SUMMARY
Mr. Parlapiano is a third generation tradesman who started learning everything he could about the building
& trades industries at a young age. He is a highly regarded and respected market influencer who has an extensive network
of professionals throughout the world with whom he collaborates. His passion to learn and to help educate others so they can
grow professionally is unwavering. This commitment to excellence has accelerated his career advancement opportunities placing
him out in front of his peers. His career path is very unique, he has had the opportunity to experience many facets of these
industries first hand as a technician, supervisor, manager, owner, trainer, consultant, government employee as well as from
a not for profit, Chief Executive Officer’s vantage point. Mr. Parlapiano also spends a significant amount of his time
in volunteer service to many industry organizations and serving on boards of directors giving back to those that have helped
him to grow and to achieve the accomplishments he has throughout his professional career.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
BP Consulting provides business
& technical workforce development assistance primarily to the remodeling and specialty trade contracting industry. Efforts
are focused on clean and sustainable green based solutions with emphasis on HVAC, indoor environmental quality and green building
performance based solutions. His firm provides consultative services to educational institutions, manufacturers, distributors,
trade associations, utilities and government organizations interested in developing or implementing education and credentialing
programs, developing and deploying products or services, as well as supporting local, regional and national activities and
initiatives of various organizations.
2007 -
Founder/President/Principal Consultant
Clients:
· Better Buildings Inc.
· National Association
of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)
· HVACReducation.net
· Building Performance
Contractors Association/NYS
· GreenCollarEducation.net
· Dutchess County Board of Cooperative
Educational Services (DCBOCES)
· Building Insight
· Institute for Building
Technology & Safety (IBTS)
· Refrigeration Service
Engineers Society International (RSES)
· Empire Keystone Association
RSES
· Hudson Mohawk Chapter RSES
· Lehigh Valley Chapter RSES
· Long Island Chapter RSES
· Performance Exteriors
· SMWIA Local#83
· The Energy Company
· Alliance for a Green Collar Workforce
· Various other contractors,
manufacturers, individuals and organizations
Building Performance Institute, Inc. a national not for profit, professional credentialing, standards and quality assurance organization
2005-2007
Chief Executive Officer
· Led an aggressive national
expansion from 7 to 30 states, while simultaneously making significant changes and enhancements to the certification, accreditation,
quality assurance programs as well as to the BPI national standards
· Responsible for management
of a $1.0 million dollar three year grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Department
of Energy and United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in support of the Home Performance with Energy Star
program
· Doubled staff size to
12 dedicated employees through a period of intensive national growth with departments focused on credentialing, standards,
human resources, finance and accounting, field operations and quality management
· P&L Responsible
for growing organizations operating budget from a half a million to $1.8 million annually
· Grew the organizations
bottom line by about 600% during tenure leaving organization a substantial cash reserve
· Reported to Board of
Directors
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a public benefit corporation, which administers
the New York Energy $martSM
program, designed to support certain public benefit programs during the transition to a more competitive electricity market
2002-2005
Project Manager,
Residential Energy Affordability Programs
· Led a multi-state research project (STAC) looking at Opportunities
to Increase HVAC Efficiency in the Northeast
· Managed Bulk Purchase, Appliance Recycling & Consumer Incentives
programs valued at approximately $40 million worth of contracts and incentives
· Tri-authored a research paper that led to the national ANSI/ACCA-5
Quality Installation Standard with Glenn Hourahan of ACCA and John Taylor of CEE
· Reported to Program Manager
Crisafulli Brothers Plumbing & Heating Contractors, Inc.
