Building Codes Assistance Project

The Building Code Assistance Project announces Alex Tapia, with the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA), as our latest selection for Energy Code Champion.

Alex Tapia is the Program Manager for the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) with responsibilities of developing, creating, and managing programs within the Southeast focused on energy efficiency within all sectors. Currently, he is developing a regional industrial energy efficiency coalition along with Oak Ridge National Labs and the Department of Energy, working with policy makers in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee on model efficiency legislation and working with media to promote SEEA activities.

For fifteen years, Alex has been working to protect our natural environment, concentrating on energy and environmental policy and corporate social responsibility. He began his career by traveling to Alaska to learn the truth about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which became the subject of a documentary film, Arctic Quest: Our Search for Truth, which aired nationally on PBS stations. In Alaska, Alex learned about the proposed oil development of the Arctic Refuge from oil industry representatives, the people of Alaska, and the Gwich'in natives who depend on the Porcupine Caribou herd for their way of life.

Previously, Alex was the Assistant Project Director for Kilowatt Ours, focusing on communications, utility demand side management programs and policy, as well as serving as script advisor for the documentary film Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America. Alex is also an Eagle Scout.

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Each quarter, BCAP will be recognizing a new Energy Code Champion. This will be a person who has been working hard behind the scenes to advocate for improving building energy codes. If you have someone you would like to nominate, or if you would like to tell us about the wonderful work you are doing, please write us at kwillock@ase.org.