Brendan O'Leary is a professional engineer with more than six years of site and sustainable design experience. His background is in land development and energy efficiency. At Tagos, Brendan’s focus is energy efficiency. He manages the building facilities engineering aspects for new construction and existing building retrofit projects as an implementer for Oncor’s Educational Facilities Program. Project types within the program include roofing, HVAC, lighting, and window tinting for a jurisdiction including over 75 independent schools districts and multiple college campuses throughout Texas. Brendan’s primary technical role is to inspect, verify accurate systems installation, and calculate the energy savings associated with each new construction or retrofit improvement project. Brendan works directly with school districts to assess their current energy use and identify ways to reduce their future use through equipment upgrades as well as behavioral modifications.

Prior to joining Tagos, Brendan was involved in sustainability focused land development projects and managed his previous engineering firm’s first LEED certified project, obtaining experience to win LEED certified projects totaling over $500,000 in fees. He has experience managing a group’s financial performance, staff workload, and office operations. Brendan has led project streamlining efforts, improving quality control procedures across multiple office locations for a national client, and thus reducing construction change orders by 20%. Brendan earned a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering, with Honors, from The University of Texas at Austin. Brendan is currently enrolled in the Duke University Cross Continent MBA Program, is LEED certified, and is a Development and Construction Committee member with the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.