a top 10 mechanical contractor, ($13 million/yr)
focused on residential and commercial plumbing, heating and air conditioning installation and services
1999-2002
Division Manager, Residential HVAC Installation
· Responsible for all aspects of the company residential and light
commercial HVAC installations
· P&L responsibility for about a $1.2 million dollar budget
and a field staff of 6 technicians
· Reported to Owner/President
Manager,
Commercial Project Coordination Office
· Responsible for management of the companies commercial HVAC &
plumbing project records, including bid coordination, insurance and bonding, contract management, submittals, purchase orders,
change orders, request for information, operations & maintenance records, project closeouts
· Office responsible for an estimated $20 - $30 million dollars
worth of projects at any given time
· Reported to Owner/President
Mechanical Systems Maintenance, Inc. a specialty mechanical contractor and indoor environmental quality consulting company
that focused on forensic building diagnostics as well as HVAC service and installation
1992-1999
Principal, Senior
Vice President, Indoor Environmental Quality Consultant
· Responsible for day to day marketing and business operations
· Negotiated operations & maintenance contracts with major commercial
and industrial clients and a national retail chain
· Performed IAQ consulting services for a variety of residential,
commercial, industrial and government clients
· Performed service and installation work
· Reported to Owner/President
United States Army
1988-1993
Aerial Intelligence Specialist
· Worked on a Joint Chiefs of Staff, directed, experimental aircraft
program; flew nearly 500 hours of aerial reconnaissance on two different airframes
· Extensive experience in intelligence sensor technologies, intelligence
gathering, military leadership, team building, training course development and implementation
INDUSTRY
INVOLVEMENT:
· Chairman of the Board, Chief Operations Officer Emerald Environments,
Inc.
· Faculty Instructor, HVACReducation.net
· Board of Directors, Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES),
International Director for Region 2 (New York and Pennsylvania)
o
Industry
Relations Committee
o
Strategic
Planning Committee
o
Conference
Review Committee
o
Awards
& Exhibits Committee
· Board of Directors, Home Energy Magazine (HEM)
·
Board of Directors, ACI: Advancing
Home Performance (Affordable Comfort, Inc.)
·
Air Conditioning
Contractors of America (ACCA)
o
ANSI/ACCA-5 HVAC Quality Installation
Standard Committee
·
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
·
International Building Performance
Simulation Association (IBPSA)
·
Air Sealers Institute of America (ASIA)
·
Council for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
Educators (CARE)
·
Industry Competency Exam (ICE-ARI)
Technical Committee
·
North American
Technician Excellence (NATE) Technical Committee
·
Building
Performance Institute (BPI) Technical Committee
·
Partnership for Advancing Technology
in Housing (PATH) 36 Uniform Remodeling Protocol Technical Advisory Panel
·
United States Green Building Council, LEED for Homes Durability Working Group
·
Life Member,
American Legion
·
Life Member,
Veterans of Foreign Wars
PAST AFFILIATIONS:
·
Board of Directors, North American
Technician Excellence (NATE)
·
Board of Directors, Building Performance
Institute, Inc. (ex-officio)
·
Deputy Director, Region 2, Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)
·
Secretary, Empire Keystone Association
Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES)
·
Past President,
Hudson Mohawk Chapter, Refrigeration Service Engineers Society
(RSES)
·
Consortium for Energy Efficiency, Past
Chair of Residential HVAC Committee
·
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership
(NEEP) Residential HVAC Committee
·
Association for Energy Engineers (AEE)
·
National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA)
·
International Codes Council (ICC)
·
American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM)
·
National Certification Commission (NCC)
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATONS:
·
Bachelor
of Science, Marketing & Management, Siena College
·
Mechanical
Engineering, ICS, transferred
·
Professional
Aeronautics, Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University, transferred
·
RSES National
Technician Certification Indoor Air Quality (CIAQ)
·
North American
Technician Excellence (NATE) Air Conditioning Service/Install, Oil Service/Install, Oil Hydronics Service/Install, Gas Hydronics
Service/Install
·
40 CFR
Section 608 & Section 609 Safe Handling of Refrigerants Certification
KEY PUBLICATIONS
& PRESENTATIONS
· Co-authored, Improving Residential HVAC Installation Practices by Transforming
Market Conditions with Glenn Hourahan, P.E. (ACCA), John Taylor (CEE)
·
Co-authored,
Indoor Air Quality for the HVAC/R Technician, a training manual with William J. Parlapiano Jr. CM, CIAQ
·
Authored,
Indoor Air Quality Chapter for industry text
·
Presenter
at many national, regional and local events including:
ACEEE, RSES, Energy Star Partners, ACI National and Regional events,
CEE, AHR, ACCA, Comfortech, NEEP, RESNET, Better Buildings
