Lead Consultant, Mechanical Engineering, WSP USA; MS, Mechanical Engineering, Binghamton University
A natural, energetic leader, Canale joined WSP USA as a mechanical engineer in 2016. His professional focus is on decarbonization strategies. Along with other engineers, Canale developed “Decarbonization With Resilience: A Guide for New York Hospitals.” His work on these strategies includes a new, all-electric academic research laboratory building at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and a slew of cutting-edge program types including Central Sterile and Nursery units within New York Presbyterian’s Service Building. Canale also helped design and redesign critical care units for the New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. On that project, he and his team designed an HVAC system capable of seamlessly transitioning from patient room occupancy to isolation room occupancy in 40 patient rooms on the building’s 7th and 8th floors. The team also enlarged the plumbing and medical gas piping systems to serve ventilators. Named One to Watch by the New York Real Estate Journal in 2024, he won the Rising Star Award from ASHRAE in 2025. Canale has been a member of the AKF Cycle for Survival riding team since 2017, raising money for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s rare cancer research. He has also been involved in Canstruction, a project in which 8-foot-tall structures are designed and constructed to donate nonperishable food items to City Harvest. When he’s not developing decarbonization strategies and redesigning hospital HVAC systems, Canale enjoys intramural sports, including beach volleyball and soccer. Each Christmas, he uses his culinary skills to prepare dishes like octopus salad, shrimp chorizo and clam paella for his family’s Feast of the Seven Fishes. Canale and his girlfriend plan to travel to Athens, Greece, later this year.
