Our Founder

Robert Mancini, P.Eng. has dedicated his career to improving energy efficiency and reducing our carbon footprint.

He has reduced GeoExchange heat pump system costs through improved design. He has designed commercial and institutional buildings with various ground exchanger configurations and tracked both construction costs as well as annual Total Energy Use Index (TEUI) for these systems. This has provided the firm with a distinct advantage over others.

Mr. Mancini has assisted in GeoExchange design for projects as far away as South Africa, Australia and China.

2013 Pilot Project- Donghuan City, China

2013 Pilot Project- Donghuan City, China

Memberships

Mr. Mancini holds memberships in the following Organizations:  

  • Association of Professional Engineers (PEO)
  • American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRE)
  • International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA)
  • The Canadian Green Building Council (CaBGC)
  • The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association(OSEA)
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
  • Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
  • Passive House Canada (Web)
Association of Energy Engineers
Ontario Sustainable Energy Association

Associations

Mr. Mancini has served on the CSA technical committee responsible for CSA–448 ‘Design and Installation of Earth Energy Systems’ for 30 years and has been a presenter at several GeoExchange heat pump seminars and conferences.

He has also instructed at several GeoExchange workshops in Canada and the United States. 

In addition Mr. Mancini has been involved in: 

  • The development of Training courses for the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition and delivered the Commercial/ Institutional module of the course for 2 years across Canada;
  • Several training courses and projects for:
    • First Energy (Penelec and Centerior Energy)
    • Pennsylvania Power and Light
    • Niagara Mohawk Power
    • Vermont Public Utilities Commission
    • The former Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium (Washington)

Publications and Articles

Canadian Consulting Engineer – Article May 2009

Earthly Power – COMMERCIAL & INSTITUTIONAL GEOEXCHANGE HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS

Precast Magazine  August 2010

Geothermal Heat Pump Systems: Integration with Precast Concrete

Athabasca University Publications

Energy Management and the Environment: Challenges and the Future Joint publication with Frank Lenarduzzi P.Eng.

ASHRAE Transactions Feb. 1996

Operating and Maintenance Experience with Commercial/Institutional Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems