For several decades, Scott Sklar has been one of the country’s leading experts on solar energy and other renewables.  He is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, teaching three interdisciplinary courses on sustainable energy, and sustainable energy director of GWU’s Environment & Management Institute (EEM).  He is also president of The Stella Group, Ltd., a global technical firm for clean distributed energy users and companies.

Sklar began his energy career serving nine years as an energy and military aid for New York Senator Jacob Javits.  In this position, he cofounded the Congressional Solar Coalition, which successfully promoted early legislation for renewables.  After leaving Congress, he worked at the National Center for Appropriate Technology for three years, then at the Solar Lobby, created by major environmental groups, for an additional three years as political director.  For the next 15 years, Sklar headed the Solar Energy Industries Association and National Biomass Industries Association.  Since 2000, he has led The Stella Group, Ltd.

Sklar has written and lectured extensively on solar and other clean technologies, including the publication of two books.  He has held positions at several universities, including CATIE, a sustainable energy graduate university based in Costa Rica.  He has served on the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy & Technology and on the Department of Commerce’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee.   He has spoken at many conferences.  And Sklar practices what he preaches.  He lives in a self-powered solar/geothermal home and works in a zero-energy solar/wind/fuel cell self-powered office building.