Elin Shepard
CEM, LEED AP BD+C
CLEAResult | Outreach Manager
Chairperson
Track A: Implementing Energy Efficiency
Session A1: The State of Energy Policy & Funding in the US
June 25, 2025 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Session A1 Chairperson
Track D: Empowering Energy Innovations
Session D2: High Performance Buildings
June 26, 2025 | 10:00 am - 10:30 am
The Evolution of a Whole Building Offering
| Since 2004, the Energy Trust of Oregon New Buildings Program (Program) has supported an award-winning holistic approach to net zero building design through energy modeling, using the current energy code as a baseline. Over that time, Oregon’s code has changed seven times, necessitating innovative responses within the Program and strategies to push beyond code requirements. In response, Energy Trust has helped 825,000 businesses, customers and communities reap the benefits of clean energy, which has saved them $7.2 billion on utility bills, and generated 1,120 average megawatts of electricity and saved 100 million annual therms of natural gas. Those investments add up to 42.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide avoided, which keeps our air cleaner and supports the state’s climate goals.
This session will explore how the Program has continued to adapt the Whole Building incentive offering to respond to these new code requirements and has created new tools to assist with its implementation. By examining a series of case studies, best practices, and technical tools, this session will demonstrate strategies that attendees can replicate in their own buildings and program development. |
Speaker Bio
As an outreach manager for Energy Trust’s New Buildings program, Elin Shepard works with government and education projects through utility programs to maximize energy efficiency and incentives in new construction and major renovations. Previously working for the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for 15 years, Elin led the charge to infuse a culture of sustainability in state government operations through legislation, statewide policy and inter-governmental coordination. She received a B.A. from Oregon State University and is a Certified Energy Manager® and LEED AP BD+C certified. A former president and board member of Oregon APEM, Elin is the current vice president and CWEEL liaison of the AEE Columbia River Chapter, and the president of the Sustainable Living Center at Pringle Creek Community in Salem.