Most chemical processes are networks of different pieces of equipment, as reactors, distillation columns, compressors, heat exchangers, etc. Process integration is an area of chemical engineering that deals with the optimal design of these networks, from the point of view of energy efficiency, capital costs, emissions reduction, waster water minimization, and raw materials usage. Until recently, engineers developed conceptual process designs by experience and intuition, however, with the establishment of process integration methodologies, this activity can be performed systematically. One of the subjects that have received the most attention from researchers in this area is the steady state design of Heat Exchanger Networks (HENs). Several tools have been developed and are in use; however, the development of a tool for synthesis of HENs that takes into account network controllability is not available Hence, the purpose of this paper is the development of a new methodology for design of heat-integrated chemical processes, particularly HENs where controllability and energy recovery are both balanced during the design synthesis stage.