Roy’s recent focus with RMI is on creating energy efficiency projects, developing educational materials, and improving measurement and verification (M&V) processes.

Other projects include contributing to Reinventing Fire, developing internal software tools, and analyzing fossil fuel volatility.

Work At RMI

• Financing Energy Efficiency: Roy leads efforts to explore new financing solutions and products aimed at leveraging institutional capital to enact deep energy retrofits. Roy is researching capital decision-making concerning industrial energy efficiency in multinational firms. Roy has contributed to local and national workshops, meetings, and presentations concerning innovative financial programs from a variety of organizations.
• RetroFit Initiative: Roy works with energy service companies (ESCOs) to jointly implement deep energy retrofits and educate key players as to when deep retrofits are viable. ESCOs will play a crucial role in RMI's RetroFit Initiative by leveraging scale and expertise to further reduce energy usage in existing projects. Roy also develops and presents a variety of educational resources to industry professionals.
• Advanced Energy Guides: Roy is contributing to the creation of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Advanced Energy Guides for existing buildings, specifically concerning M&V best practices.

Background

Roy's previous experience includes consulting, defense cooperation, and renewable energy. At Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, D.C., Roy worked on software implementation and strategic management projects for the Army. He also implemented and managed a proprietary software
system for a Department of Defense client. Roy also contributed to internal sustainability projects at Booz Allen, and supported the Energy and Environment team on a range of initiatives. In 2008, Roy interned with the US Mission to NATO in Brussels and was responsible for armaments cooperation issues. In 2007, Roy interned with G.E. Infrastructure in Dubai and worked on renewable energy, environmental regulations, and governmental policy. He has expertise collaborating with regulators, policymakers, and private industry in the United Arab Emirates and Belgium.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Business Finance, the College of William and Mary, summa cum laude