ASHRAE recognises outstanding member achievements at Annual Conference

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, United States, 28 June 2026: ASHRAE said it recognised outstanding member achievements during its 2026 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, honouring individuals whose leadership, service and technical contributions have advanced the Society and the built environment.

Making the announcement through a June 28 Press Release, ASHRAE said recipients were recognised through its Honors and Awards programme for contributions to innovation, sustainability, research, education, and the advancement of HVACR and building sciences.

Bill McQuade, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP, 2025-26 President, ASHRAE, said: “ASHRAE’s strength is built on the expertise, dedication and leadership of its members. This year’s Honors and Awards recipients have made meaningful contributions to our Society, our industry and the communities we serve. Their achievements exemplify ASHRAE’s commitment to advancing the built environment and creating a more sustainable future.”

ASHRAE said the following members were recognised:

Dan Mills Chapter Programs Award

ASHRAE said Alvin Lo received the Dan Mills Chapter Programs Award, which recognises excellence in chapter programme endeavours. Lo is Director, Decarbonisation Business, CLPe, Hong Kong, China.

Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award

ASHRAE said Iain Walker received the Donald Bahnfleth Environmental Health Award, which recognises excellence in volunteer service focused on environmental health issues. Walker is Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, in the United States.

George B Hightower Technical Achievement Award

ASHRAE said Pratik Deokar received the George B Hightower Technical Achievement Award, which recognises excellence in volunteer service in the area of Technical Committee, Technical Group and Technical Research Group activities. Deokar is Research Engineer, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Lewisville, Texas, in the United States.

Government Affairs Award

ASHRAE said Eid Mohamed Abdelmoneim received the Government Affairs Award, which recognises individuals for outstanding effort and achievement in state, provincial and local government activities in connection with technical issues related to the Society. Abdelmoneim is Senior Mechanical Engineer, Design Department, Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Lincoln Bouillon Award

ASHRAE said Kwaku Asiedu Boateng received the Lincoln Bouillon Award, which recognises a member who performs the most outstanding work in increasing membership. Boateng is Sales and Marketing Manager, Atlantic Climate Control Limited, Accra, Ghana.

Ralph G Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award

ASHRAE said Federico Tartarini and Meng Kong, PhD, received the Ralph G Nevins Physiology and Human Environment Award, which recognises significant accomplishment in the study of human response to the environment. Tartarini is Assistant Professor, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Kong is Principal Engineer, GTI Energy, Des Plaines, Illinois, in the United States.

Residential Buildings Service Award

ASHRAE said Philip Fairey received the Residential Buildings Service Award, which recognises excellence in volunteer service focused on residential building issues. Fairey is Principal, Building Consultants Group, LLC, Merritt Island, Florida, in the United States.

Standards Achievement Award

ASHRAE said Steven Emmerich received the Standards Achievement Award, which recognises excellence in volunteer service for developing ASHRAE standards and guidelines. Emmerich is Group Leader, US National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the United States.

William J Collins, Jr RP Award

ASHRAE said Kevin Clannon received the William J Collins Jr RP Award, which recognises a chapter RP chair who excels in raising funds for ASHRAE’s RP campaign. Clannon is Senior Applied Sales Specialized Equipment Professional, The Master Group Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada.

YEA Award of Individual Excellence

ASHRAE said Tina Abbasi, Mohamed Faizal and Abraham N.O. Okoko received the YEA Award of Individual Excellence, which recognises YEA members for superior efforts during the preceding Society year in the promotion and success of YEA and its programmes. Abbasi is Director of Operations, Zapas, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada. Faizal is IAQ Consultant, Intercool, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Okoko is Sales and Supports Engineer, AHI-Carrier, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

ASHRAE Journal Paper Award

ASHRAE said David Traxler received the Journal Paper Award for the best article published in the previous volume year of the ASHRAE Journal. Traxler is Associate Mechanical Engineer, Burns and McDonnell, Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.

Science and Technology for the Built Environment Best Paper Award

ASHRAE said Shahzad Yousaf, Craig R Bradshaw, Rushikesh Kamalapurkar and Omer San received the Science and Technology for the Built Environment Best Paper Award for “Development and performance evaluation of empirical models compatible with building energy modeling engines for unitary equipment”. Yousaf is Research Assistant, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, in the United States. Bradshaw is Associate Professor and Executive Director, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Center, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, in the United States. Kamalapurkar is Associate Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, in the United States.

Crosby Field Award

ASHRAE said Lukasz Sztaberek, Christopher Koenigsmann, Ken Haesslein, Arham Jamshaid, Jack Loughney and David Chacon, Jr. received the Crosby Field Award for “Understanding PCO Air Purification Systems”, judged to be the best paper presented before the Society. Sztaberek is Associate Professor, NYC College of Technology, Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. Koenigsmann is Associate Professor, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, in the United States. Haesslein, Jamshaid and Loughney are Research Assistants, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, in the United States.

Willis H Carrier Award

ASHRAE said S Kia Mossalaei received the Willis H Carrier Award, given to a member 32 years of age or younger for presenting an outstanding paper at a Society conference. The award was presented for “Laboratory Evaluation of Control Verification Procedures for Certification of Variable-Speed Heat Pump Behavior”. Mossalaei is Research Assistant, Herrick Laboratories, West Lafayette, Indiana, in the United States.

