ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY

	Energy Services Energy Efficiency Assessment & Building/Process Engineering Renewable Energy Assessment, Aquisition & Generation, Process/Technology Development Transmission & Distribution Information Technology (Smart Grid, AMI) Finance (Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Renewable Energy Certificates, Alternative Funding/Grants)
	Sustainable Design & Development LEED Certification & Design (Commercial Construction) Low Impact Development (Planning, A&E) Construction Management Utility Solutions Transportation (VMT Reduction, AFV Fleet Cost/Benefit Analysis)
	Natural Resource Management Wetlands & Watershed Mgt. Planning, Characterization, Remediation, Mapping Regulatory Compliance & Permitting Endangered/Protected Species Mitigation Design/Engeering Fisheries & Stream Studies Water/Soils Quality Analysis Groundwater Supply, Protection, Modeling
	Corporate Sustainability Organizational Alignment & Corp. Sustainability Strategies SMS & EMS (ISO14001) Green Marketing & Stakeholder Communications Regulatory Position Assessment Investment Prioritization Frameworks

Sustainability

Social, economic and fiscal stewardship make up the "triple bottom line" of sustainable businesses. These are three inextricably linked considerations with which every organization must contend for sustained prosperity. Sustainability is simply a contemporary term applied to an eternal concept. In its simplest form, sustainability is enacted by any entity which prospers in the present such that future opportunity for prosperity is not diminished. Extraction industries (mining, logging, oil, etc.) have learned this lesson, with all of the major players adopting sustainable practices or being displaced by those that have. But corporate sustainability branding and marketing emphasis for companies cross-cuts many industries. Nike, Starbuck, Ford, Whistler Resort, The Home Depot, and Proctor&Gamble are examples of corporations that have invested heavily in aligning their organizations and supply chains along sustainable business practices. Everyone from Washington to Walmart is demanding companies provide more information about the environmental (and health and social) impacts of what they do, and much of the information that results is being made public. Similarly, all federal agencies are mandated through standing order to implement and achieve aggressive strategic sustainability program plans.

VET's Sustainable Solutions Team (SST) represents a collective effort of talented and impassioned individuals and partner organizations who, through their combined efforts, assist in the development of local natural capitalism, solving complex engineering, environmental and social challenges.

Energy

The energy services industry was birthed by the industrialization of our nation. However entirely new vertical markets are now emerging as a result of the growing emphasis on clean renewable energy production, energy security, and climate change. This is attracting mounting venture capital even in a strained global economy. In 2013 the global renewable energy market is forecast to have a volume of $511.3 billion, an increase of 64.7% since 2008. Rising energy costs drive an increased return on energy efficiency investments. Recent federal and state legislation (eg. Executive Orders 13423, EO 13514, EPACT, EISA, WA I-937 et al) have established mandates for ever increasing levels of renewable energy generation, efficiency and demand side management.

Representative Projects

Vista Engineering's Sustainable Solutions Team is designed to address the specific needs of the public and private sector clients we serve. Our engineering team has/is working on a number of "clean energy" technologies and projects:

1. Infinia Corporation - Concentrated Solar Power Combined Heat & Power at Ft. Carson
2. Washington State University BSEL - BioMass Pretreatment Reactor
3. Energy NW - nuclear power reactor, and 9 Canyon Wind Farm
4. Inentec Waste to Energy Plasma Enhanced Melter (PEM)
5. Puget Sound Energy - Lower Snake River Wind Farm Turbine Maintenance Facility
6. Dept. of Energy-RL/MSA - Hanford Alternative Energy, SSP, EMS, Energy Park Planning, LEED & HPSB Certification
7. Dept. of Energy-RL/MSA Transportation Study for Greenhouse Gas emission reduction
8. Grid-scale Energy storage
9. Electric Transportation - HEV to PHEV conversions, charging infrastructure development