Amy Solana
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Amy Solana has been with PNNL since 2002. She has completed several energy and water audits for federal sites over the years, and continues to do so, delivering long-range planning documents and retrofit suggestions to help them conserve and save money. Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) building and site energy modeling is included in most of these assessments. She has also put together project funding applications based on these results, as well as analyzed other potential energy-saving opportunities, including cost-effective metering.
Amy's involvement with green buildings includes metrics for measuring sustainable facilities, writing "green" construction specifications, and some additional research and writing activities. Activities have involved specific technology analysis as well as whole-building assessments.
Amy also collects energy efficiency project data to help maintain a database of federal projects for the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), and analyzes this data to determine trends or patterns for future energy projects. In addition, she collects project and energy data for the Industrial Technology Program, assisting with new technology tracking.
Research Interests
- Energy auditing & modeling
- Water efficiency auditing & technologies
- Green buildings research
- Energy data analyses
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Selected Publications
2007
- Solana AE, WF Sandusky, III, and KL Stoughton. 2007. Summary of Initial Examination of Lighting-Only Utility Projects in the Federal Sector. PNNL-16717, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2006
- Solana AE, and GP Sullivan. 2006. "SERO sites use prioritization tool to meet metering requirements." Public Works Digest XVIII(5):16-17.
- Solana AE, and KL McMordie-Stoughton. 2006. "Water Management Planning: A Case Study at Blue Grass Army Depot." In American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006 Conference Proceedings, p. Paper No.: ACE63006. American Water Works Association, Denver, CO.
- Elliott DC, GG Neuenschwander, TR Hart, J Hu, AE Solana, and C Cao. 2006. "Hydrogenation of Bio-oil for Chemicals and Fuels Production." In Science in Thermal and Chemical Biomass Conversion, vol. 2, ed. AV Bridgwater and DGB Boocock, pp. 1536-1546. CPL Press, Speen, United Kingdom.
- McMordie-Stoughton KL, and AE Solana. 2006. "Update of Market Assessment for Capturing Water Conservation Opportunities in the Federal Sector." In American Water Works Association 2006 Annual Conference and Exposition, p. Paper no. AWWA ACE63148. American Water Works Association, Denver, CO.
- McMordie-Stoughton KL, WF Sandusky, III, AE Solana, and DJ Bates. 2006. Updated Analysis of Energy and cost Savings for Utility service Program at Federal Sites. PNNL-16170, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2005
- Solana AE. 2005. "FEDS: a Building Model Used to Predict Retrofit Project Energy Savings and “Meter” Energy Consumption." Chapter 30 in World Energy and Engineering Congress (WEEC) 2005 proceedings, September 14-16, 2005, Austin, Texas, p. 6 pages. Association of Energy Engineers, Atlanta, GA.
- Chvala WD, JR, AE Solana, and DR Dixon. 2005. Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) Assessment Report for Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. PNNL-15053, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Fowler KM, AE Solana, and KL Spees. 2005. Building Cost and Performance Metrics: Data Collection Protocol, Revision 1.0. PNNL-15217, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- McMordie-Stoughton KL, AE Solana, DB Elliott, GP Sullivan, and GB Parker. 2005. Update of Market Assessment for Capturing Water Conservation Opportunities in the Federal Sector. PNNL-15320, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- McMordie-Stoughton KL, AE Solana, DJ Bates, and WF Sandusky, III. 2005. "Analysis of Energy Savings in the Federal Sector through Utilities Service Programs." Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment 25(4):12-38.
2003
- Chen S, W Liao, C Liu, Z Wen, RL Kincaid, JH Harrison, DC Elliott, MD Brown, AE Solana, and DJ Stevens. 2003. Value-Added Chemicals from Animal Manure. PNNL-14495, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.