Christopher Wark Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Leading a startup company in the rapidly growing controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry.Creator of the pPod, a patented miniature, expandable greenhouse for container gardening on terraces and balconies, as well as a valuable tool for micro-farming.

New York City

Indoor Air Quality & Comfort Analysis - CFD modelingWhole-building energy modeling for all types of building projectsEnergy code compliance analysis

New York City

• Technical Manager of NY Analytics team
• Supervised energy modeling, specialized site analysis, and analysis QA/QC on 27 different projects, including 11 projects targeting LEED Gold or Platinum.
• Conducted CFD modeling on 7 projects covering a broad range of applications including comfort, infiltration, contaminant tracking, fire risk, condensation risk, and energy savings.
• Conducted whole-building energy modeling using eQUEST, IES-VE and Open Studio EnergyPlus.
• Advised in-house engineering teams and client design teams on building physics, optimization of architectural and mechanical designs for energy and comfort, and code/certification requirements.

New York

• Conducted whole-building energy modeling using eQUEST. Projects included 10 mixed-use residential and hotel buildings, 8 office buildings, 3 educational facilities, 3 manufacturing/warehouse facilities.
• Conducted CFD modeling on 3 projects, including an under-floor ventilation study for the UN Consolidation Building and comfort analyses for 2 residential projects.
• Provided mechanical design recommendations to in-house engineers and clients to improve energy efficiency of integrated design features.
• Prepared LEED EA credits for 15 projects and NYSERDA incentive documentation for 8 projects.

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted whole-building energy modeling using DOE-2.1e and eQUEST. Projects included 6 mixed-use buildings, 3 residential buildings, and 4 educational facilities in the New York City area.
• Conducted CFD modeling on 5 projects, including the Poff Roanoke Federal Building, Case Western Field House, and the new Whitney Museum of American Art.
• Provided advanced calculations for energy recovery, carbon credit, and PV studies on 6 projects.
• Conducted window replacement energy cost studies for Rockefeller Center and Olympic Tower.
• Prepared LEED EA credits for 8 projects and NYSERDA incentive documentation for 5 projects.

• Responsible for all North American business development and applications engineering of Flovent, a computational fluid dynamics ( CFD ) analysis and design software package for energy and air quality optimization of.
• Primary consultant on 3 major projects, providing energy and indoor air quality analysis of facilities for Safeway Inc., Parker-Hannifin Racor, and a major pharmaceutical company.
• Invited guest lecturer and course mentor on 2 architectural design projects at Stanford University.

• Established a consulting firm specializing in eco-roof and green roof design and analysis.
• Created a novel computer model describing heat transfer through vegetated roof systems. Developed and marketed an energy and cost assessment computer program based on the model.
• Designed and marketed 4 distinct rooftop vegetation container systems.

• Provided research and analysis for a new fuel cell program that explored various technologies with the goal of entering into commercial agreements with fuel cell manufacturers.
• Directed fuel systems research in Advanced Engines and Fuel Systems, Engine Research.
• Directed energy analysis of free piston engine experiments.

Mechanical and electronics engineering support for high-power laser projects.