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Alex supports manufacturing and commercial clients — including longstanding partners like Pratt & Whitney — as they navigate the complexities of reducing energy waste and lowering carbon emissions. Sometimes that means organizing information. Sometimes it means organizing people. Always, it’s about helping others see their path forward more clearly.

One of her core responsibilities is helping clients access utility incentives that can offset the cost of energy efficiency projects. For a client like Pratt & Whitney, that means managing paperwork, coordinating timelines, and ensuring that funds are going toward meaningful energy efficiency improvements.

That kind of work can take months or even years to come to fruition. At Pratt & Whitney’s East Hartford campus, Alex recently helped push forward a long-delayed project to overhaul their cooling plant — a system that not only keeps people comfortable, but also supports critical manufacturing processes.

“When one system tries to serve both comfort and production, it can cause problems,” Alex explains.

The dual purpose had previously created conflicts and downtime, but the Loureiro team helped align utility incentives with the client’s needs and got the right stakeholders back to the table. The project is now nearing completion and is expected to save 1.7 million kilowatt hours annually — the equivalent of $178,000 in energy costs — with $470,000 in utility incentives helping to fund the $600,000 investment.

Those kinds of numbers are impressive on their own, but Alex sees the bigger picture. “This project almost fell through the cracks,” she says. “But with our relationship with the utility and our relationship with the client, we were able to get it back on track and deliver real impact.”

That collaborative mindset is central to how Alex works. Another upcoming project — focused on sealing up older concrete buildings at a Pratt & Whitney facility — involves everything from fixing broken window panes to testing for lead and asbestos. It’s a team effort across Loureiro’s divisions, and Alex plays a key role in coordinating those moving parts, helping the client understand not just what to do, but how best to do it.

“It’s about looking at a problem from multiple angles,” she says. “Bringing in our environmental folks, our construction team—whatever it takes to give the client the clearest path forward.”

The field of energy efficiency is shifting. Where clients once focused on lowering their utility bills, many are now aiming to reduce their overall carbon footprint. That change has expanded the scope of Alex’s work — and deepened its impact. The conversation is no longer just about saving money, but about long-term sustainability.

“Clients aren’t just asking how to use less energy — they’re asking what kind of energy they’re using,” she says. “It changes how we think about solutions.”

When she’s not focused on spreadsheets or site assessments, Alex finds balance in an entirely different arena — the field hockey pitch. She’s a member of the USA Field Hockey Masters Program and has represented the U.S. in international tournaments, playing against teams from Argentina, Germany, South Africa, and Australia. Tryouts for the next World Cup cycle kick off in August, and Alex is already back on the field preparing.