People

Eric Martin
Program Director
Buildings Research

(321) 638-1450
martin@fsec.ucf.edu

Education:

M.S., Environmental Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology, FL 1996

Research Focus:

Eric Martin is a Program Director in the Buildings Research Division at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC). He is currently Principal Investigator and team lead for residential building energy research and program activities funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Building Technologies Office, DOE national laboratories, state energy offices, utilities, and industry associations. Recent topics include high performance heating/cooling/water heating systems, ventilation/indoor air quality, building electrification / decarbonization, and strategies for peak demand reduction.

Mr. Martin was involved in FSEC's competitively selected industry partnerships under the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program from 2000-2015, and led the program from 2010-2015. Work conducted by FSEC's Building America Teams has been featured in several Building America Hall Top Innovations, and achieved outcomes of the partnerships include:

• Developing, validating, and implementing innovative, real-world solutions that achieve significant energy and cost savings in buildings while improving comfort, durability, and indoor air quality.
• Addressing codes, standards, business, and policy barriers hindering the adoption and implementation of renewable energy, energy efficient, and green building practices.

For many years Mr. Martin was active in the state as well as national green building movement through his work at FSEC, and through previous service on the Board of Directors for the Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc., and the LEED™ Homes Committee of the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Mr. Martin chaired a committee to develop a statewide green residential building standard in 2000, and was active in maintaining the effort through oversight and training for many years. Mr. Martin has also been involved with development of a green standard for Florida City and County governments, sponsored by the US Department of Energy and the Florida Energy Office, and has authored a document containing green guidelines for maintaining existing commercial buildings in Florida, which was funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Mr. Martin coordinated and marketed LEED for Homes green building certification for projects in the Southeastern US and Caribbean as a Program Provider/Quality Assurance Designee from 2005 - 2011.

Mr. Martin's other areas of research have included involvement with building energy simulation software development, through testing and validation. Before joining the FSEC Buildings Research Division, Mr. Martin conducted research at FSEC in the areas of photocatalytic pollutant detoxification. This work, sponsored by the US Navy, resulted in seven US patents. Mr. Martin has also been involved with hydrogen energy research, including design, simulation, and optimization of a renewable hydrogen energy system for remote applications.