Sergio Dias Consulting

Sergio Dias, president and owner of Sergio Dias Consulting, has been a resident of Spain since 2017, having previously lived in the US Pacific Northwest and Mexico.  His international expertise gives him a unique perspective and an ability to understand a wide variety of views.  He has a strong commitment to ensuring a balance between economical well being and environmental care. 

“I believe we can thrive only if we can find the healthy balance between our desire to expand and thrive economically and our need to protect our environment.  It will require a deep change in the way we approach our everyday decisions but I believe this is a challenge that more and more people, businesses, and politicians in every city, region, and country are ready to accept and a challenge that sustainability, decarbonization, and energy efficiency programs can help address.”

In 2001 Mr. Dias left a highly successful career as a senior manager in the hi-tech sector to apply his skills, experience, and knowledge to what were then relatively unknown fields: renewable energy and energy efficiency.  In 2006 he joined the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and successfully led the region’s first industry-wide effort to "transform" a market through unique partnerships with executives from manufacturers, NGO's, energy providers, and both state and national governments. 

Now he dedicates his work to ensuring organizations of all size and type take the steps needed to mitigate the climate issues that face us.

“Every business individual I’ve had the privilege of working with, whether public servants or executive, management or line staff, cares about the quality of the air they breath, the water they drink and the food they eat.  They are all citizens, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.  Given the opportunity and provided the right support, I believe businesses can and will be at the forefront of any sustainability efforts, finding solutions to the problems we face and working hand in hand with government agencies, businesses, energy utilities, and non-profit organizations to save money, better train individuals and employees, and reduce their environmental impact.”

With strong speaking, leadership, facilitation, strategic planning and business skills, Mr. Dias leads programs that are visionary, effective, and have a significant, positive environmental impact.

In 2009 Mr. Dias founded Sergio Dias Consulting to forward his vision of making sustainability and energy efficiency part of the culture in industry and society.

Commitment To Sustainability

Our company began tracking our carbon footprint in 2017.  We reduce our footprint every year and have a goal to be zero emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2028 and zero net-energy by 2030.  Below are details on how we are tracking to our goal:

Our baseline year is August 2017 to July 2018, with a carbon footprint of 24,000 pounds of CO2e emitted (18,000 Scope 1 and 2, 6,000 Scope 3).  Our emissions that year were created through: 

1. 46% heating of our buildings 
2. 22% driving our cars
3. 7% our use of electricity
4. 25% our airplane travel

In 2022-2023, we reduced our emissions to 10,800 pounds, a 57% reduction.  Key actions we have taken include:

1. Installing a high-efficiency, condensing boiler in 2018
2. Purchasing only zero-GHG emitting electricity since 2018
3. Installing solar panels in 2020, sized to power all our electricity needs and to drive 10k miles a year (3.6kw system)
4. Purchasing two electric cars in 2021 as well as a charger that allows us to charge from the excess from our solar production.
5. Installing heat pumps in 2 of our 3 floors in 2022 

Our emissions came from:

1. 65% heating our building and water
2. 35% air travel (one international trip)

Our 2023-2024 goal is 9,800 pounds.  We will meet this by:

1. Using heat pumps (powered by renewable energy), rather than a boiler (powered by natural gas), to heat the top two floors of our building.
2. Limiting our air travel to one international trip and one domestic trip.