About the Speaker
THOMAS M. LAWRENCE, Ph.D., P.E.,
LEED-AP
Faculty of Engineering
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Thomas M. Lawrence is a Public
Service Associate with the University of Georgia, and
has over 25 years of professional experience in engineering
and environmentally related fields. Before going back
for his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue, he
spent approximately 20 of those years in progressively
more responsible engineering and management positions
in industry and consulting. Currently, he is vice-chair
of ASHRAE Technical Committee 2.8, “Building Environmental
Impact and Sustainability”, and is a member of the
Special Project Committee 189 writing an ASHRAE standard
on high-performance green buildings. Dr. Lawrence has
presented papers on building energy usage and indoor air
quality at conferences in the U.S. and Europe, and has
published papers on sustainable design and energy usage
in buildings in journals such as ASHRAE Journal, Solar
Today, and Buildings and Environment. At the University
of Georgia, Dr. Lawrence teaches or has taught courses
in Building Environmental Control, Green Building Design,
Industrial Ventilation, Residential Building Design, Heat
Transfer and Thermodynamics, and in these courses he works
to bring in sustainable design concepts and practices.
As part of the University of Georgia Engineering Outreach
program, he is helping to coordinate building energy reduction
activities within the state university system. Dr. Lawrence
is also a consultant for Commissioning and Green Building
Solutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He is an active
volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, serving on the board
of directors for the Athens, Georgia chapter while working
to introduce sustainable design practices in the houses
built there.
Dr. Lawrence has a B.S. with Highest
Distinction honors in Environmental Science from Purdue
University (1978), a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from
Oregon State University (1982) and a second M.S. degree
in Engineering Management from Washington University earned
in 1989. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
from Purdue University in the spring of 2004 researching
the impacts of demand-controlled ventilation on energy
consumption and indoor air quality in smaller commercial
buildings. Dr. Lawrence is a member of the American Society
of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers;
the American Society for Engineering Education and Phi
Beta Kappa.
ABSTRACT
The U.S. Green Building Council’s
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program
was created in order to raise awareness and moving the
marketplace toward a more sustainable design practice.
This talk provides an overview of the various LEED programs,
with an emphasis on the areas that are particularly important
to MEP professionals. The current status and contents
for the (proposed) ASHRAE Standard 189, Standard for High-Performance
Green Buildings, Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings
will be also be discussed. (Note: This standard should
come out for initial public review in early summer 2007).
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