AEE Georgia Chapter Q3
President's Report
New and Returning Officers to the Chapter
The AEE Georgia Chapter would like to announce its new board of officers who will be organizing and directing the chapter going forward. We would like to welcome our new and returning board members as follows:
| President |
John Nott |
| Vice President |
Levon Whyte |
| Treasurer |
Dan Shabo |
| Secretary |
Philip Howard |
| Scholarship Chair |
Jacqueline Stephens |
| CWEEL Coordinator |
Linda Zhao |
| Website Chair |
Joey Groveman |
| Meeting/Event Chair |
Margaret White |
| Membership Chair |
Ray Segars |
| Social Media Chair |
James Roper |
| Newsletter Chair |
Chris Tsigalas |
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Upcoming Events
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September Chapter Meeting
Speaker: Noda AI
Topic: Join us to learn more about Noda AI. Noda is the self-described first AI-powered building orchestration platform for the commercial built environment, helping real estate teams cut energy waste, costs, and carbon with intelligent workflows that take you from insight to action, seamlessly. Evan Hearn and Bryan Damiano will be presenting on this technology and their vision for AI in the built environment
Date and Time: September 28th 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Dekalb Technology Parkway - Building 100 Atlanta, GA 30340
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AEE World
Dates: September 16th - 18th
Location: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL
The AEE World conference is returning this year to Orlando, Florida for 4 days of talks, training, and industry networking for energy professionals. Keynote speakers for this year include:
Erin Brockovitch
Gavin McCormick
Duncan Wardle
Trent Gillespie
For more information and to get tickets: https://aeeworld.org
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Regional Event at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dates: November 5th - 6th
Location: Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
The South East Regional division of AEE is offering a tour of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. Please fill out our interest form for planning of headcount and logistics: https:/forms.gle/bH9RMpThvv53j6Nda
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Data Center Conference
Dates: August 12th - 13th
Location: Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel Atlanta, GA
The Georgia AEE Chapter is partnering with the Georgia AI Data Center Leadership Summit this August 12 - 13 at the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown Hotel. Attendees will get to hear from industry leaders on current trends and needs for energy efficiency experts in the AI Data Center Industry at this upcoming event. Members of the Georgia AEE can save 20% on registration with the below code:
For tickets and more information: https://www.energyconferencenetwork.com/GAIDCLS26/home
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Georgia's Highlights
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Recent Events and Talks
A recap of some of the events and presentations that AEE Georgia has brought to you so far this past year.
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April 2026 Presentation: Georgia Power's Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
Lance Williams from ICF and Sarah Odom from MD Energy Advisors presented a talk on how the Georgia Power Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program has been helping with the affordability and cost of energy efficiency and facility improvement projects across the state. The presentation also covered requirements for rebate applications and how to identify project eligibility for rebates.
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February 2026 Presentation: Investing in Georgia's Energy, Land, and Water Resources
Miracle Wilson and Leah Lord from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) gave a presentation on the state's ESPC projects and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program to assist states, local governments, and tribes in projects to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency. Their presentation can be found here.
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January 2026 Presentation: Steam System Opportunities
Chase Bean of Steam Management, Inc. presented and discussed common steam system improvement opportunities for energy performance contracting and capital improvement projects. Steam is still a highly used utility at colleges, military bases, and other large campus facilities where process loads and heating distributions from central plants are essential. Energy and monetary savings from evaluating and fixing neglected steam distribution lines can be substantial.
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