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At Building Performance Institute (BPI), our Standards Technical Committees (STCs) are essential to advancing industry-leading standards that promote quality, consistency, and innovation across the building performance and home energy efficiency sector. These committees bring together a diverse group of technical experts and practitioners who volunteer their time and expertise to ensure that our standards reflect real-world practices and the latest technical insight.  

We are pleased to announce the newly appointed members of the current Standards Technical Committees, whose collective experience and commitment help guide the development, review, and maintenance of BPI’s standards. 

Single Family Standard Technical Committee (SF-STC) 

Chair: Robert O’Brien, Technical Heating 
Vice Chair: Robert DeVries, NuWool Co. Inc. 

Committee Members: 

• Nick Arvidson, Community Action Partnership of Oregon/Oregon Training Institute 
• ​David Best, Santa Fe Community College – Energy Smart Academy 
• Mimi Burbage, Alaska Housing Finance Corp 
• Bill Eckman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
• Jason Fisher, ICF
• Brian Haggerty, TRC 
• Earl Hicks, New York State Homes & Community Renewal
• Joe Konopacki, Insight Property Services 
• Eric Kaiser, TruTech Tools 
• Zach Merrin, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission – Indoor Climate Research & Training 
• Doug Pearl, LEADS Community Action Agency 
• Pat Mannion, Allied Experts 

This committee plays a critical role in shaping standards that support residential building assessments and performance criteria across the single-family housing sector.  

Multifamily Standard Technical Committee (M-STC) 

Chair: Jerritt Gluck, Bonded Building & Engineering 
Vice Chair: Amy Dryden, Association for Energy Affordability 

Committee Members: 

• Dan Auer, King County Housing Authority 
• ​Eliot Benor, Building Envelope Testing, LLC 
• Sarah Hill, Association for Energy Affordability 
• Kathleen Jakober, Tetra Tech 
• Mike Maroney, TRC Solutions 
• Matthew Smith, Egos Group 
• Christopher Steinhoff, Elevate Energy 
• Marta Coca Pacheco, King County Housing Authority 

This committee focuses on standards that address the specific challenges and technical procedures relevant to multifamily buildings and multifamily energy evaluations. 

Data and Modeling Standards Technical Committee (DM-STC) 

Chair: David Heslam, Earth Advantage 
Vice Chair: Sydney Roberts, SEE Alliance 

Committee Members: 

• Jennifer Amann, ACEEE 
• ​Eckenberg, Travis, Arizona Department of Housing 
• Torsten Glidden, Lindahl Reed 
• Bobby Hight, Comfort Kings 
• Robin LeBaron, Pearl Home Certification 
• Gamaliel Lodge, OptiMiser Energy 
• Jacob Robertson, Couleecap 

The DM-STC helps guide development of data modeling and information exchange standards — including protocols that support standardized energy savings estimates and data interchange formats critical to performance analytics. 

Supporting Working Groups 

In addition to full STC membership, BPI’s standards process includes working groups focused on specialized areas such as: 

• BPI-2200 — Standard for Home Performance-Related Data Collection 
  • ​Chair: Noel Merket, Pearl Home Certification 

• BPI-2400 — Standard Practice for Standardized Qualification of Whole-House Energy Savings Predictions 
  • ​Chair: Gamaliel Lodge, OptiMiser Energy 

• Water Efficiency Annex for BPI-1200 
  • ​Chair: Joan Hughes, Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE)  

Please join us in welcoming and congratulating the new STC members — we look forward to the continued advancement of BPI standards and the positive impact their expertise will have on the industry!