Technical Expertise
YE offers technical solutions and third party reviews in the areas of distributed energy and cogeneration (combined heat and power) systems; safety and handling of hydrogen, fossil and biofuels; Bakken crude oil flammability and transport by rail, and all general thermodynamics, heat transfer, and energy conversion technologies. This includes research, recommendations, public speaking, analytical and design work, as well as economic feasibility and return on investment (ROI) calculations. With experience as an expert witness and patent reviews, YE can support companies both in protecting intellectual property and in litigation.
Project Engineering and Management
YE provides project engineering services, engaging and managing developers and suppliers to ensure products and services meet technical requirements on time and within budget. Areas of specialization include fuel delivery systems, distributed generation and renewable power integration into microgrids, and energy efficiency advancements.
Engineering and Operations Management
YE can help transform your company into a world-class manufacturing organization, with DFX principles, new product introduction and development processes, and lean manufacturing. This includes using kaizen events and other tools based on the Danaher Business System (DBS) principles. Improvements to product quality and reliability, including certification to ISO 9001 and 14001 standards, can be attained without onerous processes that stifle the ability of your employees to be creative and rapidly respond to changes.
Business Development and Strategic Planning
YE excels at engaging prospective customers and formulating company strategic plans, total market opportunities, and product requirements in a wide variety of fields. This includes companies making products as well as those offering engineering services, with specializations in fields related to commercial construction, energy and distributed power generation, emerging technologies, energy storage, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and biofuels. YE can conduct and participate in internal company marketing and competitive analysis sessions, as well as directly engage new and existing customers to research and formulate product value propositions.
Confidential Business Liaison
YE is a reliable and confidential partner when companies require anonymity as they explore new business prospects, ensuring your needs are understood and comprehensively represented. YE can help with mergers and acquisitions, especially in the critical due diligence stages regarding technical assessments and the value of intellectual property.
Codes and Standards Certification
YE has significant experience with NFPA, UL, and European safety and performance codes and standards in the natural gas and electric industry, including participation in International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 105 for fuel cells and hydrogen. YE can navigate the convoluted world of certifying bodies, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), and national and local requirements to field label or fully list your product with CSA, UL, Intertek, and CE approved agencies. YE can also represent your company at public and private sessions offered by governing bodies regarding rulemaking guidelines or code revisions, competently offering both verbal participation and formal written comments requiring technical expertise, to advance clients’ business interests.
Education and Training
YE conducts on-site training about the rapidly changing world of renewable energy, the hydrogen economy, microgrids and resiliency planning, photovoltaic systems, battery storage, product and building energy efficiency, electric vehicles, gas and liquid handling and safety, water filtration, and distributed power technologies. These programs can be tailored to levels of expertise suitable for the audience, whether they are government representatives learning how these technologies affect their constituents, or engineers and technicians learning how to evaluate, incorporate, and maintain sustainable products. More extensive educational development services, including curriculum development and laboratory budgeting and planning, are offered for colleges and technical schools wishing expand their offerings to include traditional and “cleantech” topics. In a similar vein, YE will often volunteer time to organizations promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, especially those involving middle school and high school youth.
Teambuilding and Emotional Intelligence
With extensive experience forming and leading high performance teams, YE offers both short seminars and more comprehensive, individualized training to improve team dynamics and management effectiveness. Melding tools from large company formal leadership programs, and experiences working with ultra-fast moving startup companies, YE can improve both the structure of employee development programs and team member’s awareness and practical applications of emotional intelligence. Further, YE can work with managers and key leaders to impart a greater sense of loyalty and job satisfaction across the company, leading to healthier and happier employees, heightened creativity and productivity, and lower attrition.