Stuart Cooley is the Energy Efficiency Engineer within the City of Santa Monica’s Office of Sustainability and the Environment where, since 2000, he has helped “Green” the City through efficiency improvements to City Facilities, managed community projects, and promoted renewable energy development. The City’s seminal program Solar Santa Monica grew out of his vision for the City’s energy independence. Stuart Cooley also moonlights as a sustainability consultant and teaches energy efficiency workforce development courses at Santa Monica College. Prior to his current affiliations, he was a management consultant to the electric utilities, marketed efficiency for Anaheim Public Utilities and Hawaiian Electric, and served as an engineering consultant to the commercial/industrial sector. He has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii with specialization in Renewable Energy Engineering and he has a bachelor’s degree in Physical Science from the University of Maryland-College Park. |
