Steven Schiller
Steven Schiller has thirty years of experience in the energy industry with a focus on demand-side energy efficiency, renewables and independent power. He has been a senior manager or CEO of three start-up energy engineering and project management firms, including his own which was sold to a venture capital funded firm. Steve’s career has included senior management, engineering, research and project management roles.
His current domestic consulting includes activity in several states, as well as for the federal government, establishing infrastructures for implementing energy efficiency policies and portfolios. Steve’s international work has included similar activities in China, Croatia, Poland, Thailand and Vietnam and for the International Energy Agency, United Nations, and World Bank.
He is active in domestic and international efforts associated with incorporating energy efficiency into greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Steve is also an internationally recognized evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V) expert having been responsible for many of the domestic and international guidelines used in the energy efficiency industry.
Steve is the Principal of Schiller Consulting, Inc. He is also:
- Founder and Board Chairman, California Energy Efficiency Industry Council
- Founding Board Member - Clean Economy Network Foundation
- Arbitrator - American Arbitration Association National Roster of Neutrals
- Board Director, International Efficiency Valuation Organization (the organization responsible for the M&V standard – IPMVP) and IPMVP Fellow
- Small Scale Working Group Member, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change CDM Executive Board
- Advisory Board Member – California Public Interest Energy Research Program of California Energy Commission
- House Captain - Rebuilding Together Oakland – (April 2011 Project)(April 2010 Project) (April 2009 House)
- Board Treasurer – Piedmont Recreational Facilities Organization
He is also the former Vice Chairman of the California Climate Action Registry Board of Directors (appointed by the California State Senate) and founding steering committee member of The Climate Registry. He was also an Entrepreneur in Residence for the California Clean Energy Fund, a Senior Advisor with the University of California’s California Institute for Energy and Environment, and a Visiting Scientist with the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center.
Prior to starting Schiller Consulting, Steve was a Senior Vice President of Nexant, Inc. Nexant acquired Steve’s firm, Schiller Associates, Inc. Schiller Associates was a project management and energy-engineering firm with offices in Northern and Southern California, Boulder, Houston, Madison and Portland. Before launching Schiller Associates, Steve was a manager and engineer with several consulting firms and a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Steve holds Mechanical Engineering degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan. He is also a registered Mechanical Engineer in California.
Schiller Consulting is also a proud collaborator with the China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance.
Gordon, Kali, Mac Mac, Maggie and Max
Gordon (pictured below on the left) assists with Schiller Consulting’s activities. He is a former fellow with the Milo Foundation. Often considered the brains of the outfit, he works on a “pro-bone” basis. Kali is pictured below with Gordon. She is responsible for keeping track of the firm’s tennis balls and hole digging. Kali was recently with the East Bay SPCA. Our Visiting Scholar Alumni (pictured below center) is Mac Mac. Originally with Smiley Dog, Mac Mac now manages his own covert food recovery enterprise. Pictured on the bottom right is our summer 2010 Intern, Maggie. She has been assigned to guarding the California coast from oil spills; so far she has earned her keep. Using his Saint Bernard/Terrier background, Max is our Director of Genetic Engineering, pictured below on right with Gordon. Also a Smiley Dog alumni.
