President
ASHRAE past Society Vice-President, Technology Council Chairman, DRC and DAL, past RVC, and chapter/section President. He has worked in ASHRAE activities for 40+ years, and has served on over 45 ASHRAE committees, councils and boards for ASHRAE. He has authored several ASHRAE Journal articles on Building EQ, HVAC controls, Commissioning fundamentals, Ventilation Filtration Effectiveness, The Strategic Guide to Commissioning”, and co-authored the ASHRAE book “Fundamentals of HVAC Control Systems”. Professionally, he works as Owner/President of QST, Inc., in the Building Commissioning, Maintenance/Operations, and Energy Audit/Rating/Assessment business, operating a company based in Florida, but travels anywhere in the world for work.
He also works as the AABC certified balancing and clean room engineer (TBE/CCE) for Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing of HVAC&R Systems of commercial buildings and cleanrooms, a primary investigator that provides Energy/IAQ monitoring, testing, research, and reporting as well as providing Environmental Solutions for IAQ problems, and performs legal subject matter expert witness work. He has successfully performed many bEQ ratings.
He graduated from the University of South Florida with a BSME. He has his Professional Engineers License, state Mechanical/Electrical Contractors licenses, as well as his CxA Certifications for Commissioning with AABC/ACG, TAB and Cleanroom certifications from AABC, IAQ, Energy Manager (CEM), High Performance Building Design (HBDP), and Green Building Engineer. He is an ASHRAE Fellow and a past recipient of the ASHRAE awards for Government Service, Presidential Certificate of Honor, Exceptional/Distinguished Service, John James International service, Lincoln Bullion membership, Andrew T. Boggs Service, and an ASHRAE Technology Award.
Building Commissioning in the Built Environment - Principles, Process, Procedures, and the Future
This talk is about HVAC&R commissioning basics and highlighting our ASHRAE Standard 300 series, 202,230P, Guideline 0 and 0.2, and sample commissioning project applications and photos. It teaches about what Commissioning is and what it is not. Some sample subjects can include:
· HVAC/R-General
· Clean rooms; OR’s; Procedure and Isolation rooms.
· Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Production; Drug Mixing areas.
· Air tightness testing; Case study examples using Blower doors and site AHUs
· Energy Monitoring Systems; Btu and Kw
· Service Water heating and Lighting controls where required by contract or code.
· TAB and Cx working together
It explains the industry importance of commissioning and the why we use it, how it works, and speaks about its many features and benefits. It is important to note that ASHRAE Cx standards are process documents and can be adapted to be used in many other commissioning disciplines. As a current voting member of the Standard 300 group, and practicing CxA/CxP and ASHRAE Certified CPMP, it outlines better and best practices in commissioning activities, using ASHRAE commissioning related Guidelines. Each chapter of the new ASHRAE standard is explained. As the past chair, it explains the activities of the Presidential Ad Hoc Building Performance Alliance Committee on Commissioning, where we are working with all of the Industry giants (ASHRAE, ICC, USGBC, AIA, NIBS, SMACNA, AABC/ACG, NEBB, BCA, TABB, CAMEE, NEMIC, BOMA, etc.) to establish high level strategic directions for “Commissioning”, and its use and proliferation throughout our Industry, in collaboration with our Industry partners.
ASHRAE “Decarbonization, Climate Change and ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 228-2023 Support
This 1-hour presentation explains many basics behind “Decarbonization” and how ASHRAE is helping to provide awareness, education, training, technology, and standards to support this important Global Initiative and Commitment. Society has a Climate Change policy/position statement. Society has multiple programs and offerings to support Climate Change solutions.
ASHRAE technical publications that support our active role in Climate Change and Decarbonization are shown and discussed. ASHRAE Journal support articles are shown and discussed. Current on-going Industry opinion listserv statements and opinions/positions are shown.
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 228-2023, “Standard Method of Evaluating Zero Net Energy and Zero Net Carbon Building Performance” is displayed, and Sections 4,5,6,7,8 are discussed and explained in detail.