Investment Grade Audit

Michael Scorrano, PE

Managing Director and Founder

Mitchell Karasik

Director of Business Development

Mitchell is the Director of Business Development. He is responsible for implementing EN‑POWER GROUP’s business strategy by identifying market trends, exploring new areas of growth, and facilitating client relationships for a growing engineering staff. Mitchell directly develops and manages partnerships with high-level stakeholders, including building developers, property managers, board members, business partners and affiliates nationwide. He emphasizes the importance of both financial and engineering viability for all projects and develops customized financing packages to bring projects to fruition. In particular, he is responsible for negotiating and creating financing structures that include power purchase agreements (PPAs), equipment financing, tax credits, and energy performance agreements.

Prior to joining EN-POWER GROUP, Mitchell led several successful business ventures in Tucson, Chicago, and Dallas. Always a New Yorker, Mitchell has an intimate understanding of the real estate and financial markets of large metropolitan areas. He is actively involved in the Association of Facilities Engineering and the New York AIR Society for Asthma, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.

Amalia Cuadra, PE

Senior Director of Engineering

Amalia joined EN-POWER GROUP in 2012 to assist in further establishing the company’s engineering services. As the Senior Director of Engineering, Amalia oversees EN-POWER GROUP’s growth strategy. Amalia’s technical leadership has contributed to the revenue growth in the company’s energy consulting, engineering design, control and automation, and commissioning services. Amalia has also implemented countless energy saving projects, capitalizing rebate structures to optimize the return on investment for our clients. Although she works with all sectors that EN-POWER GROUP serves, Amalia is energized by managing large capital projects that will make buildings more mechanically sustainable and resilient – a role that bridges her strong engineering background, management skills, and her social and environmental values.

She’s shared this philosophy as a speaker at a variety of organizations including: NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability (MOS), Building Energy Exchange (BEEx), Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE), Habitat Magazine, and major real estate management companies.

Prior to her role with EN-POWER GROUP, Amalia developed her skills in energy efficiency as a Senior Manager of Existing Buildings with a New York City energy efficiency firm. During that time, she also provided instruction to New York City building superintendents through the Local 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund. Earlier in her career, Amalia held research and engineering roles with the University of Delaware and Solutia. Today, Amalia and her family live in Brooklyn, New York, where she is an active member of her community.

Mariel Hoffman, PE

Director of Energy Engineering

Mariel is the Director of Energy Engineering. Alongside the Senior Director of Engineering, Mariel manages EN-POWER GROUP’s energy engineering team. She has overseen the completion of over 500 energy audits and also acts as project lead for the implementation of large-scale, comprehensive energy efficiency and engineering projects. As one of EN-POWER GROUP’s first employees, Mariel has played an integral role in developing and advancing the energy engineering team. She spearheads the Local Law 87 Compliance group by training and creating analytical tools and energy audit procedures.

Mariel’s background as an Environmental Engineer combined with her experience as a licensed Mechanical Engineer, puts her in an ideal position to effectively evaluate and execute sustainable, energy efficient systems in buildings. Mariel has extensive experience conducting retro-commissioning and ASHRAE Level I, II, and III audits of multifamily and commercial buildings throughout New York City. She has successfully coordinated and implemented many types of incentive programs to help bring projects to fruition, including completing over 20 projects through NYSERDA’s Multifamily Performance Program (MPP) and well over 120 NYSERDA FlexTech projects.

Mariel is the recipient of the 2019 Kate Goldstein Emerging Leader Award. This award recognizes Mariel for her contribution to the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) and commitment to supporting the next generation of emerging professionals in high-performance buildings.

Thomas Morrisson

Director of Energy Management

Thomas has been working with EN-POWER GROUP since 2010, leading the company’s energy management and metering services. As the Director of Energy Management, Thomas oversees the metering, energy and financial analysis, acquisition due diligence, energy forecasting, benchmarking, procurement, sustainability reporting, and rebate facilitation; and is the lead architect of EN-POWER GROUP’s proprietary database. He has focused much of his career on the deployment of energy metering systems to support tenant billing, financial and energy reporting, energy monitoring, and measurement and verification for large‑scale energy efficiency projects.

