Bart Bales Email & Phone Number

Massachusetts

Bart Bales, PE MSME, provides energy analysis, design, and implementation of high- performance, energy-efficient and renewable energy systems for buildings and facilities with “whole-systems”, building science-based approach. Bart is a registered PE in MA, CT, NY, RI, and VT & has a national NCEES PE file. Energy engineering experience includes facility energy studies for efficiency measures, cogeneration systems, solar electric, solar thermal, & windpower systems. Mr. Bales has… Show more Bart Bales, PE MSME, provides energy analysis, design, and implementation of high- performance, energy-efficient and renewable energy systems for buildings and facilities with “whole-systems”, building science-based approach. Bart is a registered PE in MA, CT, NY, RI, and VT & has a national NCEES PE file. Energy engineering experience includes facility energy studies for efficiency measures, cogeneration systems, solar electric, solar thermal, & windpower systems. Mr. Bales has developed & codified energy analysis methodologies. He developed trainings for energy auditors & on solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, daylighting controls and other lighting controls. HVAC design emphasizes on high-performance systems sucIncluding condensing hydronic boilers, temperature controls & energy management systems; ductwork & hydronic piping , heat recovery ventilation: efficient chillers & heat pumps: steam boiler replacement & steam-to-hydronic distribution system conversion; and other high-performance technologies.Mr. Bales has provided energy engineering, HVAC & solar design, analysis, & advising services to utilities, commercial clients, institutions and government agencies for more than twenty years. Through incentive programs & long-term contracts with the MA Divisions of Energy Resources (DOER) & Capital Asset Management (DCAM), Bart has completed numerous comprehensive building audits & surveys; cogeneration fuel cell, solar electric application & windpower feasibility studies; ESCO oversight; & developed sustainable design guidelines for state facilities. With Solar Works, he developed turn-key solar electric and solar hot water projects. Mr. Bales is well-versed electrical efficiency measures including lighting, lighting controls, high efficiency motors, variable speed drives & other electrical measures & has a good background in building science & approaches for improving building enclosure performance.. Show less

HVAC, Mechanical & Energy Engineering Services for Buildings & Facilities; Energy Efficiency; Energy Engineering Services for Solar Electric. (Note: In August of 2010, transitioned from employee to energy engineering consultant role under mechanical services sub-contract.)

Bart Bales was Senior Engineer of the RISE Engineering Division of Thielsch Engineering, Inc. For RISE Engineering, he developed and conducted energy analyses for specific technologies and applications and provided comprehensive energy audits and feasibility studies for energy efficient retrofits for buildings. He has provided energy efficiency engineering services for the incentive programs provided by National Grid, Bay State programs and the Cape Light Compact as well as solar electric… Show more Bart Bales was Senior Engineer of the RISE Engineering Division of Thielsch Engineering, Inc. For RISE Engineering, he developed and conducted energy analyses for specific technologies and applications and provided comprehensive energy audits and feasibility studies for energy efficient retrofits for buildings. He has provided energy efficiency engineering services for the incentive programs provided by National Grid, Bay State programs and the Cape Light Compact as well as solar electric design services for (MMWEC) municipal utilities. Mr. Bales has also provided HVAC and solar design services for steam boiler replacement, condensing hydronic boilers, HVAC design, steam-to-hydronic distribution system conversion, heat recovery ventilation, temperature controls, ground-source heat pumps with heat exchangers and related wells, and solar electric systems. Show less

Engineering & studies for energy efficiency & renewables. Comprehensive, whole building energy studies. Consulting to state agencies under long-term contracts. HVAC and building automation controls. Solar electric and solar thermal design and project development. Specialized technology investigations: engine-driven cogeneration systems; fuel cells; pool room dehumidification.As principal of Bales Energy Associates, an energy engineering consulting practice in Northampton, MA for 16… Show more Engineering & studies for energy efficiency & renewables. Comprehensive, whole building energy studies. Consulting to state agencies under long-term contracts. HVAC and building automation controls. Solar electric and solar thermal design and project development. Specialized technology investigations: engine-driven cogeneration systems; fuel cells; pool room dehumidification.As principal of Bales Energy Associates, an energy engineering consulting practice in Northampton, MA for 16 years, Mr. Bales provided energy engineering and energy advising services to individual clients and institutions and under long-term contracts with the Massachusetts Division of Energy Research (DOER) and the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM). Services included comprehensive building audits, surveys, cogeneration studies, fuel cell studies, solar electric application studies, and windpower feasibility assessments, as well as energy service company (ESCO) oversight, development of sustainability guidelines for state facilities, and energy and sustainability advising services.Mr. Bales has also developed turn-key solar electric and solar hot water projects and served as a consulting and research engineer where he conducted technical energy audits and studies and was part of a research team which developed daylighting software for the Electric Power Research Institute. He also developed and provided auditor seminars and daylighting presentations and reviewed design manuals for daylighting controls and other lighting controls.He provided comprehensive energy audits, modernization studies, and HVAC design services. He also helped develop energy auditing software and provided auditor training in the use of the software. Show less

Msme, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's and Master's Energy option: Research - Projects: Combined heat & power and district heating; Wind.

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