Maria Quiñones is a Project Engineer for the Commercial Sustainability Services team at Southface, an environmental nonprofit located in Atlanta, GA. Her work concentrates on analyzing and implementing energy and water efficiency and conservation projects for both commercial facilities in the metro area. Her efforts primarily focus on the Grants to Green program for nonprofits, the Advanced Commercial Building Initiative for light public commercial properties, and the Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge. Maria has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Building Construction and Facility Management degree from Georgia Tech.