Carl “Carell” Lehrburger
I am a retired renewable energy entrepreneur, executive manager, researcher, and environmental activist with a 50-year career in the environmental technology sector. My professional endeavors included extensive experience in the solar energy, resource recovery, waste management, recycling, and biomass utilization industries. Now retired, I remain committed to advancing global clean tech initiatives, reducing GHG emissions, promoting increased biomass utilization, and advocating for environmental restoration and sustainable development via collaboratory initiatives.
With a background in exploring sacred sites throughout the Americas, in 2015 I published Secrets of Ancient America: Archaeoastronomy and the Legacy of the Phoenicians, Celts, and other Foreign Explorers. During 2024 I published my second book, More Than Meets the Eye: (re)Discovering Portable Rock Art. My New History of America Rock Art / Artfacts pages provide a look-see into a whole new world of art, archaeology and history. I continue regular excursions including rock art, archaeoastronomy and sacred site journeys related to the New History.
Education: Bachelor of Arts, University of Colorado (Sociology major) 1973.
Professional Skillsets and Expertise
- Excellent communicator, meeting facilitator, public speaker, leader and team player.
- Writing capabilities include business plans and planning documentation; business outreach (brochures, web copy, public releases); Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); internal written communications (board and meeting minutes) and articles for trade publications.
- Grant writing/management. Managed and participated in successful grant proposals to DOE, NSF, and more recently an award from the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
- Fund raising. An experienced fundraiser in the private sector including facilitating many successful private placements. Familiar with equity financing pathways including IPO’s, private equity, technology licensing and JV financing.
- Successfully developed grant proposals and participated in successful awards under DOE, NSF and most recently served as Project Manager for an award from the Colorado Department of Agriculture; served as Assistant Program Manager for multimillion dollar government grants.
- Management experience includes performing diverse roles in project management, program management and senior executive management jobs related to advancing/deploying renewable energy technologies and projects.
- Advocacy roles across a broad spectrum of environmental issues including renewables, resource recovery, waste reduction, recycling, waste management.
Professional Experience
1996-2024: PureVision Technology, Inc., Director, Corporate Secretary and Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Lehrburger served in a senior role inclusive of executive management and business development advancing biomass utilization solutions, sustainable papermaking and bioplastics. Served as Corporate Secretary and Board Secretary inclusive of record keeping responsibilities.
1992-1996: PureVision Technology, Inc., Co-Founder, Director, and President.
1988-1992: Energy Answers Corporation (EAC, Albany NY), Recycling Manager. Responsible for establishing recycling programs for SEMASS (Cape Cod, MA) resource recovery project. Also worked under the senior VP as part of a business development team which established JVs with Exxon and other large companies.
1988-1991: Performed solid waste assessments and life cycle analyses on reusable vs. disposable products for thee trade associations including completing a comprehensive Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) comparing disposable and reusable diapers.
1987-1995: Solid Waste Management Consultant. Engaged in public and private sector recycling projects in New England including newspaper recycling and demolition waste wood recycling projects.
1974-1981: Solar Technology Corporation (Denver, Colorado). Founder, CEO, and Marketing Director. Responsible for establishing 8-state dealer network for installing energy conversation equipment.
1973-74: Director, Environmental Center, University of Colorado, Boulder CO.
1969-81: Organizer for successful ballot initiative banning nuclear testing in Colorado; a steering committee member for the Rocky Flats Action Group which led mass protests and the closure of the nuclear weapons facility.
Professional Reports and Papers
“An Emerging Biorefining Technology for the Pulp and Paper Industry”, Carl Lehrburger, Richard Wingerson PhD, Ed Lehrburger, World Renewable Energy Conference VIII, Denver CO, January 2004, Conference proceedings.
“An Emerging Biorefining Platform: Lignocellulosic Biomass Processing Using Reactive Fractionation Technology”, Richard Wingerson PhD, Ed Lehrburger, Carl Lehrburger. World Renewable Energy Conference VIII, Denver CO, 1/2004.
“Preliminary Feasibility Study: Recovering Cattle Manure Using the PureVision Technology”, April 2003, Report to Colorado Commission on Higher Education.
“USPS Denver Waste Characterization & Materials Management Study”, 1/1998, with S. Goodman under contract to the U.S. Postal Service Western Area.
“Preliminary Feasibility Report on Producing Ethanol Fuel from U.S. Postal Service Paper Wastes: Phase I Investigative Study”, November 1, 1997, completed under contract to the U.S. Postal Service, Western Area.
“A Solid Waste and Laundering Assessment of Selected Reusable and Disposable Products”, Jocelyn Mullen and Carl Lehrburger, 1991 (Textile Rental Services Association and Institute of Industrial Launderers).
“Diapers: Environmental Impacts and Lifecycle Analysis”, Carl Lehrburger, Jocelyn Mullen, C.V. Jones, January 1991 (National Association of Diaper Services).
“Diapers In the Waste Stream: A Review of Waste Management and Public Policy Issues”, Carl Lehrburger, January 1989 (National Association of Diaper Services).
“Out of Sight out of Mind: The Disposable Diaper Myth”, Carl Lehrburger and Rachel Snyder, Whole Earth Review, Fall 1988.
Books Related to Petroglyphs, Archaeoastronomy, Ancient inscriptions, Portable Rock Art
2015, Secrets of Ancient America: Archaeoastronomy and the Legacy of the Phoenicians, Celts, and Other Forgotten Explorers, Bear & Co., 2015. (Amazon and Inner Traditions).
2023, More Than Meets the Eye: (re)Discovering Portable Rock Art. New History of America. (Amazon).
Articles by Carl Lehrburger
2005, ‘Ancient Colorado Rock Art Site Employs Light Animation to Mark Equinoxes: Astronomical Alignments Predate Anasazi Civilization’ Part One, In Ancient American, Issue 65, 10:12; Part Two, In Ancient American, Issue 66, 10:15-19.
2006, ‘The Anubis Caves: Evidence of Mithraism and Celtic Religion in the Oklahoma Panhandle’ Part One, In Ancient American, Issue 68, 11:8-12; ‘The Anubis Caves: Mithraic Religion in the Oklahoma Panhandle’ Part Two, In Ancient American, Issue 69, 11:26-30.
2006, Carl Lehrburger and Kean Scott Monahan, ‘Evidence of Old-World Travelers in Colorado: The Sun Temple and Crack Cave’ in Ancient American, Issue 70, 11:2-17.
2010 “Ancient Micro Art Discovery, California Heliolithic Petroglyph Animation Revealed on Equinox –Old World Origin Proposed” in Ancient American, Issue 87, 14:20-23.
2019, “Lost Rock Art Found — Portable Rock Art – Changing Archaeology Forever?” Carell, Published in Ancient American Magazine.
2020, “Petroglyphic Features of Portable Rock Art”, Ancient Origins Magazine https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/portable-rock-art-0014678.
