Ken Hultquist

Ken Hultquist is an Energy Engineer within the ERC. After completing an undergraduate degree in Engineering Technology, he worked in manufacturing robotics and automation for several years. Feeling compelled by climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions led him to pursue a master’s degree in Energy Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). During his tenure at UIC he participated in the industrial assessment center (IAC) conducting ASHRAE level audits of commercial and industrial facilities as well as providing screenings for the combined heat and power technical assistance program (CHP-TAP). After receiving his degree from UIC he worked at a non-profit R&D firm for two years working on high efficiency domestic water and space heating “combi” heat pump systems, automated modular building construction, and building envelope retrofit technologies. He has since rejoined the team at the ERC with a focus on distributed energy, CHP, and agrivoltaics.

BS in Engineering Technology (Illinois State University), Masters of Energy Engineering (University of Illinois - Chicago)

LEED GA

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)

Combi Heat Pumps, Insulated Building Retrofits, Combined Heat and Power, Distributed Energy, Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Analysis