(Society President Visit / Student Night / Membership Promotion)
Presentation: Challenge Accepted: Tackling the Climate Crisis (ASHRAE Society Theme for 2023-2024)
Presenter: Ginger Scoggins, PE, CEM, CxA, FASHRAE – ASHRAE President
Theme: Student Night / Membership Promotion
Social Time: 5:30-5:55 PM
Chapter Business/Introductions: 5:55-6:00 PM
Dinner/Main Presentation: 6:00 PM
Presenter Bio:
Ginger Scoggins is a licensed mechanical engineer with over 30 years of experience. She is the President and Co-owner of Engineered Designs, Inc., a full-service engineering which she founded over 25 years ago. Ginger is also a certified commissioning agent, as well as a certified energy manager, and works on the design and commissioning of projects ranging from $4 million construction cost up to $90 million construction cost. Her focus is on designing high-performing buildings across a wide variety of markets.
In addition to running her firm, Ginger has been heavily involved in ASHRAE since 1988 when she joined the Triangle Chapter in Raleigh, North Carolina, becoming the first female president of the chapter in the 1995-96 year, the first female Regional Vice-chair, and the first female Director & Regional Chair for Region IV. Ginger was recently named a Fellow of the organization and is the current President-Elect for ASHRAE, becoming ASHRAE president in July of 2023.
Ginger has served ASHRAE on Society level committees including CEC (Conferences & Exposition Committee), which she chaired twice, as well as on the Society planning committee, finance committee, and membership promotion committee. She has served on all three ASHRAE councils, including as chair of both Technology Council and Member’s Council. She is the ASHRAE President for Society Year 2023-2024.
Ginger’s professional experience as a consulting engineer has spanned numerous market sectors, including laboratory design, telecommunications design, mission-critical spaces, and all levels of educational markets such as K-12, community college, and university projects. In addition, she has commissioned numerous projects for the same educational clients as well as the military.
Topic Description:
“We are living in a climate emergency. Our desire to be more comfortable has brought us to a place where we need to make uncomfortable decisions. We can accept the challenge of our day regarding the impact of our buildings on the climate crises by equipping our members with the knowledge they need to design and renovate buildings to address the greenhouse gas emissions of our industry.”
Scoggins’ theme highlights the urgency of addressing the climate crisis, examines measures to reduce human impact on the natural environment and offers strategies for making the built environment more resilient and sustainable.
“An understanding of how climate change affects building planning, design, construction and operation is necessary to properly execute projects going forward. ASHRAE is committed to equipping our members with sufficient knowledge and tools, expanding our efforts of designing energy efficient buildings and providing meaningful leadership, action, resources, and advocacy to the global built environment.”