Mr. Van Geet is a Senior Engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), most of his work is in the Federal Energy Management Program. Prior to this assignment, Otto was the Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Site Operations group at NREL, and a Mechanical Engineer at Sandia National Labs. Mr. Van Geet has been involved in the design, construction, and operation of energy efficient research facilities such as labs and data centers as well as office and general use facilities. Mr. Van Geet was one of the founding members of the Labs21 program and provides technical guidance for the program. His experience also includes renewables screening and assessment, passive solar building design, use of design tools, photovoltaic (PV) system design for on and off grid applications, energy audits, and minimizing energy use and GHG generation for building and communities. Mr. Van Geet author many technical reports and conference papers and has been recognized with many awards from professional associations including the 2007 Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energy Management. PE, LEED AP, CEM, Project Management Professional, BSME