Nick has served as a Project Manager and Lead Engineer for our Building Optimization Practice serving the Southeast United States from our Raleigh, North Carolina office for the last 5 years. As HEAPY continues to grow and expand, Nick is taking on the role of Technical Leader for the Building Optimization Practice supporting the colleague development and technical innovation striving to empower our teams to provide inspirational work for our clients and communities.

Nick brings more than 12 years of experience focused on energy, sustainability, and commissioning services to help reduce the impact of the built environment. He has extensive experience leading teams to successfully execute new building commissioning, retro-commissioning, energy auditing, controls system retrofits, and energy optimization projects for healthcare, science and technology, laboratories, GMP environments, mission-critical data centers, higher education, and K-12 facilities. Nick focuses on uncovering potential energy and cost savings, as well as maintenance efficiencies, to help facility owners drive real performance and conserve resources.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from Ohio University. Nick also has received the Energy Management Professional (EMP) accreditation from the Energy Management Association and has completed the Tridium Niagara 4 Technical Certification Training Program (TCP). As an ASHRAE Member, Nick has co-authored a white paper titled “Improving Data Center and Telecommunications System HVAC Design from Lessons Learned in Retro-Commissioning.”

He has a passion for helping reduce our impact on the built environment to conserve what we have on this earth for future generations, so they are afforded the opportunity to experience the natural beauty of our world. As an avid outdoorsman, Nick spends his free time backpacking, rock climbing, kayaking, and fishing. He has traveled to 24 National Parks (and counting), hiked around Mt. Rainier, and summited Mt. Whitney.