Eric Werling

About Eric Werling

I completed my work at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the end of 2023. After 30…

Experience

1. Owner Principal Consultant

   Home Innovation Strategies, Llc

   Feb 2024 — Present · VA, US

   Home Innovation Strategies provides expert consulting services for innovators in or adjacent to U.S. residential building markets. We can help successfully leverage government & national lab resources, facilitate productive partnerships, strategically address market barriers, and help make smart business decisions regarding innovative technologies, applications, and programs to improve home performance and reduce net emissions of housing. Guiding Principles:We believe human activity is profoundly changing our world and that we must evolve our relationship with Planet Earth to survive and thrive. We believe this evolution starts at HOME. Homes are the most essential manifestation of humanity on Earth. We build them with resources borrowed from the Earth. We spend most of our lives inside them. They define us. They can bring us joy. They can make us sick. To make a better world for our grandchildren, we must make our homes better. We believe that housing INNOVATION can make every home better: healthy, durable, sustainable, and supplied with enough clean energy for its people to survive and thrive.We believe big challenges like this require smart STRATEGIES: meeting housing market needs, mitigating barriers & risks, leveraging public resources, and based on “Win, Win, Win” solutions. BETTER HOMES for PEOPLE and PLANET

Education

• United States Naval Academy

  BS

  1978 — 1982

• Penn State University

  MBA

  1989 — 1991

• Penn State University

  MS

  1992 — 1994

Skills

• Public Speaking
• Building Science
• Energy Star
• Indoor Air Quality
• Sustainable Energy
• Sustainability Consulting
• Renewable Energy
• Residential Homes
• Renovation
• Photovoltaics
• Solar Energy
• Energy Policy
• Hvac
• Energy Audits
• Energy Management
• Energy Conservation
• Energy Efficiency
• Strategic Planning
• Construction
• Project Management
• Energy
• Government
• Green Building
• Program Management
• Sustainable Design
• Sustainability