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Project Engineer – Worley-Parsons
Mr. Shaw is the NABCEP (North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners) engineer for Texas-based Circle L Solar and project engineer for Worley-Parsons in Baton Rouge. He is the former president of Gulf South Solar, a regional solar integrator, where he was recognized by the American Solar Energy Society for his contributions to solar in the state of Louisiana. A Louisiana State University engineering graduate, Mr. Shaw had 20 years of experience as a control systems engineer prior to his founding of Gulf South Solar in 2003. He is the author of Louisiana’s net metering legislation, and he was instrumental in aiding the adoption of the current solar state tax credit and solar rights legislation. In addition to founding the Baton Rouge Community College solar installation class, Mr. Shaw has lived in a solar powered home since 1999 and enjoys teaching solar classes to engineers, architects, homeowners and installers.

Solar Orientation: Building to Work with the Sun

WebinarApril 15, 2021
Paul Westbrook

Speakers

Paul Westbrook, LEED AP

RE:source Design, LLC

Mr. Westbrook designed his own solar home in north Texas in 1996, which won the Energy Value Housing Award for Innovative Design. It still ranks as one of the most efficient homes in Texas. While serving as Sustainable Development Manager at Texas Instruments International Facilities, Mr. Westbrook was the LEED AP for the 1.1 million square foot Texas Instruments factory, which was the first LEED Gold semiconductor factory in the world. He led the effort to improve the energy and water efficiency of TI’s 20 million square feet of existing global facilities. They were able to double the company energy and water efficiency in less than 10 years. In 2012, Mr. Westbrook was named a Senior Fellow for the US State Department’s Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas program. He visited Honduras, Bolivia, Columbia, and Peru where he worked with governments, universities, and industry on efficiency and renewable energy. Mr. Westbrook received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1982.