Joshua Sklarsky, Senior Consultant
Joshua Sklarsky has a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a specialization in Environmental Policy and Urban Sustainability. His master’s thesis examined the challenges faced in using federal energy efficiency programs to accomplish economic recovery goals. At MIT, he co-authored a research paper that investigates whether community-level energy data presentation and analysis can be transformational to society’s use of energy in buildings.
At Peregrine, Joshua helps to bridge the gap between technical data analysis and clean energy policy development. He works closely with the Peregrine energy information database, updating utility data and analyzing consumption patterns. He also assists with design and analysis of energy efficiency policies and programs.
Prior to coming to Peregrine Energy Group, Joshua worked as a consultant for the US Department of Energy on the development and early implementation of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program.
Posts by Joshua Sklarsky, Senior Consultant
On GIS and Heat Maps
In my first blog post, I discussed the use of heat maps to analyze a more…indirect type of heat, in terms of all forms of energy consumption and related terms. Recently, we tweeted about an article that included a call for developing a national heat map in the United Kingdom. Arup’s Malcolm Ball was talking … More
Using maps to analyze energy data
Growing up I always liked maps. Figuring out how to get from one place to another. Seeing the relationships between different places and spaces. The neatest thing to me was having the ability to go somewhere I had never been before and yet to bring a sense of familiarity along with me.