TerraShares is a Green Programs Integrator offering...
GreenPath Technical Services, Enhanced Techology Solutions andGreen Finance Strategies
GreenPath (TM)
Technical Services
TerraShares provides comprehensive 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.
TerraShares focuses on operating companies and organizations finding that remaining competitive in environmentally conscious, energy impacted markets has become a serious business challenge. Even thriving companies can stumble when markets rapidly shift to Green. 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 or knowledge to get the job done right. TerraShares enables companies and organizations to achieve aggressive Green goals, to be leaders, not victims, in a Green business world.
Through our GreenPath Services TerraShares blends comprehensive Green technologies and best practicies with senior management, marketing, financial and business development savvy. We are business partners to operating businesses.
The TerraShares Team
The TerraShares Team is comprised of seasoned professionals credentialed and actively practicing their technical and
business disiplines.
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. "
Paul Platillero, PE
Paul Platillero graduated from the University of Tennessee with Honors. He is a native of Spain and an international leader in energy and environmental sustainability. For more than 12 years he has provided engineering services in environmental management, compliance and remedial investigation and implementation. He is certified to provide environmental health and safety audits, assessments and investigations. He has led remedial projects in a wide range of industries for clients in Spain, Italy, France and England. He is an experienced advisor in renewable energy installations, air and water quality and waste management. He is a certified instructor in auditing and compliance in all major regulatory venues.
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 indusstrial applications.
During the mid-1980's energy crisis John
Atkins founded Environmental Technologies, distributing 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 became a casualty with the
rest of alternative energy industry when Congress failed to renew tax
incentives that made alternative and renewable energy competitive with heavily
subsidized oil, gas, coal and nuclear sources.
Today the dynamic
has changed to a 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.
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.
