Melanie Danuser

Director of Education & Training for Building Potential (formerly NEEC) and the Smart Buildings Center

Enlighten Forum Panelist, “Women in Construction and Energy: Leadership in Male-Dominated Industries”

Biography

Melanie has spent her career in the power and energy efficiency industries and worked with utilities throughout the United States. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree from West Virginia University with a focus on Organization Development, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her work entails serving Building Potential and the Smart Buildings Center as Director of Education and Training, managing the Building Operator Certification program, and leading strategy for technical webinars, new curriculum and programs for stakeholders of Building Potential and SBC, and contributing to conversations on the evolving workforce in the built environment. The BOC program is a training and credentialing program offering three certificates and one certification to building operators and technicians to increase their knowledge and skills in energy efficient facilities systems.