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Dhananjay Mangalekar, LEED AP

Energy Engineer/Program Manager
EMCOR Energy Services

Dhananjay ensures that organizations applying for energy incentives from local utilities will get the energy savings they expect. To do this, he oversees a team of energy engineers, providing technical help when needed, while keeping projects moving forward, upholding quality standards and maintaining schedules. On energy incentive applications, Dhananjay and his team conduct site inspections to verify existing equipment specifications. They then review the submitted energy savings calculations, ensure that they are sound and, if necessary, recalculate and adjust savings according to program guidelines. He also updates the utility regularly on each project's status. In addition, Dhananjay helps utilities evaluate the energy-saving potential of various types of equipment and technologies. Throughout the process, his major objective is to reduce energy consumption and protect the environment. In 2007, Dhananjay and his team helped achieve energy savings of 44-million kilowatt hours.

Expertise

Dhananjay began his career in India, first as a trainee and then as a shop floor supervisor with M/S Copeland Corporation. Later, he took a position as energy engineer with Itron, where he worked on the California Energy Commission's "Commercial End Use Energy Survey" project. During this time, he became skilled at calibrating utility billing data to building simulation models created from information gathered during on-site surveys. As a result, he simulated and calibrated more than 582 buildings. Prior to taking his current post, he worked as an energy engineer with VaCom Technologies. There, he provided design and analysis assistance for utility-related programs. This included analyses of refrigeration, HVAC, lighting and other energy-consuming systems for refrigerated warehouses, supermarkets, food processing facilities, dairy plants, wineries and similar facilities.

Dhananjay holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Shivaji University and a master's in mechanical engineering from San Diego State University. As part of his master's work, he investigated ways to improve the performance of wave energy turbines that convert ocean wave energy into electricity. While completing this research, he co-developed the concept of a flexible turbine blade and designed a flexible free vortex blade. These improve a turbine's part-load performance and make this renewable energy source more attractive by increasing the possibility of generating electricity even in areas with low wave energy potential.   

Dhananjay is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Refrigerating Engineers and Technicians Association (RETA). The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has accredited him as a LEED professional.

The Personal Side
Married and the father of a baby boy, Dhananjay enjoys reading magazines and professional publications.