Chris Pinkowski

Chris joined the Michaels team in January 2007. He is an experienced engineer who manages the Industrial New Construction program within the Implementation Group. Those efforts include performing design assistance and energy simulations for commercial buildings and investment grade analysis of industrial process equipment opportunities for new industrial facilities. Specific tools used include automated DOE-2 simulations, Equest, OpenStudio, and numerous spreadsheet calculations. Chris has been certified by ASHRAE as a BEMP (Building Energy Modeling Professional) and is also a certified LEED professional that has served as energy modeler or facilitator for over a dozen LEED projects.

Chris graduated in 1985 from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. From there, he served as an engineer in the navy for five years, worked a couple years as a project engineer for a Pacific Valves, a couple more as technical support staff for WI Demand-Side Demonstrations, and then taught high school math and physics for ten years before coming to Michaels.

Chris has two children Samuel and Jane (and two cats Pebble and Petra). Some of Chris’s favorite activities are watching movies, playing cards, enjoying the outdoors, or gardening.