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Jim Buchok Earns Professional Credentials

5.3.10 | Norwalk, CT | Jim Buchok, a Project Manager with EMCOR Energy Services (EES), has earned the Project Management Institute’s most recognized and respected global credential – the Project Management Professional or PMP.  He also obtained certification from the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) as a Distributed Generation Certified Professional (DGCP). 

EMCOR Energy Services provides a wide range of turnkey energy applications and comprehensive customer services to commercial, institutional, governmental and industrial clients as well as utility companies.  EES is a subsidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses. 

To obtain a PMP credential, an individual must satisfy education (35 hours) and experience (no less than 4500 hours) requirements, agree to adhere to a professional code of conduct and pass the PMP examination. The PMP Certification Program supports the global community of project management practitioners and is designed to objectively assess and measure professional knowledge. The PMP designation following a professional’s name demonstrates to employers and others that the PMP credential holder possesses a solid foundation of experience and education in project management. The PMI Certification Program is the first professional certification program of its kind to receive the ISO 9001 certification, a globally recognized mark of a quality management system.

AEE's Distributed Generation Certified Professional program is designed to provide recognition for professionals who have distinguished themselves as leaders in the distributed generation field. The designation DGCP identifies individuals who have demonstrated high levels of experience, competence, proficiency, and ethical fitness, bringing to their professional activities the full scope of knowledge essential to the effective development and management to today's distributed generation projects.

Mr. Buchok has more than 30 years of experience in the HVAC and energy management industry.  At EMCOR Energy Services he is responsible for managing projects involving the installation of building automation systems, and design and construction of large tonnage industrial cooling plants and cogeneration power plants.  Mr. Buchok earned an associates degree in engineering technology from Northwestern Community Technical College and a bachelor’s in corporate and organizational management from the University Of Connecticut. Certified as an energy manager by the Association of Energy Engineers, he also holds an unlimited heating-cooling contractor’s S-1 license from the State of Connecticut.  He is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) as well as the Project Management Institute.  In 2008, he won an award from Pratt & Whitney for his contributions to the successful completion of a combined heat and power plant. He is also a recipient of the United Technologies Corporation Scholar Award and the 2007 Carrier Corporation Project Manager Award for Excellence.

About EMCOR Group, Inc.  

A Fortune 500 company with estimated 2010 revenues of $5.0 billion, EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure, and facilities services.  A leading provider of critical infrastructure systems, EMCOR gives life to new structures and sustains life in existing ones by its planning, installing, operating, maintaining, and protecting the sophisticated and dynamic systems that create facility environments---such as electrical, mechanical, lighting, air conditioning, heating, security, fire protection, and power generation systems---in virtually every sector of the economy and for a diverse range of businesses, organizations and government.  EMCOR represents a rare combination of broad reach with local execution, combining the strength of an industry leader with the knowledge and care of 170 locations.  The 25,000 skilled employees of EMCOR have made the company, in the eyes of leading business publications, amongst the "World’s Most Admired” and “Best Managed”. EMCOR’s diversity---in terms of the services it provides, the industries it serves and the geography it spans---has enabled it to create a stable platform for sustained results.  The Company's strong financial position has enabled it to attract and retain among the best local and regional talent, to undertake and complete the most ambitious projects, and to redefine and shape the future of the construction and facilities services industry. Additional information on EMCOR can be found at www.EMCORGroup.com.

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