Patrick F. Mahoney, P.E., D.E.E., M.I.E.I. - Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Energy Answers International

Energy Answers was formed in 1981 to implement a resource recovery approach to waste management and to utilize patented technology developed by Mr. Mahoney’s engineering firm, Smith & Mahoney, P.C.

The engineering firm, established in 1970, employed 60 engineers, architects and support personnel and provided general civil, structural and mechanical engineering and development services to numerous municipal and private clients. Their focus was on the development of environmentally sound solutions for water, wastewater, sludge and solid waste problems, as well as several “urban renewal” projects in the Northeast U.S.

Smith & Mahoney, with Pat Mahoney serving as President from 1970 - 1986, was responsible for the conceptual design of the Albany New York Solid Waste Energy Recovery System (ANSWERS) and the detailed design, construction and operation of the fuel processing and materials recovery components for that system. The project received the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement in New York State in 1982 and also received the 1984 Governor’s Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for a “distinguished contribution to our Nation’s energy efficiency”. Another project of particular value was the zero energy/natural freezing solution for the management of water treatment plant sludge from the 24 mgd Fuera Bush water treatment plant which has eliminated sludge discharges and has performed without any maintenance cost since 1980.

Since 1986, Pat Mahoney has been the President, CEO and Chairman of Energy Answers. Under his direction, Energy Answers has designed, built, operated and expanded the $400 million, 3000 tons/day SEMASS Resource Recovery Project (the most successful Energy-from-Waste facility yet constructed); developed and patented dry and wet combustion ash management systems for recovery of valuable materials ($1000/day of U.S. coins are recovered from SEMASS combustion ash) and production of building materials; acquired and upgraded two small, marginally operating waste-to-energy facilities, bringing performance and operations to award-winning levels; developed and patented numerous processes for the recovery of resources from liquid and solid waste; pioneered and advanced the zero disposal approach to solid waste management, increasing energy recovery and decreasing residues to less than 5% of incoming material (the best yet accomplished in the industry); developed a process for utilizing waste sludges in solid fuel combustion systems to reduce air emissions; and, advanced the concept of industrial ecology, utilizing waste resource recovery facilities as a primary generator of economic value and major reducer of environmental damage.

Mr. Mahoney currently resides in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands and is actively involved in the development of resource recovery solutions in the Caribbean and Ireland.

Mr. Mahoney is a Registered Professional Engineer in the States of New York, New Jersey, US Virgin Islands, Massachusetts, and he is also a member of Engineers Ireland (MIEI). He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

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Mr. Mahoney was a leader in the efforts to preserve historic buildings in downtown Albany, NY which were slated for demolition and “urban renewal”. The purchase, renovation and commercial reutilization of many downtown landmarks are attributed to his entrepreneurial efforts. Today, downtown Albany is a thriving commercial area.

He has been a keynote speaker at conferences and university forums and has been a guest lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Harvard, Yale, University of Puerto Rico, Colorado School of Mines, Syracuse College of Environmental Science and the University of the Virgin Islands.