Our History
Sundowner Sustainability Consulting was founded based on the principle that environmental sustainability should be a goal for every business and organization regardless of size. There are very few people who are opposed to saving money while saving the environment, so what are the biggest barriers?
Time? Expertise? Bandwidth? The list goes on. Sundowner offers services that are designed to overcome these limitations, and ensure that every business or organization has the opportunity to get expert sustainability help when it needs it.
We're a registered Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) with a combined 30+ years of individual experience supporting sustainability projects across the public and private sectors. Sundowner services are provided exclusively by our Managing Partners, not employees, so you are guaranteed hands-on, personalized support throughout all stages of your project.
Time? Expertise? Bandwidth? The list goes on. Sundowner offers services that are designed to overcome these limitations, and ensure that every business or organization has the opportunity to get expert sustainability help when it needs it.
We're a registered Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) with a combined 30+ years of individual experience supporting sustainability projects across the public and private sectors. Sundowner services are provided exclusively by our Managing Partners, not employees, so you are guaranteed hands-on, personalized support throughout all stages of your project.
Our Managing Partners
Ellie Perry, LEED AP
Ellie Perry is an Owner/Managing Partner of Sundowner Sustainability Consulting. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Environmental Systems and obtained a master's in Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. In addition to being a LEED Accredited Professional, she has a professional Certificate in Recycling and Waste Management from UCLA Extension, a Green Gardener Certificate through the County of Santa Barbara, and is an EPA WaterSense Watershed Wise Landscape Professional (WWLP). Before co-founding Sundowner Sustainability Consulting, she had eight years of experience working directly with campuses, non-profits, and local governments on sustainability initiatives including a county-wide greenhouse gas inventory for the City/County of Durham, organization of national energy efficiency campaigns, and statewide green event planning. Past campus sustainability experience has included direct work with Duke University and UC San Diego, the latter of which awarded her the campus's Undergraduate Sustainability Award in 2007. She also served as a Project Manager with the Alliance to Save Energy's PowerSave Campus Program which worked with campus stakeholders and college student interns across 16 California universities to promote energy efficiency projects on campus. Her current client projects focus on sustainability engagement and outreach, technical assistance in supporting a variety of commercial and nonprofit green certifications, and comprehensive sustainability planning. |
Brooke Farrell
Brooke Farrell is an Owner/Managing Partner of Sundowner Sustainability Consulting. She has broad experience in greenhouse gas verification programs and compiling greenhouse gas inventories. In addition, she managed the administration of a diesel emissions reduction engine repower program in the agricultural, construction and material handling sectors. She holds lead verifier certificates from the Climate Action Reserve in three sectors: Landfill, Livestock, and Ozone Depleting Substances. Her technical experience includes support for greenhouse gas emissions verifications in the electric power generation and electric utility sector, and for municipalities, solid waste management, and transportation sectors. Her experience includes the development, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas inventories submitted to The Climate Registry, Climate Action Reserve and California Air Resources Board. Ms. Farrell holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Environmental Studies and Geography from the University of California Santa Barbara; and is a recipient of the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from the UCSB Environmental Studies Program. Her academic achievements include Dean’s Honors and the Golden Key Honor Society. For professional development, Ms. Farrell has received training in ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems, ISO 14064-2006 and EU-ETS Aviation. Her current client projects focus on providing technical assistance for a variety of corporate environmental certification and reporting programs. |