Prem Mehrotra, PE, BEP, LEED AP

Mr. Mehrotra is the founding President of General Energy Corporation (GEC). He is an executive with broad experience of all the aspects of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainability. He is a licensed professional engineer, and founded GEC in 1985 with a sole objective of energy efficient designs and sustainability. He is a recipient of several regional and national awards in this field. GEC is headquartered has moved to Elk Grove Village, IL. Prem and GEC have extensive experience in engineering and construction management of large and small construction projects. Prior to establishing GEC, Prem co-founded Energy Resources + Planning, Inc. He worked with Sargent and Lundy Engineers where he was one of the team members for construction of LaSalle County Nuclear Station (2200 MW) located in Marseilles, Illinois. He was responsible for design and engineering of a unique heat recovery system from waste heat for which ‘Power Engineering Magazine’ declared LaSalle County Station as ‘Pace Maker’ of industry in 1979.

Mr. Mehrotra is recipient of several awards in energy efficiency, and excellence in engineering. Mr. Mehrotra is a Fellow of Association of Energy engineers (AEE), and a life member of American Society of Heating and Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning engineers (ASHRAE).

Mr. Mehrotra is also very active in development of renewable energy projects such as solar thermal water heating systems and roof-top PV solar systems. Mr. Mehrotra was founder President of Grant Park Wind Farm, a utility grade wind farm with a target capacity of 200 MW and a target date to start construction by the year 2020/2021. NextEra Energy Resources has taken over the future development of Grant Park Wind Farm as of October 2018.

Mr. Mehrotra holds a degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is certified Professional engineer in States of WI, IN. OH, and IL.

Tony Jaswal

Mr. Jaswal is a mechanical engineering graduate and a certified energy manager (CEM). He is responsible for business development and assist in corporate matters and strategic planning. He has extensive industry experience while working with Bluestone Energy Services, Patrick Engineering, and Abbott Laboratories.For the last six years he has developed many energy efficiency projects including process cooling, refrigeration, indoor and outdoor lighting, chiller and boiler plant projects for industrial and commercial clients. Some of the major projects include Federal Mogul, Aurora Specialty Textile Group, Baker and Taylor, Metro-South Hospital, and Dr. Pepper. He is responsible of coordinating GEC effort to arrange funding of projects through funding from energy savings.

Tony, while working with Bluestone Energy Services, was responsible for planning, execution, and closing of energy efficiency projects. At Patrick Engineering, he was responsible for quality check and compliance with ComEd’s Smart Ideas for Business program.

Tony is a BSME degree holder from the University of Illinois. He is a certified energy manager (CEM).

Vishal Shah, CEM, EBCP, NABCEP PV Associate

Mr. Shah brings a decade of expertise in the energy efficiency industry, focusing on the development and implementation of energy efficiency and renewable projects for commercial and industrial facilities. His role encompasses conducting comprehensive assessments in solar PV, compressed air, process cooling, industrial refrigeration, lighting, HVAC, and Retro-Commissioning (RCx) engineering to identify projects that yield significant electricity and natural gas savings. He offers technical support in creating design/build turnkey proposals, developing internal tools and models for precise energy savings forecasts, and streamlining project milestones through his extensive experience. Additionally, he is instrumental in tracking continuous lessons learned across all projects, and in providing technical training and guidance to a team of engineers managing these turnkey projects. Currently, Mr. Shah is actively engaged in designing ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar PV systems for existing customers, aiming to produce onsite electricity and reduce their carbon footprint. He has completed the NABCEP PV Design Associate training and is in the process of obtaining the NABCEP Board PV Design Specialist Certification.

Vishal Shah holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Energy Engineering from the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), an Existing Building Commissioning Professional (EBCP), and a NABCEP Photovoltaic Associate (PVA-060420-033017).

John Clai, RPA, FMA, SMA

Mr. Clai is Vice President of Operations. He joined GEC in the last year and has over 35 years of diversified experience in the design, engineering, management, and construction oversight of electrical, mechanical, life safety, security, and technology related systems for a wide variety of buildings. As VP of Operations at GEC, Mr. Clai has successfully lead multi-functional teams to identify, develop, and implement cost-effective, innovative solutions to complex problems and issues in rehabilitation and new construction of parking garages, hospitals, correctional buildings, commercial properties, industrial, and educational facilities. Mr. Clai holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and MSML from National Louis University. He is a BOMI certified Real Property Administrator (RPA), Facility Management Administrator (FMA), and Systems Management Administrator (SMA).

Fred Tongsy, PE, CIPE

Mr. Tongsy is a mechanical engineering graduate and a licensed professional engineer in the state of Illinois. Mr. Tongsy has 35 years of diversified experience in design, engineering and construction of mechanical systems. He has extensive experience providing innovative design and engineering solutions for demanding and highly complex mechanical/HVAC/plumbing systems in a wide variety of buildings, including high-rise commercial buildings, and industrial plants. He has extensive experience in performing level 3 energy audits, engineering design and documents, and development of cost and savings analysis for energy conservation measures. He has performed building energy simulation programs for our clients like Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and Alcatel/Lucent.