SANTA ROSA ENERGY AUDIT COMPANY - Key Persons

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• Owner and Principal Consultant for Rick 's Energy Solutions

Rick Cowperthwaite is the owner and principal consultant for Rick's Energy Solutions. He has performed numerous Home Energy Audits, Title 24 Energy Compliance Analysis, HERS Tests and Verifications, GreenPoint Ratings and ACCA Manual J, S and D HVAC system designs since he retired from his 25 year career as a building inspector and plans examiner with several California jurisdictions. Rick is a CalCERTS certified code compliance HERS Rater, CHEERS certified Existing Home HERS Rater, CABEC certified Energy Analyst, and Build It Green Certified New Home and Existing Home GreenPoint Rater. Rick was born in Denver Colorado and grew up the son of a general contractor in California. He cut his teeth in construction doing warranty repairs while still a teenager. He graduated from Trinity County High School in 1963 and enlisted in the US Army less than a year later. Through hard work and studies he attained the rank of Captain in the US Army Signal Corp where he learned to design and install transportable microwave radio relay systems. He left the Army in 1971 to return to the family construction business. Rick has over 38 years experience in the construction industry. He began his interest in energy conservation and building energy efficiency in the 1970's during the Gas Crisis and has never stopped studying and sharing with others his passion for the topic. Rick has a degree in Electronics Technology and a Lifetime Community College Teaching Credential in Industrial Technology and Construction Technology. Rick has seven years experience teaching Electronics Technology classes and Construction Technology Classes at Sierra College and at Santa Rosa Junior College. Rick is currently a part time instructor for the PG&E Energy Training Center in Stockton California.