ASHRAE Best Paper Award

ASHRAE said the following papers received a Best Paper Award, which recognises the authors of the best papers presented at Society conferences during the previous year:

• Philip Boudreaux, PhD, Stephen Killough, Rui Zhang, Gurneesh Jatana and Diana Hun received an award for “Development of Novel Techniques for Non-Invasive Air Leakage and Moisture Detection in Building Envelopes”. Boudreaux is on the R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the United States. Zhang is R&D Engineer, GTI Energy, Des Plaines, Illinois, in the United States. Hun is Section Head, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the United States.
• Habib Arjmand Mazidi, Sajith Indika Wijesuriya, PhD, Ravi Anant Kishorem, PhD and Chuck Booten, PhD received an award for “Retrofit Solutions to Improve the Energy Performance of Existing Operational US Administrative Buildings”. Mazidi is Assistant Professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. Wijesuriya and Kishorem are at the National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, in the United States.
• Amy Allen, PhD, Jing Wang, Shadi M Abdel Haleem, Matt Mitchell, Nicholas Long, Gregor P Henze, PhD, PE and Jay Tulley received an award for “From Theory to Practice: Feasibility Study of a Thermal Microgrid at a US DoD Installation”. Allen and Wang are Research Engineers, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, in the United States. Haleem is Adjunct Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, in the United States. Long is Senior Researcher, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, in the United States. Henze is Endowed Professor, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, in the United States. Tulley is Research Engineer, USACE Construction Engineering Research Lab, Champaign, Illinois, in the United States.
• Hye-Jin Cho, Seong-Yong Cheon and Jae-Weon Jeong, Ph.D. received an award for “Experimental Investigation of Vacuum-Based Membrane Dehumidification and Evaporative Cooling-Assisted Dedicated Outdoor Air System”. Cho is Postdoctoral Researcher, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Cheon is Research Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Jeong is Professor of Architectural Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea.

Poster Presentation Award

ASHRAE said the Poster Presentation Award recognises the authors of the best poster session paper presented at a Society conference during the previous year:

• Marie-Pier Trépanier and Louis Gosselin received an award for “When Variability on Climate and Occupants Meet – How Climate Change Can Affect Different Occupants in Their House?” Trépanier is PhD Candidate, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
• Farouq Issam Riziq, Mingzhe Liu, Wei-An Chen, Zheng O’Neill, Ph.D., P.E. and Mario A. Medina, PhD, PE received an award for “Design and Operation of PCM-Embedded Radiant Cooling Systems for Enhanced Energy Flexibility”. Riziq is Student, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in the United States. Liu and Chen are Instructional Assistant Professors, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in the United States. O’Neill is Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in the United States. Medina is Director of Architectural Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in the United States.

Distinguished Service Award

ASHRAE said the Distinguished Service Award recognises members who have served the Society faithfully and with distinction, giving freely of their time and talent in chapter, regional and Society activities. The following members were recognised:

• Aleksandar Anđelković, Professor, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Don Bailey, Dunnellon, Florida, in the United States
• Charles Bertuch, PE, LEED AP, Project Manager, Colliers Engineering and Design, Syracuse, New York, in the United States
• Marcus V A Bianchi, Owner, Marcus V A Bianchi, Littleton, Colorado, in the United States
• Carrie Brown, PhD, Director, Resource Refocus LLC, Piedmont, California, in the United States
• Yan Chen, PhD, Senior Research Engineer and Team Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, in the United States
• Bob Coleman, Lead Engineer, Trane Technologies, Lexington, Kentucky, in the United States
• Kimberly Cowman, HFDP, Director of Engineering, LEO A DALY, Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States
• Charles Cromer, Cocoa Beach, Florida, in the United States
• Mahroo Eftekhari, C.Eng., CDPhil, Fellow ASHRAE, SFHEA, Professor and Course Director, MSc in Net Zero Building Services Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, in the United Kingdom
• Charles Eley, Retired Architect and Engineer, San Francisco, California, in the United States
• Niss Feiner, CHD, Principal Mechanical Designer, Delta-T Designs, Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada
• Stan Gatland, Manager, Building Science and Comfort, Saint-Gobain North America, Malvern, Pennsylvania, in the United States
• Reid Hart, PE, Chief Engineer, BirchGrove Hearth, LLC, Eugene, Oregon, in the United States
• Kyle Hasenkox, Principal, Rocky Point Engineering Ltd, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Heric Holmes, PEng, Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering, Bird Construction, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Joshua Hughes, PE, R&D Engineer, The Chemours Company, Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States
• Elizabeth Jedrlinic, Sales Manager, Trane, New York, in the United States
• Manfred Kehrer, Senior Associate, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Northbrook, Illinois, in the United States
• Elise Kiland, PE, Founding Building Engineer, Cambio, San Francisco, California, in the United States
• Bruce B Lindsay, PE, CDP, Principal, Lindsay and Associates, Melbourne, Florida, in the United States
• Carol Lomonaco, Senior Product Manager, Vista Lake Consultants, LLC, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, in the United States
• Nicholas Long, Senior Researcher, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, in the United States
• Genevieve Lussier, President, Eequinox, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Eduardo Maldonado, Life Member ASHRAE, Professor, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
• Andrew Manos, Mechanical Engineer, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, in the United States
• Meghan K McNulty, PE, Building Systems Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, in the United States
• Kevin B Mercer, PE, Senior Principal Engineer, Rheem Manufacturing Co, Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the United States
• Gwelen Paliaga, Senior Director, TRC, Oakland, California, in the United States
• Scott Peach, PE, President, SP Engineering, Mobile, Alabama, in the United States
• Les Pereira, Retired, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
• Tulia I. Rios, Applications Engineer, Stan Weaver, Miami, Florida, in the United States
• Michelle Shadpour, Executive Project Manager, SC Engineers, San Diego, California, in the United States
• Carey Simonson, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Bill Simpson, Sales Engineer, Harrison Energy Partners, Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States
• Jeff Stein, PE, Principal, Taylor Engineers, Alameda, California, in the United States
• Elia Sterling, Theodor Sterling Associates Ltd, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Fitsum Tariku, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• Rick Vowels, PE, Retired, Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States
• Bruce A. Wilcox, P.E., President, Bruce A. Wilcox, Berkeley, California, in the United States
• Jason Woods, Senior Research Engineer, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado, in the United States

