APRIL 2024 ASHRAE ATLANTA CHAPTER MEETING

Climate Change: How ASHRAE Members Can Prepare

Tuesday, April 9th, 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Please note this is a dinner meeting.

Technical Program Description

Dozens of indicators tell us how much our climate has changed already; not just temperatures, but rainfall, wildfires, ocean heat and acidity, sea level, and much more. Interactive models suggest the most effective actions are taxing carbon, controlling methane emissions, and electrifying and retrofitting buildings. Clearly, we can expect to reduce fossil fuel use and increase efficiency in the next decades. How can we best serve our clients? The presenter will give some ideas, but can also moderate a session to allow chapter members to share their ideas and concerns.

Speaker

Henry Slack, PE 

Chief Engineer - Slack Engineering

From 1991 to 2018, Henry Slack managed the Indoor Air Program for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4, dealing with topics as diverse as mold, odors, ozone, carbon monoxide, air cleaners, green buildings, ventilation systems, tobacco smoke, and a guy who could see mold spores flying through the air and attack him. The EPA program is non-regulatory.

For the COVID-19 pandemic, he advised several non-profit organizations on prevention of super-spreader events with use of filters and ventilation. He has also lobbied members of Congress to solve the biggest problem in the world, climate change.

Mr. Slack earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1974 from Southwestern at Memphis (now called Rhodes College) in Memphis, Tennessee, and a Master of Science in 1980 from Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined ASHRAE in 1988 and has never regretted it.