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Herbert Wade
Country: United States
Year joined industry: 1963
Company first worked for: Eppley Laboratory, Newport RI
Technology area: Solar measurement, solar thermal for home heating,
PV both off and on grid
Still active in the industry: Yes

In 1963 Herb Wade began at the Eppley Laboratory helping design and calibrate pyranometers and pyrheliometers
for various research applications. In 1972 he moved to Arizona and teamed with Jeffrey Cook at ASU in the design
of Passive Solar Homes and small-scale solar heating for housing. In 1976 he was selected to work as the Deputy
Director of the Arizona Solar Energy Research Commission. In 1978 he was selected to establish and manage the
Renewable Energy Division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. In 1982 he was selected as Deputy
Director of the Fiji Department of Energy then in 1983 Director of Fiji Department of Energy. In 1984 he became
Deputy Director of the UN Pacific Energy Development Programme focusing on renewable energy and energy
efficiency. In 1989 he became Program Manager for the South Pacific Institute of Renewable Energy (Tahiti). In
1993 he was the Developer of short courses in renewable energy at the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
and in 1996 became the program manager for the Naresuan University Solar Energy Research and Training Center
(SERT). Since 2003 he has been a freelance consultant in renewable energy in 32 countries focusing mostly on
Pacific Islands and SE Asia. In 2020 he is still continuing in that position based in Bangkok.

Jim Were (Deceased)
Country: Cyprus/Australia
Year joined industry: 1965
Company first worked for: Solar Aspect Ltd in Cyprus
Technology area: Solar Thermal/commercial scale solar water heating
Still active in the industry: No

Jim Were was a Building Services Engineer with wide experience in charge of design, supervision and installation
of major projects in New Zealand, United Kingdom, North and West Africa and the Middle East. Jim was co-founder
of Solar Aspect Ltd. formed in Cyprus to design, develop and produce high performance solar collectors and active
hot water systems, refrigerant superheat reclaim systems, residential space heating and passive solar procedures.
In Australia from March 1986, Jim was involved in surveying and correcting the operation of troublesome air-
conditioning systems in Commonwealth non-residential and ACT Education buildings, for optimum effectiveness
and fuel efficiency, and contract administration of mechanical services installation in a Melbourne central business
district high-rise. Until the Program’s termination, Jim Were was approved under the Enterprise Energy Audit
Program to certify that energy audits undertaken by Energy Partners had been properly conducted. He was an
experienced and accredited assessor for the Australian Capital Territory - House Energy Rating Scheme (ACTHERS).
James Saunders Were, born in New Zealand 28 September 1929, died in Canberra, Australia, 20 March 2007, Life
Member of the American Society for Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Engineers.

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