As Manager of the Energy and Sustainability Services Group (ESS), Mr. Meffert oversees the development and dissemination of sustainable management practices in industry.  These activities include energy efficiency assessments, deployment of innovative energy and environmental technologies, process optimization studies, implementation of management systems for continual improvement, and pollution prevention/waste minimization assessments in the manufacturing sector, including food processing, apparel, printing, chemical, primary and fabricated metals, and textile. Current duties also include Director of the Georgia Tech Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Meffert has conducted and produced over 200 assessment reports in 20 years resulting in over $20 million in energy savings.  A major emphasis of ESS is providing assistance to industry with implementation of management systems for energy and the environment. Recently, this work has led to development of a plant certification program for industrial energy efficiency based on an energy management system standard developed at Georgia Tech.

With several other faculty members, developed the first U.S. energy management system standard entitled ANSI/MSE 2000.  Adoption of the standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) occurred on April 6, 2000.  Currently, Mr. Meffert is assisting U.S. DOE with the administration of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group for development of an ISO international energy management standard, ISO 50001.  Recently, Mr. Meffert served on Governor Perdue's State Energy Policy Council which developed the first Georgia State Energy Strategy.

At Thermax, Inc., a small startup company, duties included the design, development, and testing of a natural gas-fired, adsorption heat pump.  Performed adsorption/refrigerant pair testing, installed a data acquisition system and developed associated software, and modeled designs for performance effectiveness.

At Combustion Engineering, Inc., developed computer models for the thermal transients and associated stresses in nuclear steam supply systems (reactor vessels, steam generators, and pressurizers).  Installed a tube sheet boroscope in a steam generator of nuclear power plant.