Meet the Expert
Raymond Kaiser
Director Of Energy Management Services
As the director of Energy Management Systems at Amzur Technologies, Raymond Kaiser leads a team of software experts in developing an open-source Internet of Things platform for managing distributed energy resources (DERs). This technology could revolutionize the industry and the world in the years to come by accelerating the transition to distributed energy.
For the past 20 years, Kaiser has provided energy and environmental consulting to utilities; developers; engineering firms; local, state, and federal agencies; and national and international architectural firms. Before that, his 25-year career in IT spanned software development, large account technical support, and sales and marketing.
In recent years, Kaiser has headed a variety of development projects, including local energy system micro-grids for Glava Energy Center in Sweden, a demo virtual testbed for net-zero-energy communities, and an open-source software-based distributed energy controller for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Labs.
Kaiser is co-chair of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Energy services. Interface Task Force, which is creating a guide for integrating behind-the-meter DER into utility planning and operations. He was also co-chair for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Orange Button Initiative Design & Construction workgroup to establish Open Solar Data Exchange standards.
Kaiser has presented to a wide range of audiences at international conferences such as North America Smart Energy Week, India Smart Grid Forum, and more, where he discussed topics ranging from the future of DERs to the role of energy standards in the shift to variable energy sources like solar and wind.
For the past 20 years, Raymond Kaiser has provided energy and environmental consulting to local, state and federal agencies, utilities, major developers, engineering firms, and national and international architectural firms.
He is co-chair of the SEPA Energy Services Interface Task Force and was co-chair for the US Dept of Energy’s Orange Button Initiative Design & Construction workgroup to establish Open Solar Data Exchange standards.
Raymond has presented at several leading conferences including EPRI/OpenADR DER Protocol workshop on the future of DER C&C; the Intelligent Energy Management conference in Sweden, the DOE Grid Modernization Laboratory Consortium Technical Review meeting, SEPA’s Grid Evolution Summit, and Solar Power International.
India Smart Grid Forum, February 2020
Intelligent Efficiency Conference, 2015:
1. Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota Board of Trustees Thermostat Project, 2016 Read more
2. European Pattern Recognition project: Local Energy Systems – Micro Grids Read more
3. Amzur partnered with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Labs to propose an open source software based Distributed Energy controller. Read more
4. Demo Abstract: A Virtual Testbed for Net Zero Energy Communities Read more
5. SEPA’s 2019 The Plug and Play Challenge: Read more
6. A College of Engineering faculty member begins modeling a Net Zero Energy Community for Cuba’s future energy infrastructure: Read more
7. ANL Compact Building Load Submeter Commercialization: Read More
8. Sunspec Open Solar Data Exchange: Read More
9. Best Practices for Operation and Maintenance of Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Systems; 3rd Edition: Read More
