Jonathan Livingston
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Jonathan Livingston manages the Emerging Technologies (ET) program in the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Customer Energy Efficiency Department. Jonathan has more than 20 years’ experience in research, analysis, education, management, and commercialization of energy efficient technologies and renewable and fossil-fueled generation systems. He leads a team of energy efficiency ET project and portfolio managers, and represents PG&E on the Emerging Technologies Coordinating Council.
Jonathan has held board and advisory roles for energy technology commercialization organizations including the Center for the Built Environment, the National Fenestration Rating Council, the California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research, the National Food Processors Association, E Source, and the Electric Power Research Institute.
In 1995 he was awarded an Asia Foundation fellowship to assist the Ceylon Electricity Board ( Colombo, Sri Lanka) in establishing their energy conservation department. In 2004 he organized the first Emerging Technologies in Energy Efficiency Summit,
co-sponsored by the California investor-owned utilities, the California Energy Commission, and the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.Jonathan is a Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering, and holds a BA in Psycholinguistics from Yale and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford.