Currently president, principal technical and marketing director, and business manager of three LLCs (limited-liability companies) whose mission is to provide technical solutions to energy and environmental problems, Joe has been involved in the renewable-energy industry for over 25 years. He designs and installs photovoltaic and wind systems for residential, commercial, government, and educational applications. Joe is a scientist who formerly worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He has authored or co-authored approximately twenty technical papers and publications in journals, books, and conference proceedings; and has edited and reviewed newspaper and magazine technical articles.
Joe has developed several pioneering photovoltaic measurement and characterization techniques.
He has worked on standards committees to develop, advise, and author a wide variety of national and international standards for measurement and testing of photovoltaic devices, modules and systems.
Joe is a long-standing member of the Colorado Renewable Enery Society (CRES) as well as the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (CoSEIA)
Education:
• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY, Pullman, Washington
• M.S., Physics, PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, Indiana
• B.S., Physics and General Science, HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH
COLLEGES, Geneva, New York
But don’t let all of Joe’s degrees fool you. He likes to say that “he used to be a scientist, and now he’s a roofer”. This attitude has often led him into the field, carrying PV modules at a job site, or making sandwiches for his crew.
.: Meet Joseph Burdick
