Ajit Naik is supporting our Chicago office as a Vice President and Director of Building Performance Analytics. He graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from the University of Michigan. In 2012, he received his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Ajit is a Licensed Professional Engineer and a certified Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP). Ajit was the Co-Author of the ASHRAE BEMP Certification Study Guide. He was the Project Manager for Google Madison and Chicago office expansion projects.

Prior to joining Baumann, Ajit worked as an Energy Engineer at dbHMS in Chicago. His primary responsibilities included sustainable design, building energy simulation, daylight analysis, analytical BIM integration, natural ventilation analysis, FEA, MEP systems design, LEED, and LBC certification. Between 2012 and 2013, Ajit spent a year in Germany interning with Transsolar in Stuttgart and the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Berlin. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of IBPSA-Chicago.

Ajit’s recent presentations include:

• Introduction to Predictive Energy Modeling, IBPSA-USA Chicago Chapter, March 2022, Speaker
• Introduction Retro-Commissioning, DCSEU FY22 Train Green Program, June 2022, Co-Speaker