Atul Krishna Kumar, Energy Consultant

Atul Krishna Kumar

Energy Consultant

Farnek Services LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Energy Enginnering
Experience
10 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 4 Months

Energy Consultant at Farnek Services LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2019

•Conduct ASHRAE Level I, II and III energy audits and technical studies aiming at profiling the energy consumption and efficiency of residential buildings, hotels, malls etc.

•Manage and support sustainability activities in FARNEK corporate head office and client sites.

•Conduct measurements at client facilities using specialized equipment such as power analyzers, flow meters, thermal cameras, etc

•Analyse and identify potential improvements to reduce building’s energy demand, describing working principles of the proposed retrofit and control solutions.

•Prepare and present energy audit report and other technical studies to the client containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.

•Energy Manager for The Dubai Fountain.

•Support energy management activities for Burj Khalifa and other EMAAR facilities.

•Conduct energy and sustainability awareness training for staff and clients.

•Energy analyst for the in-house energy analysis software Hotel Optimizer that serves more than 150 hotels across the globe.

•Advise and support the clients using Hotel Optimizer in initiatives to be implemented to achieve yearly program targets using international benchmarking, program management skills and critical analysis.

•Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.

•Research and implementation of the latest innovative technologies to be used in the various projects.

•Implement and coordinate retrofit projects.

•Help the corporate clients in assessing the environmental performance by the carbon (CO2e) reductions targets and achievements.

•Help the clients to reduce and offset their carbon emissions.

•Supporting the energy and water modules for Green Globe audits.

•Exposure to energy monitoring utilising IoT.

SENIOR HVAC AND SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEER at BOI General Trading LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2017 to August 2019

•Responsibilities include Estimation, Calculation, and Design of HVAC air ducts for our production unit( DWJ Air Ducts ) in Belgium, in accordance with the needs of our clients around Europe.

•Team Lead for the estimation, calculation, and design of HVAC air ducts.

•Develop Energy Awareness programs

•Support the sustainability team for the effective energy management of the production unit.

•Support the development of sustainability programs.

•Checking the air ducts for leakages using Thermal Imaging Camera.

Hvac Engineer at TORQUE MEP Consultancy
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2016 to August 2016

•Heat Load Calculation using Carrier E20 manual calculation

•HVAC Designing and drafting of commercial buildings using AutoCAD and Hourly Analysis Program

•Pump size and hydraulic head calculation for Chilled water in pipe sizing

•Duct design and Sheet metal calculation

•Lead writer on all reports

•Excellent knowledge of HVAC systems

•Familiar with the Chilled Water piping and Air Duct layouts

•Supervising equipment installation

•Checked Chilled water pipe insulations and Air Ducts for leakages using Thermal Imaging Camera

•Measuring chilled water flows to check if it is according to the design

Energy Engineer at GTCS
  • India
  • February 2014 to December 2015

•Successfully carried out Chilled Water Re-Balancing of Lulu International Mall, Kochi. (Largest Shopping Mall in India)

•Successfully carried out Chilled Water Re-Balancing of Park Hyatt Resort and Spa, Goa. (5-Star luxury resort housing 250 guestrooms and suites). Had sole responsibility of carrying out this assignment.

•Successfully carried out Chilled Water Re-Balancing of Grand Hyatt, Goa. (5-Star luxury resort)

•Skilled in using Ultrasonic Flow Meter, Anemometer and Thermal Imaging Camera.

•Member of the Energy Engineering team with full responsibility for strategic planning and leadership of all Energy related activities.

• Lead writer on all reports

•Exposure to Solar PV

•Have recommended On Site Solar Energy Generation using Solar PV of 80 kWp and 215 kWp as part of Energy audit recommendations.

•Was responsible for the coordination of Energy Audits, associated time lines and managing the auditors for the successful execution of the Energy Audit.

•Was responsible for producing the Energy Audit report as required by the client.

•Successfully executed the Energy Audit of Lulu International Mall, Kochi.

•Successfully executed the Energy Audit of Park Hyatt Resort and Spa, Goa.

•Excellent knowledge of HVAC systems

•Exposure to Boilers and Hot Water Generators

• Familiar with the Chilled Water piping and Air Duct layouts

•Measuring and calculating the actual performances of Chillers and Cooling Towers

•Checked Chilled water pipe insulations and Air Ducts for leakages using Thermal Imaging Camera

•Calculated existing Air Flow rates using Anemometer

•Exposure to BMS

•Worked with building managers to create energy efficient systems.

•Inspected the HVAC system for commercial buildings

•Tested HVAC equipment and reviewed maintenance records

•Offered recommendations to enhance the performance of the existing systems.

Research and Development Paid Intern at Avasarala technologies
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 2013 to January 2014

Paid intern at the R&D department in the Space Division of Avasarala Technologies Ltd, which manufactures Heat Pipes and Wave Guides exclusively for ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).

•Researched and worked on Loop Heat Pipes.

•Successfully completed a project on
"The Fabrication and Experimental Studies on Aluminum Ammonia Loop Heat Pipes."

Education

Master's degree, Energy Enginnering
  • at Jain University, Bangalore
  • June 2014

Subjects included Thermal, Solar thermal and other forms of Renewable Energy.

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Anna University Chennai
  • June 2012

Specialties & Skills

Facilities Engineering
Energy Management
LEED AP
communication
Ultrasonic Flow Meter
Thermal Imaging Camera
microsoft office
Auto CAD
Heat Load Calculation
HVAC Designing

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Languages

English
Expert
German
Beginner
Malayalam
Native Speaker
Hindi
Native Speaker
Tamil
Expert
Kannada
Beginner
Dutch
Beginner

Training and Certifications

IES VE (Training)
Training Institute:
IES VE
CEM (Certified Energy Manager) (Certificate)
LEED AP Building Design + Construction (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
LEED Green Associate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2018
Production Design using CATIA V5 (Training)
Training Institute:
CSI College of Enginnering
AutoCAD Basic Diploma in Mechanical Drafting (Training)
Training Institute:
Altius Finishing School
HVAC Designing and Drafting certified by Scientific & Technical Education Development Council (S (Training)
Training Institute:
TORQUE MEP CONSULTANTS

Hobbies

  • Writing
    In addition to writing novels, i also write Technical Articles on Alternate Energy in an Online magazine, wheelsandchips.com wheelsandchips.com/author/atul/
  • Reading
  • Travelling