Exceptional Service Award

ASHRAE said the Exceptional Service Award recognises Distinguished Service Award recipients who have continued to serve faithfully and with exemplary effort. The following members were recognised:

• Robert Bean, RET, PL (Eng), Retired Practitioner, Lake Chestermere, Alberta, Canada
• Robin Bryant, Senior Project Manager, B&I Contractors, Fort Myers, Florida, in the United States
• Susanna Hanson, Principal Engineer, Solstice Advanced Materials, Morris Plains, New Jersey, in the United States
• Isabelle Lavoie, General Manager, Johnson Controls, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Corey Metzger, Principal, Resource Consulting Engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States
• Ahmed Alaa El Din Mohamed, Ph.D., Chairman, Portec Link General Trading LLC, Green Vision Contracting and Cool Pro, Alexandria, Egypt
• Carey Simonson, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Iain Walker, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, in the United States
• David A Yashar, PhD, Deputy Director, Standards Coordination Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, in the United States
• Douglas Zentz, Emeritus Professor, Ferris State University, Elkhart, Indiana, in the United States

Distinguished 50-Year Member Award

ASHRAE said the Distinguished 50-Year Member Award is given to individuals who have been a member for a minimum of 50 years and are either a past Society president, Fellow ASHRAE or Distinguished Service Award recipient, or who have performed outstanding service to ASHRAE or its predecessor societies. The following members were recognised:

• Mark Allen, President, AJ Allen Mechanical Contractors, Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States
• Erv Bales, Summit, New Jersey, in the United States
• Albert Black III, Creve Coeur, Missouri, in the United States
• Robert Cappelletti, Lansing, Michigan, in the United States
• Dale Carter, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
• Julian de Bullet, Gainesville, Virginia, in the United States
• Michael N Hart, Chairman of the Board, EEA Consulting Engineers, Austin, Texas, in the United States
• Donald C Herrmann, BEAP, Owner, Building Resources LLC, Hudson, Florida, in the United States
• David E Knebel, P.E., Consultant, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States
• Reza Mashayekhi, President, Mashatyekhi Consultants, St. Petersburg, Florida, in the United States
• Frank Mills, Owner, Frank Mills Consulting, England
• Garry Neil Myers, awarded posthumously, Retired, Allendale, New Jersey, in the United States
• Thomas Reinarts, Rio Verde, Arizona, in the United States
• Richard Rooley, FREng, Rooley Consultants, Stoke Poges, England
• Ronald Shelton, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the United States
• Phil Trafton, Principal Advisor, Coffman Engineers, Woodland Hills, California, in the United States
• Saul V Villanueva, PE, President, Mechanical Applications Consultants, San Jose, California, in the United States
• Timothy G Wentz, HBDP, Emeritus Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, in the United States

Distinguished 75-Year Member Award

ASHRAE said the Distinguished 75-Year Member Award is given to individuals who have been ASHRAE members for a minimum of 75 years. ASHRAE said Joseph S Lea, P.E., Retired, Jamaica, New York, , in the United States, was recognised.

Andrew T. Boggs Service Award

ASHRAE said Larry J Fisher received the Andrew T Boggs Service Award, which recognises an Exceptional Service Award recipient for continuing unselfish, dedicated and distinguished service. Fisher is Founder, ECT Service, Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.

Eunice Foote Decarbonisation Award

ASHRAE said Luke Leung, PE, PEng, BEMP received the Eunice Foote Decarbonisation Award, which recognises a member who works to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment. Leung is Principal, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.

Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award ASHRAE said Costas Balaras received the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award, given annually to an ASHRAE Fellow for continuous pre-eminence in engineering or research work. Balaras is Research Director, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens, Greece.