New Energy Works, Industry Leader in Sustainable High Craft Timber Frame Structures, Appoints Steven Hessler as Building Systems Specialist

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- New Energy Works is excited to welcome structural and architectural DfMA designer, business development leader, and Passive House specialist Steven Hessler, to our team.

Hessler brings a wealth of experience to our bi-coastal businesses in New York and Oregon providing proven success in design collaborations, heavy timber, high performance building envelopes, project management and client development.

New Energy Works has spent the better part of three decades developing a balance of craft, efficiency, and engineering with a focus on collaboration and integration of services.

Hessler's skills and objectives align perfectly with the New Energy Works ethos, thus creating a deft combination of shared objectives and collective goals.

Eric Fraser, President of New Energy Works is excited by Hessler's hire, "We have had the distinct pleasure of coordinating with Steve for many years and know that he brings extensive knowledge and experience in high performance buildings, traditional timber framing, and mass timber to our team. He is a strong and willing collaborator with the heart of a teacher, who will help promote our brand, educate our clients, and build upon our reputation for designing and building efficient and high craft wood-based buildings. We are thrilled to welcome Steve to our team."

The Building Systems Specialist role builds on Hessler's profound experience as a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC), project manager in sustainable residential construction and DfMA designer for heavy and mass timber buildings, high-performance enclosures, and cross functional collaborations.

With an expertise in project management and client development philosophies. Hessler brings together technical insight, design-phase collaboration, and prefabrication strategies to build and deliver resilient, lyrical buildings.

Hessler says, "I feel really comfortable in the three main spaces of timber framing, CLT, and enclosures and look forward to filling a need for our clients in an integrated way by providing a model that can help an architect, builder, and client clearly understand what the scope of a project is and how these different systems can work together."

Design + Build expert, interpreter, and speaker, Steven Hessler, like us, is a wood guy through and through who has always been fascinated by the artistry and functionality of heavy timber and woodworking.

New Energy Works clients will be the recipient of Hessler's multitude of experience and know-how from decades in the field – from design to build, mill to jobsite and idea to fruition.

Focused on a unified approach, Hessler is not only an advocate to architects and builders, but a resource for our clients by providing them a linear path to understanding the scope of their project and how all the different systems can work together toward success.

Hessler has proven he is adept at developing partnerships while bridging the gap between an architect's design intent, the factories that head up production, and then passing that information on to the end user by simplifying their build to its fundamental elements.

Hessler will act as a liaison between all of the different spokes of the New Energy Works design + build wheel in both an educative and consulting role. He will work diligently to further expand our collaborations and nurture the long-lasting relationships with our clients that we value so much.

About New Energy Works

From their design studios, production shops, and mills in New York & Oregon, New Energy Works designs, crafts, and builds sustainable timber frame custom homes, commercial buildings, and high-performance enclosures throughout North America.

SOURCE New Energy Works