TerraShares is a Green Programs Integrator offering...
GreenPath Technical Services, Enhanced Techology Solutions andGreen Finance Strategies
GreenPath™
Technical Services
TerraShares provides know-how and resources to companies and organizations that want to Go Green or upgrade their existing Green program. Companies selling in world markets may feel pressure to already Be Green as their markets and customers demand it.
Green Companies are on average 15% more profitable than their industry peers. Increasingly, companies are finding that remaining competitive in environmentally conscious markets has become a serious challenge. The transition to Green is expected to accelerate in coming years.
Retooling a business to prosper as a Green Business takes commitment, planning, resources... and time. Lean companies may not have sufficient internal assets and knowledge to get the job done right. TerraShares enables them to reach aggressive Green goals as leaders, not victims, in a Green business world.
Our GreenPath Services blend Green technologies and practicies with management, marketing, financial and business development experience. We are business partners to operating businesses.
The TerraShares Team
The TerraShares Team is comprised of seasoned professionals actively practicing their technical and business skills everyday.
John H. Atkins, Jr., Founder
After a career in international business, and many years working with high tech and mid-size companies, Atkins began in 2006 he retool the business advisory and investment banking resources of Atkins Capital Advisors to serve companies with green markets, operations and products. The result is TerraShares, offering a comprehensive array of Green services and resources in the region. TerraShares' Green financing strategies consolidate financing and environmental incentives to fund Green projects. TerraShares is positioned to match investors, companies, and financial sources in innovative public/private partnerships with non-profit organizations, schools and churches. Previously, in 1983, he launched Environmental Technologies, which installed dozens of solar and energy management systems in five states. (for more, see below)
Teresa Farmer, LEED AP, I.C.E.
Accredited as a LEED AP professional by the US Green Building Council, Teresa Farmer is expert in indoor air quality, Green cleaning methods and indoor chemical toxin control and training of cleaning staff, all vital for maintaining healthy buildings, and ongoing compliance with LEED certification. As an ISSA Certification Expert she is authorized to train and certify cleaning professionals in the Cleaning Industry Management Standard (CIMS). She had developed air quality and green cleaning programs in the education, healthcare, manufacturing, service and hospitality industries, helping clients maintain healthy workplaces while reducing cleaning expenses. She is a Green Program Specialist for Kelsan, Inc., a leaders in Green cleaning products and services.
Bruce Glanville, LEED-H, Certified HERS Rater
Bruce is a certified Building Technologist, LEED consultant and HERS rater under the US Department of Energy Star program. He is trained to provide analysis and insight into building science, design, HVAC and equipment efficiency and environmental remediation, allowing building owners to reduce energy costs and increase occupant comfort. In prior work he was founder of Tantrum Pictures, a producer of promotional films for the Weather Channel and others. He was a senior project director for Scripps Enterprises. He has created work in New England, Florida, South America, The Bahamas and the Caribbean
Darrell James, AIA
Darrell James is a practicing senior project architect who focuses on sustainable building design practices for public and private institutional projects. James' work has been published in the United States, Europe and Japan. He is also co-founder GreenLeaf Energy Group, LLC a sustainable energy and environmental technology research and development consultancy.
Harry G. Paris, BSEE
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Harry is an electrical engineer whose passion is precision instrumentation, Measurement and Verification (M&V). Heading up TerraShares' energy and resource use analysis capabilities, he has worked for 28 years with clients in industrial, commercial, institutional and utility operations. From Harry's perspective, "There is gold in going Green, but mining the gold requires accurate M&V to establish baselines, measure and validate improvements and monitor progress. To truly know where the money is and where it is going, precision M&V is the key to the vault. "
William "Bub" Martin
Bub is a graduate of East Tennesse State University in Manufacturing Engineering. He is president of Comer Electric, a commercial electric contractor with 50 employees serving customers throughout East Tennessee. Martin is experienced in plant engineering, energy management, solar electric and instllation of instrumentation systems. His experience covers a wide range of commercial and industrial applications.
Rod Rzezutko
Rod Rzezutko is a graduate of Lawrence Institute of Technology. He is a hands-on expert in Green lighting and compressor energy efficiency. His entrepreneurial approach to business spans over 40 years in business strategy, operations and ownership; sales and marketing development management; product distribution; inventory management; machining and tool design. As a TerraShares Team member, he is plowing new ground, combining super-efficient lighting and solar power, particularly for multi-site applications.
During the mid-1980's John
Atkins founded Environmental Technologies, a distributor of solar energy and conservation products in 5
states from East Tennessee. EnviroTech installed
dozens of thermal solar systems directly and through authorized
dealers. Solar electric projects included the TVA's
largest experimental photovoltaic system at the time. Worked great!
Though EnviroTech and the rest of the "alternative" energy industry became a casualty when Congress failed to renew tax
incentives that made renewable energy competitive with heavily
subsidized oil, gas, coal and nuclear sources, EnviroTech's energy knowledge and solar knowhow remain.
Today the dynamic
has changed to a more pragmatic view of strategic competitiveness with
the rest of the world. Today, solar energy is a 50%/year growth industry in the US, (though Germany leads with 12 times our installed capacity). Today, TerraShares offers solar systems with no up front investment and 3-year or less payback. It's time to catch up!
Despite later adopting TQM, the game
was over. Ford, just one example, has never caught up in the
marketplace, and is still fighting the quality battle. Meanwhile overseas competitors have moved on to green, zero waste and other goals that place Ford, GM and others under further
pressure.
The same 'Chicken Littles" are again active, decrying Green as "too expensive" an so forth, and so on. Only this time the entire economy is at stake, not just one sector.