Prior to his role at EN-POWER GROUP, Thomas developed his skills in energy management as the Senior Energy Analyst and Director of Metering Solutions at a major energy solutions provider, working with leading financial institutions, real estate owners, and managers. As the Senior Energy Analyst, he implemented procurement strategies for many of the largest commercial buildings in NYC, securing electricity, green energy, natural gas, and fuel oil contracts, while additionally developing sustainability strategies, energy reports, utility forecasts and various utility rate analyses. As the Director of Metering Solutions, Thomas was instrumental in developing the company’s patented web-based energy and environmental tracking program, leading the designs of the user interface and reporting features.

Thomas Buffalino

Associate Director of Engineering Design

Tom is the Associate Director of Engineering Design at EN-POWER GROUP and has eleven years of experience in all phases of building construction and design from project inception through construction close‑out. His expertise includes feasibility studies, code compliance, mechanical drafting and design for bids and permits, and project management for capital improvement projects. Many of these projects are implemented as energy conservation measures, so his knowledge of energy codes and standards has been critical to project success.

Tom has worked on a variety of mechanical capital improvements, including oil to natural gas conversions, boiler replacements, cogeneration installations, air handler upgrades and replacements, and standby generator installations. These projects draw on his construction management experience, which he developed while performing residential renovations as an independent contractor.

Gianna Zapiti

Director of Lighting

Sean Lee

Senior Managing Commissioning Engineer

Sean is a Senior Managing Commissioning Engineer. Since joining EN-POWER GROUP, Sean has used his commissioning expertise to oversee high-level functional performance testing and to further strengthen all commissioning and retro‑commissioning (RCx) procedures. His extensive knowledge of complex building systems informs his role as a senior energy engineer, in which he conducts detailed energy studies and commissioning projects on complex commercial and multifamily buildings.

Sean developed his commissioning experience as a Project Commissioning Engineer at a large energy efficiency company, where for over eight years he oversaw and executed commissioning projects for Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs) and large‑scale facilities administered by the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). His extensive commissioning experience encompasses renovation, modernization, and new construction of buildings ranging from large commercial properties to educational, municipal, and health care facilities.

Dayami Lopez

Manager of Finance and Accounting

Dayami joined EN-POWER GROUP in 2024 to manage all aspects of accounting and finance. Her relationships within the company and with external clients and vendors help keep EN-POWER GROUP’s financial targets on track and meet profitability goals. In addition to day-to-day bookkeeping functions, Dayami will oversee financial strategies and compliance by working with all of EN-POWER GROUP’s team members to keep pace with business growth and support project execution.

Dayami’s prior experience as an accounting and financial manager includes the management of financial operations for international construction projects, developing a comprehensive understanding of the building industry’s unique economic system.

Runci Ma, PE

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Nikita Gupta, PE

Associate Director of Engineering Design, Operations

Jeffrey Heller

Senior Managing Energy Engineer

Bennett Courrier-Oaster

Manager of Energy Services, Reporting

Bennett is the Manager of Energy Services, Reporting at EN-POWER GROUP, where he leads the Energy Benchmarking Team in completing annual benchmarking and Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) reports for city, state, and financial programs across the United States and Canada. In his role, Bennett works closely with property owners and managers to ensure a seamless reporting process, emphasizing data quality and timely compliance. Bennett also collaborates with program administrators to keep EN-POWER GROUP ahead of the curve on Energy Benchmarking, Third-Party Data Verification, and Building Performance program requirements. 

With nine years of experience in energy benchmarking and utility data analytics, Bennett has successfully managed utility benchmarking for some of the nation’s largest affordable and market-rate property owners and managers, as well as major Housing Authorities. Over the course of 10 reporting seasons, he has submitted more than 4,000 benchmarking and BEPS reports, helping clients strategically plan for performance and emission reduction targets in line with city and state mandates. Bennett’s expertise in utility data management, compliance reporting, and team leadership ensures that clients achieve their energy performance goals efficiently, effectively, and on time.