ASHRAE installs new officers and directors.
Press Release Summary:
At 2007 annual meeting, ASHRAE installed new officers and directors for 1 year term. New president is Kent W. Peterson, PE, Fellow ASHRAE, VP and Chief Engineer, P2S Engineering Inc. "Through Greater Efficiency Today, Blue Skies Tomorrow" theme, Peterson emphasizes innovation in quest for sustainability in built environment. He encourages ASHRAE members to become more radical in their ideas, more daring in their creativity, and dedicated to delivering innovative systems, methods, and technology.
Original Press Release:
ASHRAE Installs New Officers, Directors
LONG BEACH - The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) installed new officers and directors at its 2007 Annual Meeting held here June 23-27.
The new president is Kent W. Peterson, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, vice president and chief engineer, P2S Engineering Inc., Long Beach, Calif. Through his theme, Greater Efficiency Today, Blue Skies Tomorrow, Peterson emphasizes innovation in the quest for sustainability in the built environment. He notes that "energy efficiency should always be the elegant alternative to fuel consumption." As such, he encourages ASHRAE members to become more radical in their ideas, more daring in their creativity, and dedicated to delivering innovative systems, methods and technology.
Other officers installed for a one-year term are:
o President-Elect: William A. Harrison, president, Trane Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.
o Treasurer: Gordon V. R. Holness, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, chairman emeritus, Albert Kahn Associates Inc., Detroit, Michigan.
o Vice President: Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, partner, Pathfinder Engineers, Rochester, N.Y.
o Vice President: Maureen Grasso, Ph.D., dean, Graduate School, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
o Vice President: Andrew Persily, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, group leader, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.
o Vice President: Vincent Tse, Fellow ASHRAE, managing director, Parsons Brinckerhoff (Asia), Hong Kong.
ASHRAE installed the following directors to serve a three-year term from 2007-2010:
o Region IV Director and Regional Chair: Ira Poston, northern region business relations manager, Duke Energy Carolinas, Burlington, N.C.
o Region V Director and Regional Chair: Fred Betz, P.E., manager, utility systems, PEDCo E&A Services, Cincinnati, Ohio.
o Region VI Director and Regional Chair: Robert Linder, P.E., mechanical engineer, Karges-Faulconbridge Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.
o Region XII Director and Regional Chair: Ross Montgomery, P.E., owner, Quality Systems and Technology Inc., Palmetto, Fla.
o Region XIII Director and Regional Chair: Yie-Zu Robert Hu, Ph.D., Fellow ASHRAE, deputy general director, Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
o Director-at-Large: Constantinos A. Balaras, Ph.D., P.E., research director, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.
o Director-at-Large: Richard Kelso, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, retired president, Kelso-Regen Associates, Knoxville, Tenn., and professor, the College of Architecture and Design, the University of Tennessee.
o Director-at-Large: David Knebel, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, vice president, sales and technology, AAON Inc., Tulsa, Okla.
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.
