Who We Are

The Bright Power team has expertise in the design, installation and financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency systems, as well as an understanding of market trends, skills in education and outreach and experience with project management. In addition to our full-time staff, the firm has an extended network of consultants and contractors who can be brought into projects as needed.

Jeffrey Perlman, President

Jeffrey Perlman, CEM, LEED, is the President and Founder of Bright Power. He is as happy in a boiler room as he is in a corporate boardroom, and enjoys finding solutions to the most challenging energy problems facing building owners today.


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Sam Pilling, CFO/COO

Sam Pilling is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Bright Power, Inc.


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Andrew McNamara, CEM, LEED AP

Andrew McNamara is a Senior Consultant and Vice President of New Construction Services with Bright Power. He consults with facility design teams and owners regarding energy saving opportunities, conducts whole-building and technology-specific energy simulations, and writes technical publications and consulting reports for a national audience.
Andrew has a dual degree with a BA in Physics and a BS in Optical Engineering from the University of Rochester.


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Gregory Sherman, LEED AP

Gregory Sherman is a Senior Energy Consultant and Vice President of Commercial and Industrial Projects.
Extensive field experience conducting energy audits has shaped his knowledge of building science and energy efficiency. With an emphasis on existing buildings, Gregory has helped property managers and building owners reduce their annual energy consumption with simple and cost effective energy management strategies. Building energy audits vary in type from multifamily residences to commercial offices to industrial warehouses. Other areas of expertise include lighting design, building control systems, and construction management.


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Jonathan Braman, LEED AP

Jon Braman is a Manager of Multifamily Building Projects for Bright Power. Jon co-authored the forthcoming national study, "Greening Buildings and Communities: Costs and Benefits," sponsored by the US Green Building Council, American Public Health Association and others.


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Sabrina A. Hawkins

Sabrina Hawkins is a Manager of Multifamily Building Projects for Bright Power. She recently graduated from Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Her interests include alternative energy (mainly solar cells, wind energy, water turbines, and fuel cells), economics as it relates to energy, and learning more about green building.


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Amalia Cuadra

Amalia Cuadra is an energy engineer with Multifamiliy Building Projects for Bright Power Inc. She comes to Bright Power after teaching Chemistry at a high-needs school in Philadelphia through AmeriCorps. Amalia holds a Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering with a focus in solid state technologies and has interests in community outreach and energy education.


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Alexander (Sandy) Grindley

Sandy Grindley is an energy consultant with Multifamily Building Projects and New Construction Services for Bright Power Inc. Prior to working at Bright Power he performed residential energy audits in the Washington, DC area. His interests include optimizing the unique energy improvements for a given project and communicating the economic benefits of energy efficiency and renewable energy to those around him. He holds a BA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Yale University.


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Sophie Nimmannit

Sophie Nimmannit is a Researcher and Project Manager. She performs critical research, data analysis, and editing on energy cost/benefit analysis reports, market surveys, and other studies.


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A. Thompson Reichert

A. Thompson Reichert is an enthusiastic energy auditor for Bright Power. Tom has many years of experience in the energy field as a researcher, energy manager, air krete® insulation contractor, Home Performance contractor, and residential energy auditor. His current life mission is to make the term 'Btu/sq.ft./HDD' as familiar as 'MPG'. He majored in energy studies while completing his BA at the University of Texas at Austin.  Tom is certified by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) as both a Building Analyst and Envelope Professional.


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Jeffrey Ritger

Jeff holds a BS in Earth and Environmental Engineering from Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. His services as an Energy Auditor are a valuable recent addition to the Existing Multifamily Buildings and the Commercial/Industrial divisions of the company. Jeff offers a technical and practical perspective of materials and energy to Bright Power, grown from a varied background ranging from chemistry and geoscience research to microcap finance and industrial equipment procurement in the energy sector.


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Amy Rothman

Amy Rothman provides administrative assistance to Bright Power. She often provides a non-technical perspective to the engineers at Bright Power, and has a background in service learning, international student exchanges and teaching English as a second language. She is interested in making energy efficiency and green energy solutions more accessable to the general population.


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Network of Consultants

Bright Power, Inc. has a skilled and experienced network of consultants and contractors who can be brought into projects as needed, including: architects, business & technology experts, designers, economists, educators, engineers, policy experts, and a variety of tradespeople including electricians, HVAC contractors, and insulation contractors.  


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Interns

Bright Power's interns have a hands-on learning experience in an exciting green company.

If you are interested in learning more about an internship with Bright Power, please contact us!


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