Eme Consulting Engineering Group

Established in 1987, EME Consulting Engineering Group, LLC (EME) provides professional engineering and sustainability services to local, state, and federal governments; healthcare; education; multifamily; industrial; and commercial sector clients throughout the country and around the world. Our services focus on engineered solutions to provide building energy efficiency through energy auditing and modeling; green building consulting; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design; commissioning and retro-commissioning; renewable energy; financial analysis of energy efficient upgrades; energy code and regulatory compliance; and system optimization. Our team has decades of experience in efficient project management and cost-effective implementation of energy efficiency. Our resourceful staff is comprised of licensed professional engineers (PE) and registered architects (RA), Certified Commissioning Authorities (CxA), ASHRAE Commissioning Process Management Professionals (CPMP), Building Energy Assessment Professionals (BEAP), Certified Energy Managers (CEM), USGBC LEED accredited professionals, ASHRAE healthcare facility design professionals (HFPP), and ASHRAE Certified Energy Auditors (CEA). Our firm is active in local and national chapters of ASHRAE, AEE, USGBC, and BCxA.

Our Leadership Team

Michael McNamara, PE, CPMP, is a founding partner of EME. He is an expert in optimization and implementing sustainable design practices in existing buildings. Erik Neumann, PE, is responsible for many of the daily firm operations including program administration, quality control, marketing, and financial management. Under his direction, the firm has grown since 1987 to provide a full range of professional building-related services including energy analysis, design, sustainability, and commissioning. Neville Burrows, PE, LEED AP, BEMP, CEM, CPMP, is a principal in charge of the firm's energy analysis group. Michael Stritch, PE, BCxP, LEED AP, serves as EME's director of commissioning with extensive experience in commissioning, energy conservation, engineering design, and construction administration. Jim Priolo, PE, is the director of technical services, responsible for ensuring technical excellence and code compliance throughout the company's portfolio of projects. Jose Higgins, RA, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is the director of sustainability, responsible for the EME Group's green programs. J. David Houle, PE, LEED AP, CEM, CEA, oversees EME Group's Albany, New York office, primarily managing firm projects located in Upstate New York. Joseph Ho, PE, BEMP, CPMP, LEED AP BD+C, is a senior associate with EME Group. Jake Grabiner, PE, BCxP, oversees EME's Local Law 87 (LL87) services.