Mark M. MacCracken
President, LEED Fellow
Mark M. MacCracken is the CEO of CALMAC Corp., which is the largest manufacturer of Thermal Energy Storage equipment in the world, with over 4,000 installations in over 50 countries.
In his over 40 years with the firm, MacCracken has been involved in all aspects of the company including, R&D, contracts, patents, manufacturing, marketing and finance. He was the Principal Investigator on research projects with Oak Ridge National Labs, NASA and National Renewable Energy Research Lab. In his continual support of energy efficiency he is regularly in contact with the DOE, EPA, EPRI and electric utilities across the country and around the world.
MacCracken has his BS in Mechanical Engineering, has three U.S. Patents and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New Jersey and a LEED® 
Fellow™. He is presently or has recently served as:
- New Buildings Institute, Board Member
- New York City Building Resiliency Task Force Contributor (Summary)
- U.S. Green Building Council National Board of Directors, Chair, USGBC
- AHRI Board of Directors and Thermal Storage Product Section Chairman
- Distinguished Lecturer for ASHRAE
- Chairman of ASHRAE's Thermal Storage Technical Committee
- Member of Alliance to Save Energy
- Member of Electricity Storage Association
- Vice Chair of ASHRAE Standards Committee 189.1
Awards
- Corporate Social Responsibility Award for Sustainability and Environmental Impact, City & State NY
- Recipient of the Urban Green USGBC NY Chapter Award
- Recipient of AEE Energy Engineer of the Year Award
Podcasts/Interviews
- 3 reasons to get charged up about energy storage, GreenBiz
- Facilities providers on heating and cooling fallacies, University Business
- Newsmakers, ACHRNews
- As Temperatures Climb, So Does the Risk of Blackouts, WNYC radio
- Energy Storage Leaders Interview with Mark MacCracken, Energy Storage Association
- Ice Storage: A Cost Efficient Way to Cool Commercial Buildings While Optimizing the Power Grid, Forbes
- Renewable Energy Focus Interview
- Wind Talk: Thermal energy storage provides much needed stability, Windpower Engineering and Development
- Arizona Utility Tries Storing Solar Energy for Use in the Dark, New York Times
- Melting to Keep Cool, PBS Nova
- Modern Yet Retro: Ice Cools Modern Day Buildings, CNN Money
- How to Implement's California's Energy Storage Plan, Energy Efficiency Markets
- Green Building Community on the First Smart Grid Building in Downtown Philadelphia
- Storing Energy the Cool Way, AOL Breaking Energy
- Where are They Now? Mark MacCracken: The Record
- Mark MacCracken speaks on CALMAC, the future of Renewables, Energy Storage and Green Building: The ACHR News podcast
- CALMAC Energy Storage Solution A Viable Option For Integrating Renewable Energy Generation: The Daily Energy Report
- A Repower America message from CALMAC CEO Mark MacCracken: The Alliance for Climate Protection
- CleanTech Interview with CEO Mark MacCracken, iTunes
Published Articles
- The Flaw Of “Zero Energy Buildings” Without Energy Storage, CleanTechnica
- How is Energy Storage Like Throwing a Party, Breaking Energy
- Inside California's Aggressive Energy Storage Mandate, Electric Energy T&D
- Legislation spotlights building-scale energy storage, GreenBiz
- Grid-scale storage? How about building-scale storage too?, SmartGridNews
- Permanent load shifting and the future of energy storage, IntelligentUtility
- Thermal Energy Storage: A New Application of an Old Idea, Cooling India
- Green Retrofit Solution, HPAC Magazine
- Striving to be Better, Environmental Design and Construction
- Energy Storage Providing for a Low-Carbon Future, ASHRAE Journal
- California's Title 24 and TES, ASHRAE Journal
- Thermal Energy Storage in Sustainable Buildings, ASHRAE Journal
- Thermal Energy Storage Myths, ASHRAE Journal
- Thermal Energy Storage and Deregulation, ASHRAE Journal
Speaking Engagements
- USGBC - Massachusetts Chapter
- Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps, Webinar
- Energy Storage Association Conference and Expo, Denver, CO
- Getting to Zero, New Buildings Institute Webinar
- Getting to Zero Forum, Washington, D.C.
- BOMA Energy Action Day, New York City
- Challenges & Opportunities: Demand Response & Peak Load Reduction, Greenbuild
- Annual Energy Storage Association Conference, Washington, D.C.
- The Ever-Growing Value Proposition of TES, ASHRAE Winter Conference, New York City
- Why Aren’t You Using Thermal Energy Storage? Dispelling the Myths and discussing the Realities of TES Integration and Cost Savings, ASHRAE Winter Conference, New York City
- The Rumford Club, London, England, United Kingdom
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory- Webinar, California
- Earthwise Expo 2013, North Carolina
- CleanTech Conference & Showcase 2013, Washington, DC
- 2013 Energy Efficiency Conference for Long Island Businesses, New York
- Thermal Energy Storage: A Vital Ingredient to a Low Carbon Future, (Presentation approved by GBCI for 1 credit hour)
- NY Association for Energy Economics, New York City
- ASHRAE Annual Conference, Montreal
- Trane High Performance Buildings Day, New York City
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, New York City
- ACREX, Bangalore, India
- Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, New Castle
- SAIA, Durban, South Africa
- Green Summit, Phoenix, AZ
- Hefei General Machinery Research Institute, China
- Clima 2005, Lausanne, Switzerland
- ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer in over 14 cities (past 5 years)
- SMACNA, New York City
