Indraneel Bhandari

Bio

Indraneel Bhandari is a Technical Account Manager and R&D Associate Staff Member Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research & Analysis (MEERA) group at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) where he supports a variety of initiatives including the DOE’s Better Climate Challenge, Better Plants, and Onsite Technical Analysis Program (Onsite TAP).

Before his role at ORNL, he was an Energy Engineer at the Energy Resources Center (ERC) at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). In this role, Indraneel conducted feasibility analysis for onsite energy technologies for industrial and institutional facilities, evaluated financial and emissions analysis of electric school buses using bidirectional charging equipment, and studied environmental impacts on photovoltaic modules at agrivoltaics facilities. Indraneel has diverse experience in facility energy assessments through several utility and state sponsored energy conservation incentive programs. Besides his role at ERC, Indraneel served as an instructor for the Master of Energy Engineering program, teaching the ENER 424 (Industrial Energy Management and Conservation) and ENER 422 (Building Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning) courses at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at UIC. 

Prior to ERC, he worked as an electrical engineer for Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd., in India where he was part of the team responsible for construction, electrical design execution, and interconnection for utility-scale turnkey PV solar plants.

Education

• Master of Energy Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois
• Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, India

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