Christopher Wark, Principal

Christopher Wark has over 30 years of multidisciplinary engineering experience providing mechanical, analytical, and electronics support and services to manufacturers, universities and national labs. For the past 16 years, he has focused his efforts on the development and promotion of technical solutions in architecture and construction.

In addition to founding Wark Energy Consulting, Chris has worked for engineering firms in New York and California, most recently as Associate with BuroHappold Engineering, serving as Technical Manager of the Analytics group in their New York office where he provided oversight and specialty analysis on 27 different projects. Previously, he provided energy analysis, CFD modeling and LEED consulting services for WSP Flack + Kurtz, Vidaris, subsidiaries of the Integral Group, and served as a Technical Sales Manager for Mentor Graphics Mechanical Analysis Division (formerly Flomerics Inc.), offering CFD energy and air flow analysis solutions for engineers and architects.

In 2002, Chris established SHADE Consulting / Green Roof Innovations with his wife Wendy. With SHADE, Chris developed and marketed several innovative modular eco-roof systems, a roof system heat transfer and cost computer program, and conducted green roof system heat transfer analyses for 5 major cities and organizations. In 2010, he developed a modular planting system in partnership with Guiyang Chuangjia High-Tech Accelerator Co. LTD in Guiyang, China.

Chris has also been involved in other thermodynamic related work, including advanced engine research and fuel cell system development at Caterpillar Inc. and laser development at Lawrence Livermore National Lab and 2 private research laser development companies. He has presented at numerous conferences, has several articles published on a wide variety of engineering topics, and has had the privilege of working directly with several universities, including Stanford’s Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) program.

Chris holds Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering (with a minor in Materials Science Engineering) from Washington State University. His graduate work focused on thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and combustion.

A detailed CV can be found here.