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June 2015
Hello BDI Buzz Readers...
... and warm greetings from the Business Diversity Institute.
Save-the-date, our annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week Conference planning is under way and nominations for MED Week award winners are now open. The celebration will be held September 29th – October 1st, with the luncheon to be held on October 1st at the Sentinel Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
One of our MED Week events will be the Diversity Practitioners Summit featuring guest speaker Colette Holt who is a nationally recognized affirmative action and contract compliance attorney. She is a strong advocate for MWESB firms on both the local and federal level. This event will take place on Wednesday September 30th at the Port of Portland headquarters.
If you are interested in participating as a sponsor for this year’s MED Week celebration, sponsorship information is available on the BDI website.
We would like to thank our early sponsors for this year’s conference: Port of Portland, Multnomah County, City of Portland, Oregon Department of Transportation, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Howard S. Wright, and Skanska.
Cheers!
Kimberly Mitchell-Phillips,
Business Diversity Institute, Chair
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 Company name: Energy Performance Engineering, LLC
Owners: James C. Jen
Number of employees: 4
Years in business: 10 years
Industry: HVAC - Building Engineering Consulting
Phone: (503) 537-0270
Website: www.epellc.net
Describe what services your company offers:
3rd-party commissioning management, commissioning, New and Existing building commissioning, system commissioning, Building controls, DDC control, HVAC control. Engineering services and troubleshooting for existing systems and controls; Energy conservation and energy audit, MEP & HVAC design.
5 things BDI Buzz readers want to know...
What makes your company unique?
EPE provides mechanical, electrical, and plumbing consulting engineering services. EPE’s success is rooted on our expertise in innovative commissioning and digital controls. We assist building owners to operate high performance, sustainable, and healthy buildings. Our goal is to become a NW premium sought after Commissioning firm. We are small but constantly learn from the national best practioner.
What would our readers be surprised, to learn about your company?
We use an old school classroom as our office. Our employees are our business advisor, a university professor, Bank board member; and manager of our previous work. We realized that our growth must transition from producers to developers. And our employees are the most appreciable asset of EPE.
Describe an adversity you have overcome, and how you overcame it?
Two examples of challenges in the field are: On-board controller and system integration, which create complex control issue in building system. Our experience in rewrite control sequence, trending and use a fault detection diagnostic tool help us overcome them.
What is the best piece of advice you've received?
The best way to be practical and usable is to completely understand your customer
What is your favorite quote?
“Most of life’s good things are outside our comfort zone."
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Our Mission
To support the growth and success of regional minority-owned and woman-owned businesses through sustainable business:
• Education and training
• Outreach, tools and resources
• Promoting collaboration of public/private organizations
in these efforts
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