HPAC On The Air

Episode X: COP26 Report from USGBC‘s Elizabeth Beardsley

Our guest today is Elizabeth Beardsley, senior policy counsel for the U.S. Green Building Council, which she represented in November at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, or 'COP26', for short. A longtime environmental advocate, Liz holds a civil engineering degree from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. She speaks here on key COP26 takeaways and also highlights important climate components in the new federal infrastructure funding.

Episode IX: Connecting with ASHRAE President Mick Schwedler

This month's engaging guest is Mick Schwedler, P.E., the 2021-2022 President of ASHRAE, installed last June. Now in his 40th year at Trane, Mick is passionate about the next generation and ASHRAE's stated commitment to serve humanity, especially during this extraordinary time. Here, we speak with him about ASHRAE's evolving role through the global pandemic and its new focus now on decarbonization and organizational equity and inclusion. Listen and learn how that all fits in to the theme for his ongoing year as society president: “Personal Growth. Global Impact. Feed the Roots.”

Episode VIII: How Cyber Secure Are You? with Nick Espinosa

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so our special guest is online "security fanatic" Nick Espinosa, the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's go-to consultant and a member of the Forbes Technology Council. A sought-after speaker across multiple industries, Nick is a prolific podcaster and social media thought leader focused 24/7 on business vulnerabilities and how to reduce growing cyber risks, both at work and at home. Oh, and if you think your engineering firm has nothing to worry about, you are almost certainly wrong, he says.

Episode VII: Inside the Epidemic Task Force, with Dr. Bill Bahnfleth

This month, ASHRAE's pandemic point man takes us behind the scenes for a fascinating look at the last 18 months of urgent collaboration, research, recommendations, and now hope, all fueled by a global public health emergency that is still ongoing. 

Episode VI: Airborne Health Strategies, with Dr. Linsey Marr

In our new podcast, columnist Larry Clark interviews Virginia Tech engineering Prof. Linsey Marr about her extraordinary year in the COVID spotlight as one of our industry's most quoted (and respected) experts on indoor air quality.

Episode V: Buildings Wellness Check, with Rick Fedrizzi

In our latest episode, the Carrier alum who co-founded USGBC and helped to launch both LEED and WELL Certification now tells us how "engineers are at the center of the storm" in the post-pandemic race to make buildings healthier.

Episode IV: Riding the Winds of Change with AMCA International

In our latest podcast, AMCA's Mike Ivanovich and Aaron Gunzner discuss the global group's challenging journey through the pandemic and the profound changes that will now shape the future of air movement and control in the built environment.

Episode III: How Boiler Firms Have Survived and Thrived, with Scott Lynch

In our latest podcast, ABMA President Scott Lynch talks about the many challenges his group has faced in the last year and the shifting strategies that so far have managed to succeed.

Episode II : Our Year of Living Digitally, with ASHRAE President Chuck Gulledge

For our second podcast, HPAC Engineering's Rob McManamy chats with ASHRAE President Chuck Gulledge, to discuss the international engineering group's extraordinary year of digital transformation during an all-encompassing crisis.

Incredibly, even before 2020, Gulledge had already chosen the "Digital Lighthouse" as the theme of his presidency. Little did he know that we would ALL be living that concept remotely for most of last year and into the foreseeable future. Here, Gulledge reviews how his 53,000-member professional organization and its 198 chapters worldwide pivoted to a new, virtual reality, while opening a new headquarters outside Atlanta, and amassing its expertise to advise governments everywhere on the indoor air quality risks and recommended remedies for operating buildings safely during this once-per-century pandemic.

Our earlier interview with Gulledge from last fall...

https://www.hpac.com/association-solutions/article/21145587/ashraes-digital-lighthouse-now-a-beacon

Episode I : The Current State of Sustainability, with Larry Clark

For our first podcast, HPAC Editor Rob McManamy sits down with the author of Clark's Remarks, our popular bimonthly column on all things sustainability.