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 data centers, schools, offices, stores, laboratories, external flow around buildings, natural ventilation, and many other building applications.• 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.