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David J. Smith – Founder and CEO. Mr. Smith has over 18 years
experience in the energy industry dating back to his position as
Director of Planning and Development for Princeton Energy Partners,
the predecessor firm of PES. In that capacity he helped commercialize
the advanced building energy diagnostic tools and retrofit methodology
developed at Princeton University in the late 1970’s. In particular,
he was instrumental in transforming the company’s technology
to new building design and construction. In 1999, Mr. Smith founded
Princeton Energy Systems to offer an expanded “systems approach”
that combined energy efficiency and renewable energy and/or distributed
energy resources in the built environment. In the last three years,
Mr. Smith has led the design, development, evaluation and/or installation
of over 3 MW of on-site photovoltaic (PV) solar electric systems
with nearly all of the projects featuring energy efficiency retrofits.
As CEO, Mr. Smith is responsible for new technology assessment,
renewable energy projects, strategic planning, and customer and
alliance partner relations. Mr. Smith received his undergraduate
degree in Economics from Harvard University (1981) and a Master
of Science in Energy Management and Policy from the University of
Pennsylvania (1985).
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