. EPA programs. Ms. Ivanick has also written Tips for Greening a Home for an online website and was a contributing author to The Environmental Technology Resource Handbook, published in 2002. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell University in Environmental Studies and Political Science. She coordinates LEED and other sustainability requirements for projects, prepares design charrettes, and assists with planning operation and maintenance programs. Ms. Ivanick is also an active member of the U.S. Green Building Council, Colorado Chapter.

Jessica Flansburg is ambient energy’s office manager. Mrs. Flansburg is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Denver with a Bachelor's in English Writing and Literature. Her work background includes commercial title insurance, marketing and legal professions. Mrs. Flansburg assists ambient energy with project coordination, interoffice policies and procedures, marketing and team support.