Meeting/Event Information

PAST PRESIDENTS NIGHT

ALL PAST PRESIDENTS ARE WELCOME!!!

Tech Session - 5:00pm

Zero Energy Buildings

This session will serve as a follow-up discussion to April's ASHRAE Webcast on NetZero: Making NetZero Net Positive. There will be an overview presented on the major focal point of desiging for a Zero Energy building. The discussion will also entail the energy metrics which are used to classify Zero Energy. Lastly, attendee participation and a roundtable-like discussion will close the session which promises to energetic and dynamic. 

Technical Session Presenter - Paul Torcellini

Paul Torcellini is a Principal Engineer for Commercial Buildings Research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a DOE national laboratory. He is also on the faculty at Eastern Connecticut State University teaching sustainable energy courses. Paul was an instrumental part in creating the process to achieve the Zero Energy Building status for NREL's Research Support Facility and working on definitions for Zero Energy Buildings. Paul has been at NREL for 21 years and is a registered Professional Engineer holding a PhD from Purdue University.

Paul has authored or co-authored more than 50 papers and articles related to energy efficiency and zero-energy commercial buildings. Among his many awards, Paul has received two ASHRAE Technology Awards for his energy-efficient buildings work and two Energy User News magazine's Efficient Building Awards. Paul has been key in the development of the Advanced Energy Design Guide series from ASHRAE and has chaired the project committees for two of the guides.

Dinner Session - 7:00pm

State of ASHRAE

Connecticut is proud to welcome David Underwood, ASHRAE Society President. David will be giving his State of ASHRAE presentation. Please see below for an impressive list of David's accomplishments, accolades and commitments to ASHRAE.  

Dinner Session Speaker - David Underwood

David Underwood, P.Eng., Fellow ASHRAE, Life Member, CPMP, resides in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

As ASHRAE’s president, Underwood chairs the Society’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. His presidential theme is “Making Connections.” 

“Making Connections focuses on the first goal in ASHRAE’s Strategic Plan, which calls for connecting as a way to foster vibrant, informed and engaged ASHRAE and industry communities,” Underwood said. “The theme focuses not only on the connections of ASHRAE membership but extends to connecting with industry, communities, governments and globally.”

Underwood was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Manitoba. Immediately upon graduation, he entered the HVAC&R industry and was employed by a major products manufacturer for approximately 10 years. In 1975, Underwood founded Isotherm Engineering Ltd., an HVAC&R design-build enterprise, which continues to be operational.

He was a volunteer Board member of ORAC (the Ontario Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association) for many years and served in all executive positions. He also served on the CSA B52 committee on Mechanical Refrigeration, the advisory committee that assisted the Ontario government in developing refrigeration regulations for Ontario.

He coauthored a trade refrigeration safety manual and served on a trade advisory committee for the refrigeration trade in Ontario.

As a member of a Canadian Federal committee he participated in writing the Building Science and Plumbing section of the 2015 edition of the Model National Building Code (MNBC).

He is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and a member of Technical Committee 7.2, HVAC&R Construction & Design Build Technologies, and of the Building Performance Alliance Ad Hoc Committee.

Underwood previously served on the Board as president-elect, treasurer, served two terms as a vice president and also served as a director-at-large.

He has received an Exceptional Service Award, a Distinguished Service Award and the William J. Collins Research Promotion Award.