Lauren Mattison

Lauren Mattison is the Associate Director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Her current work includes leading outreach for the Industrial Assessment Center program, contributing to development of technical training programs for the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership, and working as a project manager for the Energy Transition Institute. As the Co-Director of UMass Clean Energy Corps and Municipal Services Program Director for UMass Clean Energy Extension, she helps cities and towns across Massachusetts to understand and reduce their energy use, and works with the Building and Construction Technology program's Clean Energy Corps class on municipal clean energy projects. For the past several years, she was a leader in an initiative to promote and support sustainability in food and beverage businesses.

Lauren's previous professional experience includes assisting commercial and industrial customers with identifying, analyzing and implementing energy efficiency projects at Efficiency Vermont; supporting ENERGY STAR specification development, creating marketing and technical training materials, and developing widely used energy savings calculators for more than 30 types of residential and commercial products as a consultant to the U.S. EPA; working on potential studies for energy efficiency, demand response and combined heat and power; and managing and contributing to program evaluations and technical reference manual development for demand-side management programs across North America.

Lauren holds a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UMass Amherst. She worked in the Industrial Assessment Center as a graduate student, and her master's thesis on the potential for combined heat and power in Massachusetts was used by utility companies and government agencies for policy analysis and program planning. She is a Certified Energy Manager through the Association of Energy Engineers.