Olin Kealoha Lagon Cultivating Community-Driven Change
Posted May 8, 2023
After enduring a violent and poverty-stricken childhood, serial social entrepreneur and Native Hawaiian Olin Kealoha Lagon oscillates between creating patented new technology and conducting philanthropic work to improve the standard of living for Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders in Hawaii.
His hands, calloused like a craftsman, gently grip the broad green taro leaves, and a single bead of sweat trickles down his youthful face as he turns the leaves to inspect their growth in the 75-degree spring midday sun. Like his ancestors did centuries ago, Olin Kealoha Lagon uses traditional aquaculture techniques to grow taro, a food staple of Hawaii that has nourished his people for more than 1,500 years. The volcanic soil, fertile makai (oceanside) flats, and freshwater streams from the Ko’olau Mountain range supplies the plants with the nourishment necessary to grow tall and dense on the small plot Lagon’s ancestors have farmed for hundreds of years.
Taro, a versatile root vegetable known as kalo in the Hawaiian language, is deeply ingrained in Hawaiian culture. So much so that it is rooted in the family naming structure.
According to oral tradition, Wākea, the sky father, and Ho’ohokukalani, who made the stars, wanted to have a child. When their first child was stillborn, they buried the body near their home. From this burial plot grew a taro plant they named Haloanaka, loosely translated as “long stock trembling.” The couple’s second child was a human boy named Haloa, from whom Native Hawaiian people are descended.
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E Source Job Opportunity: Lead Research Analyst, Utility Energy-Efficiency Technologies - Remote
Posted May 4, 2023
E Source is seeking a senior-level research analyst to join our Customer Energy Solutions research and advisory team. You’ll provide actionable, data-driven advice to our utility clients, with a focus on customer-sited HVAC and electrification technologies. If you have knowledge or experience in the utility industry; a passion for energy efficiency and demand response; and excellent written and verbal communication skills, we’d love to talk to you!
E Source is a solutions-based research and advisory, consulting, and data science firm that’s been a change agent in the utility industry for over 35 years.
What you’ll do
- Serve as our in-house expert on HVAC, demand response, and/or decarbonization-related technologies and how they integrate into utility demand-side management programs
- Write and present clear and concise responses to research and advisory requests from utility members about energy efficiency and demand response technologies
- Gather research from primary and secondary sources (including phone interviews, internet searches, and in-depth reading), critically analyze the information, and write up key findings and best practices in a way that’s easy for audiences of varying technical skills to understand
- Create clear, concise, data-driven, and action-oriented content for topically focused reports, articles, technical briefs, webinars, and in-person events
- Engage with utility members through in-person and virtual meetings and customized presentations on various efficiency and demand response technology topics
- Grow to give strategic input to our research agenda and coach research deliverables
- Mentor junior staff and share knowledge and experience across the company
- Occasionally represent E Source as a subject-matter expert at industry conferences and events
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E Source Job Opportunity: Lead Research Analyst, Utility Efficiency Programs - Remote
Posted May 4, 2023
E Source is seeking a senior-level research analyst to join our Customer Energy Solutions Research and Advisory team. You’ll provide actionable, data-driven advice to our utility clients, with a focus on residential and commercial demand-side management (DSM) programs. If you have knowledge or experience in the utility industry, a passion for energy efficiency and demand response programs, and excellent written and verbal communication skills, we’d love to talk to you!
E Source is a solutions-based research and advisory, consulting, and data science firm that’s been a change agent in the utility industry for over 35 years.
What you’ll do
- Serve as our in-house expert on DSM programs, with a focus on some combination of commercial, midstream, demand response, behavioral, or financing programs
- Write and present clear and concise responses to research requests from utility members about energy efficiency and demand response program design and implementation
- Gather research from primary and secondary sources (including phone interviews, internet searches, and in-depth reading), critically analyze the information, and write key findings and best practices in a way that’s easy for audiences of varying technical skills to understand
- Create clear, concise, data-driven, and action-oriented content for topically focused reports, articles, technical briefs, webinars, and in-person events
- Engage with utility members through in-person and online meetings and customized presentations on various efficiency topics
- Grow to give strategic input to our research agenda and coach research deliverables
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E Source Job Opportunity: Director, Emerging Technologies - Remote
Posted May 4, 2023
E Source is looking for a director of grid technologies to join our team. We expect this person to act as an industry-facing expert on how utilities can solve problems related to grid-interactivity, load management, and emerging customer-side technologies. We’d like you to jump in on day one to solve real-world problems for our utility clients through written reports and live presentations, lead technology-focused client-facing projects, and support junior researchers. If you have deep knowledge of the utility industry; a passion for demand response and load management; technical expertise on new or existing efficiency and renewable energy technologies; and excellent communication skills, we’d love to talk to you!
E Source is a solutions-based research and advisory, consulting, and data science firm that’s been a change agent in the utility industry for over 35 years.
What you’ll do
- Serve as our in-house expert on emerging electric and gas end-use technologies, demand response, load management, and incorporating new technologies into utility programs
- Mentor and train junior researchers on the utility market needs, how utilities are changing, and new and emerging end-use technologies to address these needs
- Give strategic input to our research agenda and coach research deliverables
- Write and present clear and concise responses to research and advisory requests from utility members about energy technologies, trends, and programs
- Gather research from primary and secondary sources (including phone interviews, internet searches, and in-depth reading), critically analyze the information, and write up key findings, best practices, and actionable recommendations in a way that’s easy for audiences of varying technical skills to understand
- Conduct technical analysis, analyze data, and offer expert recommendations to inform utility business decisions
- Create clear, concise, data-driven, and action-oriented content for topically focused reports, articles, technical briefs, webinars, and in-person events
- Engage with utility members through in-person and virtual meetings and customized presentations on various technology topics
- Lead or support end-use technology consulting projects, especially those that help utilities move technologies through product development into customer offerings; you should be comfortable working closely with our sales team to find, respond to, and manage new consulting opportunities
- Represent E Source as a subject-matter expert at industry conferences and events
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Energy Solutions Job Opportunity: Senior Solar Engineer
Posted May 3, 2023
We are currently seeking a full-time Senior Solar Engineer to join our Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) team. As a member of the DERs team, you will assist with driving customer participation in programs that incentivize the adoption of various DERs including; distributed solar, energy storage, demand response, microgrids, and electric vehicle grid integration. These leading-edge energy technologies are critical in driving our nation’s progress toward a decarbonized grid, and you will play a material role in helping our team make this future a reality. This unique market opportunity, paired with Energy Solutions mission driven approach, creates a perfect environment for individuals who want to have an active voice in shaping the energy future in North America and beyond.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide subject matter expertise to verify viable PV designs and engineered solutions in support of project development and construction including; reviewing site information and installation suitability, environmental limitations, structural limitations, etc.
- Manage and assign technical support requests
- Manage technical key performance indicators (KPIs) and review and track timelines
- Oversee team of engineering project managers and subcontractors
- Participating in and presenting engineering work at client meetings
- Lead the overall direction, management, quality control, and completion of project deliverables.
- Monitor the progress of projects and communicating progress to management and clients
- Support development of proposals and business development efforts
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