RCEI ASSOCIATE

RICHARD F. TOPPING P.E.
Mr. Topping, formerly Vice President and Director of Arthur D. Little, Inc., and Director of TIAX LLC, a technology development and consulting firm formed from ADL's Technology and Innovation business, opened RFTopping Consultants LLC in 2006 to provide consulting services to the energy, appliance and HVAC industries.  To date, RFTopping Consultants has provided strategic business consulting and international government relations assistance to a major appliance manufacturer; product planning assistance to an HVAC component manufacturer; worked with RCEI in developing Green guidelines for gas equipment in high efficiency housing; helped the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers develop an approach to challenge a state regulatory attempt to weaken Federal NAECA pre-emption legislation; and for the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (now AHRI) , coordinated an industry response to impending U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regulations for residential furnaces and boilers. 

Mr. Topping received a B.S.M.E. with honors from Tufts University and an M.S.M.E. from MIT.  He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  He is also a member of two professional societies; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) where he has served on the Refrigerator and Water Heater Technical Committees. He has authored numerous publications and has two patents.