Mechanical Peer Review Resume:
Jairam ("Jai") Agaram, P.E.
Experience
Jai has a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering and has an overall work experience of 27
years in the industry with focus on building energy efficiency, design engineering and energy
project development of public financed and third-party financed projects. His extensive work
experience spans across several industries and technologies including individual buildings,
large campuses, institutions, power production and cogeneration facilities and central plants.
Creativity, problem-solving, and taking the lead in a given team or work-situation have been
an integral part of Jai's work during any of the various positions he has held over the last
several decades. Jai has successfully led teams in design and engineering efforts in the
fields of lighting, HVAC, DDC controls, central plants, and cogeneration systems. In the
course of his experience, Jai has developed numerous computer models that assist engineers
in the rapid evaluation of engineering and project alternatives. These computer models have
assisted energy engineers across the country in various fields including lighting audits,
natural gas transportation, project management, central plant systems optimization, life-cycle
costing of projects, and cogeneration. In addition, Jai has utilized many of the industry
standard simulation tools such as Trace-700 and DOE 2, in the design and simulation of buildings.
Representative Projects
During the last 6-years, Jai has assisted the California Energy Commission in new building
design review studies as well as feasibility studies for determining energy efficiency potential
in schools, City and County facilities. He has reviewed numerous ESCO proposals and has assisted
owners in negotiations related to technical and financial project development issues. He
has also assisted various community colleges and CSU campuses in the design of lighting retrofits,
HVAC retrofits and DDC/EMS projects in numerous campus buildings. Jai has assisted several
CSU campuses and continues to assist UC campuses in the commissioning of central plants with
Thermal Energy Storage Systems. Jai was also instrumental in assisting the San Jose State
University in the evaluation and purchase of the 5.6 MW cogeneration facility. Jai developed
a simulation model for the University of California, San Francisco campus, twin turbine cogeneration
plant. Very recently, Jai completed a central chiller and boiler project for a community
college building, a lighting retrofit project for the San Francisco General Hospital, and
evaluation of central plant alternatives for the San Francisco General Hospital. For the
various health-care facility projects, Jai has successfully taken the project designs through
the OSHPD approval processes.
Professional Registrations
Mechanical Engineer, License # M-21844
Classes, Seminars and Speaking Engagements
- Various training sessions related to Life Cycle costing for energy projects – 1982-92, Statewide in California
- Training seminars related to the computerized auditing techniques for
lighting and HVAC projects; 1997-2004, California, Texas, Kansas, Florida
Sample Publications:
"Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Model for Energy Projects" – Used as a standard
for all State of California funded energy projects for over 10-years, Published 1982
"Hourly Simulation and Optimization of Central Plants with Cogeneration" – Used
for over $300 million worth of Cogeneration projects statewide, Published for the International
Cogeneration Conference, Houston –
1984.
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