TOPIC: Improving Building Performance
By: Tom Phoenix, PE
Learning Objectives:
This program will define the characteristics of a "high performing building" and how to identify and measure those metrics. It then discusses the tools that can be used to identify and analyze potential measures for improving the operating performance of the building.
Speaker Bio:
Thomas Phoenix is currently a Business Development Engineer with Mechanical Contractors, LLC. Previously, he was a Principal with CPL Architects & Engineers. He has a B.S. degree in engineering from NC State University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina and six other States and has over 35 years of experience in the design, operation, and maintenance of building mechanical and energy systems in commercial, educational, government, and medical office facilities.
Mr. Phoenix has been an active member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers) since 1982, and was elevated to the grade of Fellow in 2011. He is an ASHRAE Presidential Member, having served as Society President in 2014-15. He served on ASHRAE’s Board of Directors for 11 years and has chaired the Publishing and Education Council and numerous ASHRAE committees. Mr. Phoenix is an ASHRAE Certified Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and is also an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer. He is an ASHRAE Foundation Trustee and was Co-chair of ASHRAE’s Task Force for Building Decarbonization in 2021-22.
Mr. Phoenix also serves as Vice Chair of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). He previously served for six years as Chair of the Advanced Energy Design Guides Steering Committee, which is composed of representatives from ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES), and the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
Mr. Phoenix is active in his local community. He is a graduate of Leadership Greensboro, a member of the Leadership Greensboro Alumni Association and a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Greensboro Children’s Museum. He is a Charter Member and Past President of the Gate City Rotary Club. He served as a Committee Chairman for 19 years with the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, an event benefitting the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
He is married to the former Rebecca Champion, and he and Becky have two children.
Meeting Schedule
11:30 - Registration/Network
Noon - Lunch and Presentation