ASHRAE installs new officers and directors.
Press Release Summary:
During 2010 Annual Meeting, ASHRAE installed new officers and directors. New President is Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, partner, Pathfinder Engineers and Architects. Bellenger's presidential theme, "Modeling a Sustainable World," notes that energy simulation, daylight analysis, CFD and BIM software offer modeling tools that enable us to create and refine our vision of a building. Entire list of ASHRAE's new officers and directors can be found in full release.
Original Press Release:
ASHRAE Installs New Officers, Directors
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - ASHRAE installed new officers and directors at its 2010 Annual Meeting held here June 26-30.
The new president is Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, partner, Pathfinder Engineers & Architects, Rochester, N.Y. Bellenger is ASHRAE certified as a Building Energy Modeling Professional and a High Performance Building Design Professional.
She is the first female president in the Society's 116 year history.
Bellenger's presidential theme, "Modeling a Sustainable World," notes that in energy simulation, daylight analysis, CFD and BIM software, we have powerful modeling tools that enable us to create and refine our vision of a building - its appearance, systems, operation, and performance. Those resources, used effectively in an integrated design process for new buildings and in analyzing retrofit opportunities in existing buildings, will help us model a sustainable world.
"Our biggest challenge is implementing integrated design in daily practice," she said. "The traditional approach where the architect designs the building shape, orientation and envelope and then transmits the drawings to the mechanical and electrical engineers for their design is a silo approach that misses the rich opportunities for optimizing building performance through a collaborative approach from the beginning. It is going to require a real cultural shift in our industry to transform the design process, and it's a shift that has to occur if we are going to reach our goal of net-zero-energy buildings."
Other officers installed for a one-year term are:
President-Elect: Ronald "Ron" Jarnagin is staff scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.
Treasurer: Thomas "Tom" Watson, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is chief engineer, McQuay International, Staunton, Va.
Vice President: William "Bill" Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is a professor, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
Vice President: Sheila J. Hayter, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, is senior engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lakewood, Colo.
Vice President: Ross D. Montgomery, P.E., ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Modeling Professional and Commissioning Process Management Professional is owner, Quality Systems and Technology, Inc., Palmetto, Fla.
Vice President: T. David Underwood, P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Commissioning Process Management Professional Life Member, is retired president, Isotherm Engineering, Ltd, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
ASHRAE installed the following directors to serve a three-year term from 2010-2013:
Region IV Director and Regional Chair: T. Randall "Randy" Jones, is owner and president, The Chapman Company, Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Region V Director and Regional Chair: Ronald "Lee" Millies, Jr., P.E., is president, R.L. Millies & Associates, Inc., Munster, Ind.
Region VI Director and Regional Chair: Tina M. Brueckner, is project/application engineer, Johnson Controls, Inc., Neenah, Wis.
Region XII Director and Regional Chair: William W. Malphus, is branch manager, G.L. Spies Company, North Fort Myers, Fla.
Region XIII Director and Regional Chair: Wichai Laksanakorn, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, is chairman, W. and Associates Groups, Bangkok, Thailand
Director-at-Large: Hugh F. Crowther, is vice president of engineering and chief engineer, McQuay International, Minneapolis, Min.
Director-at-Large: Eckhard A. Groll, Ph. D., Fellow ASHRAE, is professor of mechanical engineering and director of the office of professional practice, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Director-at-Large: Charles E. Gulledge, III, P.E., ASHRAE-Certified High-Performance Building Design Professional, is senior mechanical engineer, A.C. Corporation, Greensboro, N.C.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. Its sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world.
