ADVISOR | RIGHT TO DAYLIGHT

Stella Betts, M. Arch.

Stella Betts is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Architects Choose Modular Glass Skylights For Cornell University. The Eneref Report is part of the Right To Daylight campaign. 

Betts is a partner at Levenbetts, an award-winning New York City–based architecture practice. Levenbetts was founded by David Leven and Stella Betts in 1997. Betts received her bachelor of arts from Connecticut College and her master of architecture from Harvard GSD. She has taught at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation; Parsons The New School for Design; The Cooper Union; and Syracuse University School of Architecture. Betts currently serves on the board of the Architectural League of New York.

ADVISOR | COOL ROOM COOL EARTH

Peter Morley, AIA

Peter Morley is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Room Air Conditioner Improves Ventilation in Emory Univesity Dorm. The Eneref Report is part of the Cool Room Cool Earth campaign. 

Peter is a senior project manager and program manager with Emory University. He has strong expertise in building planning and design.

ADVISOR | COOL ROOM COOL EARTH

Amir Safaie, Mech Eng

Amir Safaie is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Room Air Conditioner Improves Ventilation in Emory Univesity Dorm. The Eneref Report is part of the Cool Room Cool Earth campaign. 

Amir obtained his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in 1980. He has gained over 30 years of progressive experience designing and managing commercial, residential and industrial projects in different parts of the country.

ADVISOR | RIGHT TO DAYLIGHT

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, M. Arch.

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Architects Choose Modular Glass Skylights For Cornell University. The Eneref Report is part of the Right To Daylight campaign. 

Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg is a Professor at the University of Oregon and is the Director at Institute for Health in the Built Environment, in the College of Design in Eugene and Portland, OR. He is also the Director of the Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory and the Biology and the Built Environment Center. He has a PhD in the Built Environment from the University of Washington. He teaches classes in daylighting, integrated design principles, energy performance in buildings, indoor environmental quality, and design. Van Den Wymelenberg has consulted on several hundred new construction and major renovation projects with architects and engineers regarding daylight and energy in buildings since 2000. Five of these projects have been recognized with AIA’s Committee on the Environment Top 10 Awards and many others are LEED certified. He has presented at many conferences including IES National, LightFair International and Passive Low Energy Architecture, Harvard Healthcare Symposium, and to the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine. He has authored several papers and two books related to daylighting, visual comfort, air quality, and low energy design strategies.

ADVISOR | COOL ROOM COOL EARTH

Jon Winkler, Engr.

Jon Winkler is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Inverter-Driven Residential HVAC Helps Answer Peak Demand. The Eneref Report is part of the Cool Room Cool Earth campaign. 

Jon Winkler joined NREL in 2009 and works in the Building Energy Science group. Jon’s area of expertise is residential heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems (HVAC), including installation quality, cold-climate heat pumps, dehumidification systems, high-performance home cooling loads, occupant thermal comfort, and building energy modeling.

Prior to working at NREL, Jon was a faculty research assistant in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, where he co-led the development effort of vapor compression system simulation and optimization software used by HVAC manufacturers.

Roger Hedrick, Engr.

Roger Hedrick is an advisor on the Eneref Report, Room Air Conditioner Improves Ventilation in Emory Univesity Dorm. The Eneref Report is part of the Cool Room Cool Earth campaign. 

Roger Hedrick is a Principal Engineer in the Codes and Standards group at NORESCO, in Boulder, Colorado. Roger is a long time energy modeler, who’s recent focus has been on advancement of energy, sustainability and indoor air quality standards, and developing energy code compliance tools. Specifically, he is the technical lead for NORESCO’s development of CBECC-Com, the approved tool for showing compliance with the performance path of California’s Title-24 energy code. He is also active with ASHRAE standards development and is a member of the committees developing Standard 189.1, the standard for green commercial buildings, and Standard 62.1, ‘Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.’