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Galen Staengl has extensive experience in cutting edge energy efficient design of mechanical and industrial systems. His diverse background includes work in the chemical process industries, the pharmaceutical industry, and the building construction industry. Throughout his career Galen has worked to bring energy efficient and sustainable design principles into his projects. Formerly a Senior Engineer for Rumsey Engineers in Oakland California, Galen has designed numerous energy efficient mechanical systems for non-residential buildings and industrial projects, including several LEED building projects. Galen founded Staengl Engineering in 2002, where he continues to design mechanical systems for green building projects. Galen is currently working on two building projects intended for LEED certification at the Platinum level, as well as several other LEED building projects.

Galen is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a BS degree in chemical engineering, and a registered professional engineer in Virginia and California. He is also a LEED accredited professional.
Galen has worked on design and design review for a variety of green building projects, including school buildings, university buildings, libraries, a Museum, and several cleanroom facilities for the semi-conductor industry. Galen recently led the MEP team for the design of two green buildings for a university. The building designs were intended to meet the LEED gold level of certification, and included radiant heating and cooling systems for low energy comfort conditioning. In another recent project, Galen was responsible for the design of a high efficiency chilled water plant, which included variable flow primary pumping, a variable speed chiller, and high efficiency cooling towers with variable speed fans. The chilled water plant realized 62% annual energy savings. A recent cleanroom energy study included the measurement, critique and retrofit payback analysis of the make-up air system of a class 10 cleanroom facility, including flow, temperature, power and pressure measurements and trends. The combined potential savings identified by the study was over $1,000,000. Galen has experience using building modeling tools including DOE2, VisualDOE, eQuest, EnergyPro, and generating Life Cycle Cost analyses in order to identify optimal building design strategies.
 
Recent clients include:
City of Oakland
Project: Museum of Oakland, Chilled Water Plant Upgrade
CSS Architects
Project: Westmont High School, HVAC design
Gensler
Projects: NDNU Campus Center, MEP Team Lead
  NDNU Residence Hall, MEP Team Lead
Green Fuse Energy Company
Projects: Harford Community College, Campus Wide Energy Assessment
  Joppa Hall, Design Review
Group 4 Architects
Project: Manor Branch Library, MEP Team Lead
Hyatt Hotels
Project: Park Hyatt, DHW System Upgrade
Intel Corporation
Project: Make Up Air-Handler Energy Efficiency Review
JDS Uniphase
Project: Building 4, System Design Review
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Project: Standard Performance Contract Review, Various Projects
ICM Enterprises
Project: Watkins–Cottrell Building, System Design Review
William McDonough+Partners
Project: 700 East Jefferson St., System Design Review