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RECENT AWARDS & SPONSORSHIPS
RECENT AWARDS
ASHRAE AWARDS – EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING
ASHRAE IL Chapter – Humidity Control and Cooling Assessment, Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, IL
ASHRAE IL Chapter – Art Institute of Chicago Control Valve Replacement, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
ASHRAE IL Chapter – Walsh Construction Headquarters, Chicago, IL
ASHRAE IL Chapter – Art Institute of Chicago Ryerson Library HVAC Upgrade, Chicago, IL
AWARD-WINNING PROJECTS
Intrinsic School, AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Award; Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist
125 S Wacker Dr., Mayor’s Leadership Circle Award
SPONSORSHIPS
Landmarks Illinois Preservation Forwards (’21, ’22, ‘23)
JDRF Real Estate Games (’22, ’23)
ACE Mentor Program (’21, ’22, ’23)
Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society, RCCS (’18, ’19, ’21, ’22, ’23)
Jones Lang LaSalle, Midwest Engineering and Property Management
American Cancer Society, Taste of Hope
Read the Greens Golf Outing benefiting Tutoring Chicago (’18, ’19, ’21, ’22)
Lycée Français de Chicago (’18, ’19, ’21, ’22, ’23)
NEWS
10 Reasons Lighting Controls Commissioning Goes Bad
To ensure complex systems function as intended, a formal commissioning process needs to be established.
4 Questions To Ask Before Buying a New BAS
An obsolete building automation systems can cost you time and money, but make sure you know what you want and what you'll get when you're ready for an upgrade.
Engineering Flexible Office Buildings: Electrical/Lighting/Power and Fire/Life Safety
Consulting-Specifying Engineer. John Yoon, P.E., LEED AP, was an MEP respondent on this Article discussion with a few of his peers. Office buildings need to have the ability to accommodate myriad types of businesses and activities to meet the needs of tenants. Here,...
Understanding NFPA 101 for Mission Critical Facilities
Consulting-Specifying Engineer. NFPA 101: Life Safety Code 2015 is a reference used for strategies to protect people based on building construction, protection, and occupancy features that minimize the effects of fire and other related hazards. It is the only document...
Consulting-Specifying Engineer welcomes John Yoon to editorial advisory board
Consulting-Specifying Engineer. John Yoon, PE, LEED AP ID+C, lead electrical engineer with McGuire Engineers Inc., Chicago, has joined the Consulting-Specifying Engineer editorial advisory board.
Professional Relationships
American Association of Museum
Museum professionals and volunteers across the country enjoy connecting with their peers, finding new job opportunities, and accessing valuable resources through the American Alliance of Museums. AAM members benefit from exclusive networking opportunities, products, and services that help advance their careers and enrich their institutions.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
With more than 50,000 members from over 130+ nations, ASHRAE is a diverse organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world.
Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA)
BOMA/Chicago is a trade association that has represented the interests of the Chicago office building industry since 1902. Membership includes approximately 240 commercial office, institutional and public buildings and about 170 companies that provide commercial building services to support operational excellence. BOMA/Chicago members constitute approximately 80 percent of all rentable office space and more than 98 percent of rentable space in Class A buildings downtown.
Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE)
The Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE), established in 1886, is a professional association representing the interests of over 2,500 engineer members from all fields of practice. Headquartered in Springfield, ISPE includes among its membership licensed professional engineers, licensed structural engineers, licensed land surveyors, engineer interns, graduate engineers and engineering students.
ISPE is a state society member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and consists of 20 chapters throughout the State of Illinois. ISPE is governed by a Board of Directors made up of an elected Executive Committee and representatives appointed from each Chapter.
International Association of Museum Facility Administrators (IAMFA)
AMFA is an international nonprofit organization devoted to meeting the professional needs of facility and security administrators at cultural institutions, especially in their efforts to set and attain standards of excellence and quality in the sustainable design, construction, operation and maintenance of world-class cultural facilities.
Through quality educational programs, networking and meaningful partnerships with suppliers of products, services and specialized expertise, IAMFA strives to improve the profession.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (I.E.E.E.)
IEEE is the trusted voice for engineering, computing, and technology information around the globe. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE has a global presence with seven offices internationally.
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
NSPE was established in 1934 to realize a simple but vital goal: create an inclusive, nontechnical organization dedicated to the interests of licensed professional engineers, regardless of practice area, that would protect engineers (and the public) from unqualified practitioners, build public recognition for the profession, and stand against unethical practices and inadequate compensation.
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (I.E.E.E.)
At USGBC, our vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation. Our mission is to transform how buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. We’re committed to transforming our built environment through LEED, the world’s most preeminent green building system. Today there are more than 105,000 LEED-certificate buildings in nearly 190 countries.
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