COOLSYS ENERGY DESIGN - Key Persons
For over 40 years, Allan Samuels was the founder, managing partner, and president of CoolSys Energy Design, formerly Energy Squared. He is a distinguished expert in the supermarket and multifamily building engineering industries. His passion for energy optimization, sustainability, and solving tough challenges helped make CoolSys Energy Design the "go-to" firm that it is today. Allan now serves as a key technical advisor to the business.
Job Titles:
- GENERAL MANAGER
- VICE PRESIDENT
Ben Rosenzweig brings his broad experience with the commercial, industrial, and large-scale residential markets to CoolSys Energy Design to lead the company, projects, and clients towards a more sustainable, lower carbon emissions, and more energy-efficient future every day. Starting his career at ExxonMobil prior to joining Energy Squared, which then became CoolSys Energy Design, he has worked his way into the company's leadership role and brings many years of wide-ranging experience with him. Ben focuses on creating an environment where his passion for innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurialism drive both the success of the engineers and designers working for the company as well as the projects that our clients trust us to develop.
Ben is a graduate of the College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Lehigh University with both a bachelor's and master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer throughout the United States
Chris has over 15 years experience in construction management, and offers a wealth of knowledge and experience in resolving on-site construction problems and issues. Chris has a unique capability of uncovering solutions to complex MEPR construction related issues. Chris has many years of involvement with plumbing design, bidding, cost estimating and commissioning which has been an invaluable addition to CoolSys Energy Design services, particularly with cold storage distribution facilities, supermarkets and big box retailers/wholesalers.
A graduate of the University of Delaware, Chris has spent two decades focusing on sustainability and energy efficiency. He is an active member of the ASPE (American Society of Plumbing Engineers) and the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association).
With over 40 years of domestic and international facility engineering experience, Clive is a recognized leader in many aspects of building engineering and design, with a specific emphasis and passion for the design and development of optimized HVAC, refrigeration, and building automation systems for commercial and industrial facilities around the world. After serving as a founder and president of the business for over 40 years, Clive now serves as a key technical advisor to CoolSys Energy Design.
Job Titles:
- DIRECTOR / CALIFORNIA
- Director for CoolSys Energy Design Responsible for the California
Paul Kim is the Director for CoolSys Energy Design responsible for the California office's operations. He has over 17 years of industry experience that he brings to the table on each and every project he is involved in. From starting as an engineering estimator at the beginning of his career, Paul has been close to and involved in the MEPR-built environment for the majority of his working life.
Paul is a motivating and enthusiastic leader who puts his people first and always ensures that client's needs are met.
Job Titles:
- Director
- DIRECTOR / TEXAS
Shane Best is a Director for CoolSys Energy Design with over 25 years of industry experience. He oversees the operations of a team of design and engineering professionals who support the engineering needs of customers in diverse markets nationwide. He has a strong business acumen. He is adept at motivating business teams to get results and leveraging relationship building, empowering employees to increase revenue and optimize business.
Shane is a Licenced Professional Engineer with an Electrical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University and a master's in business from Southern Methodist University. He has a Commissioning Authority certification from the Association of Energy Engineers.
He has served on several non-profit and civic boards and has acquired his Advanced Toastmasters Certification, having founded a local organization in North Texas. He has been a member of IEEE since 1997, when he was the Branch Chapter Founder and Chairman of the Power Electronics and Engineering Association of IEEE at Texas A&M.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT and DIRECTOR / NEW JERSEY HQ
Yoram Perelman has over 25 years of experience in electrical engineering in a multitude of sectors including commercial, industrial, and retail building design. With a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Yoram has honed his competencies in many electrical facets such as power distribution, stand-by generation system design and building integration, lighting systems design, low-voltage systems and short circuit study and coordination. Of all the things in which he excels, Yoram's passion is the development of conceptual engineering for new construction projects that provide the basis for an energy-efficient, coordinated design. In fact, Yoram was the lead electrical engineer and project manager of the first Silver LEED certified supermarket in the US (pilot program) where he applied energy conservation strategies and incorporated technology to reduce the energy footprint of the project. During his tenure at CSA (Clive Samuels and Associates), Yoram quickly advanced into a Senior Project Management role due to his ability to handle large-scale national accounts. Yoram takes pride in his ability to personify the CoolSys Energy Design/Energy Squared mantra for innovative solutions, on-time delivery and meeting our client's construction and expansion design needs.