Direct A3 advisoryA3 Consultancy, working in partnership with the CEO of Spiro Carbon, assessed more than 30 facilities across a global life sciences portfolio for phased solar deployment. Andrew led the technical and commercial analysis, combining site screening, preliminary system sizing, energy-cost analysis and financial modeling to compare opportunities and establish investment priorities. Results represented planning scenarios rather than deployed projects or realized returns.
Utility program experienceAcross closely connected roles with Itron and technology partner Kitu Systems, Andrew helped utilities scale secure, interoperable coordination of distributed energy resources. At Kitu, his work included the IEEE 2030.5 DER server and supporting ecosystem for Hawaiian Electric, along with research, innovation and market-development initiatives involving California IOUs and other utilities. His work addressed cybersecurity, smart-inverter communications, bidirectional power flow, DER registration and telemetry, dynamic controls, and the coordination of solar, batteries, EVs and flexible loads. He also contributed to the staged commercial and technical ramp from tens of thousands of managed assets toward a one-million-DER objective later achieved by the platform.
Graduate researchAndrew’s graduate research at the College of Charleston developed a transferable framework for battery-electric and hybrid maritime operations using the Port of Memphis as a detailed inland-port case study. The work evaluated vessel propulsion, plug-and-play battery barges, onboard and shoreside BESS, port charging, utility infrastructure and fleet transition across multiple deployment scales. A 20-year benefit-cost model connected operator economics and infrastructure investment with grid emissions, air quality, public health and environmental justice. Although the research did not represent a commissioned port deployment, it provides a practical foundation for ports, vessel operators, utilities, developers and public agencies evaluating maritime electrification in inland, coastal and global markets.
Career portfolioAcross Sustainable Spaces/Recurve, Harney Home Performance and Solar Solutions, SolarCity and subsequent work in South Carolina, Andrew helped assess, model and advance hundreds of solar, building-performance and electrification projects spanning thousands of sites and customer applications. His work evolved from hands-on building assessments and deep retrofits across California to nationally scaled, software-enabled programs integrating efficiency, solar, monitoring and early battery storage.
A 2011 home and art-studio retrofit in Woodacre, California, provides one tangible example. The project combined envelope improvements with heat-pump water heating and mini-split HVAC conversions, replacing documented propane and electric-resistance equipment while matching the remaining electricity demand with a 100% renewable utility product.
