About the ERC

Michael J. Chimack
Principal Engineer

Education

• BS Mechanical Engineering
  Milwaukee School of Engineering
• MS Mechanical Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Mr. Chimack is the Principal Engineer who manages the Engineering Solutions Group at the Energy Resources Center. The group is comprised of research engineers, architects and graduate student research assistants who are interested in applied energy management with respect to the commercial, industrial, institutional and residential markets. The group’s projects range in scope from one-week design reviews to year-long, extensive energy conservation projects encompassing several million square feet of usable space.

Mr. Chimack is also the Assistant Director of the United States Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center, which resides at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The IAC consists of staff and graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines of the college of engineering. The student teams, together with faculty and staff conduct 25 one-day assessments of small to medium-sized manufacturing plants per year.

Currently, the Engineering Solutions Group is working on the following projects (sponsors in parentheses):

• UIC Energy Management Pilot Study
  (University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Facilities Management)
• Training Student Engineers Through Industrial Energy Conservation: The UIC Industrial Assessment Center
  (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Energy Conservation in U.S. Army Industrial Facilities
  (Construction Engineering Research Laboratory)
• Energy Reduction Through Practical Scheduled Maintenance
  (National Center for Energy Management and Building Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
• Mechanical Systems Technology Evaluation
  (National Center for Energy Management and Building Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
• Commissioning and Retrocommissioning of Commercial Buildings
  (National Center for Energy Management and Building Technology)
• Evaluation of LEED Certification Program for Buildings: A Case Study
  (National Center for Energy Management and Building Technology)
• Trilogy Recommissioning project
  (non-profit program)
• Total Assessment Audits - Energy Conservation in the Food and Kindred Products Industry
  (City of Chicago)

In addition to the project work, Mr. Chimack continues to explore collaborative energy-related projects with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA), the City of Chicago Department of the Environment, ComEd, NICOR, People’s Energy and the Chicago Manufacturing Center. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Illinois.

Contact Information:
Room # 206F
Tel : (312) 413-2321
e-mail: mchimack@uic.edu

The University of Illinois at Chicago
Energy Resources Center (MC 156)
1309 South Halsted Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, Illinois - 60607-7054.
Tel : (312) 996-4490
Fax : (312) 996-5620

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