Ginger Scoggins, PE, CEM, CxA, FASHRAE
Engineered Designs, Inc.
1151 SE Cary Parkway, Suite 200
USA
919-818-4709
Region: IV
Honorarium: None
Ginger Scoggins is a licensed mechanical engineer with over 30 years of experience. She is the President and Co-owner of Engineered Designs, Inc., a full-service engineering which she founded over 25 years ago. Ginger is also a certified commissioning agent, as well as a certified energy manager, and works on the design and commissioning of projects ranging from $4 million construction cost up to $90 million construction cost. Her focus is on designing high-performing buildings across a wide variety of markets.
In addition to running her firm, Ginger has been heavily involved in ASHRAE since 1988 when she joined the Triangle Chapter in Raleigh, North Carolina, becoming the first female president of the chapter in the 1995-96 year, the first female Regional Vice-chair, and the first female Director & Regional Chair for Region IV. Ginger was recently named a Fellow of the organization and is the current President-Elect for ASHRAE, becoming ASHRAE president in July of 2023.
Ginger has served ASHRAE on Society level committees including CEC (Conferences & Exposition Committee), which she chaired twice, as well as on the Society planning committee, finance committee, and membership promotion committee. She has served on all three ASHRAE councils, including as chair of both Technology Council and Member’s Council.
Ginger’s professional experience as a consulting engineer has spanned numerous market sectors, including laboratory design, telecommunications design, mission-critical spaces, and all levels of educational markets such as K-12, community college, and university projects. In addition, she has commissioned numerous projects for the same educational clients as well as the military.
Topic
ASHRAE HEADQUARTERS BLDG: A CASE STUDY
This presentation is a Case study of the renovation of the new ASHRAE headquarters that includes the goals, encountered issues and solutions for the project. The presentation will take the listener from the beginning of the efforts by the ASHRAE HQ Ad-hoc in developing the owner project requirements, thru the design, construction and commissioning team selection, into the design phase decisions and thru to the final product. It will discuss the financial impacts of decisions made and the cost of the project in detail.
DECARBONIZATION 101
This presentation will cover decarbonization terminology, goals, and methods for engineers and owners to understand and apply effective decarbonization strategies for new and existing buildings, and will discuss the importance of the building industry to play our part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to slow the impact we are having on the climate crises. It will also discuss ASHRAE’s commitment to Net Zero and the new standards and guidelines that are being produced to help our members get started on their own journey to understanding and addressing the issues.
WOMEN IN ENGINEERING
This presentation focuses on the differences in men and women in engineering careers and the efforts needed to keep both genders engaged and employed. It discusses the communication issues that could be the cause of the lack of females in our industry and how we can overcome those issues to create work environments that will be supportive and successful for both genders. The presentation also goes into the demographics of educating young people in K-12 of both genders to encourage pursuit of engineering careers for their futures.
