About Steve
Steve spent a third year building his small startup
company focused on residential energy
efficiency.
Funded by federal stimulus grants
targeting energy efficiency, and powered by an
international team of software experts, web designers, a
local non-profit, staff from participating towns, and
partner Lisa, the company started rolling out the new
service to six local communities in the Bay Area last
Spring.
There's lots of work left to do, but results so far look
promising.
This effort took up most of Steve's time & energy during 2011. Other highlights below.
Steve bikes around town whenever possible. He and some
friends also did a 70-mile ride around
Lake Tahoe (left) and he and Lisa went to Colorado and
Utah to go riding (right, at Monument Valley).
He also runs a lot, mostly on trails, and now occasionally
barefoot.
Here he is running in the snow at Tahoe (luckily he still
had his five-finger shoes on).
He turned 50 but that did not stop him
from trying
to keep up with Eric. He got to try rowing
again
over the summer. Here he is in a UC Davis
boat with Eric on parent's weekend.
He loves to play with the dogs. Sirius is
still his favorite running buddy, but Shuma occasionally
joins them too.
He tried fixing lots of things around the house,
from a water leak to Eric's SuperCharger.
He joined Lisa on a hiking trip through the High Sierras this summer. He brought the wine.
He also spent lots of time with many great friends this year, at reunions,
running/biking trips and a whole bunch of 50th birthday parties.
And throughout the year he managed to take breaks
from trying to
save the environment to go out and enjoy it.
