November 2024 Chapter Meeting: Visit From Society President
November 6 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Free – $20.00Visit From Society President:
M. Dennis Knight, P.E., BEMP
Fellow Life Member ASHRAE
Topic | Empowering Our Workforce: Building a Sustainable Future
President M. Dennis Knight will present the theme for the 2024–25 Society Year, Empowering Our Workforce: Building a Sustainable Future, in his presidential address. The speech highlights the emergence of new technologies to the industry and explores the imperative to remain adaptive and forward-thinking in shaping the engineers and building scientists of the future.
Presenter: M. Dennis Knight, P.E., BEMP
Bio: M. Dennis Knight is ASHRAE’s president for the 2024-25 term. He has served as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, chair of the International Standards Advisory Subcommittee and vice chair of the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force, among other extensive involvement, and is the recipient of several ASHRAE awards.
Knight is the founder of Whole Building Systems, LLC, Mount Pleasant, S.C., and his experience in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of high performance buildings spans over 46 years. He has commissioned hundreds of new buildings and audited or retro-commissioned over 100 million ft2 (9.3 million m2) of existing commercial, federal and industrial building stock.
