ASHRAE Tech Hour

Professional Bio

Jay Enck, BCxP, HBDP, BEAP, LEED Fellow, LEEP AP, received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic University.

He is credited for the creation of the Holistic Commissioning® process, is a well-established, innovative leader in commissioning, operational efficiencies, building forensics and enclosures, green design, and sustainable development. With over 40 years of experience in engineering, construction, and building operations in multiple market sectors, Jay is a widely sought-after subject matter expert who is frequently quoted in articles and serves as a speaker at industry conferences.

Mr. Enck has been an ASHRAE member for 22 years. He serves as a contributing author for several ASHRAE industry guidelines and standards and also serves as Chair of ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee 300 and Standard 230.

Professional Bio

Reinhard Seidl, P.E. is a registered Mechanical Engineer with an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

He has over 25 years of experience in commercial and industrial HVAC and control system design and commissioning. Initially with a Dutch construction company specializing in industrial projects in Africa and the Middle East, subsequently with a design-build construction company in California, and currently as a Principal with Taylor Engineering. Mr. Seidl has experience in a wide range of project types, including petrochemical, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, clean room, heavy industrial, hospital and office buildings.

Mr. Seidl has been an ASHRAE member for 25 years. He serves on Technical Committee 7.05 and 7.09, as well as Standards Project Committee 205 and Standing Standards Project Committee 300.

Professional Bio

Richard H. Rooley (FREng FASHRAE, Presidential Member ASHRAE) is a Consulting Engineer in London, UK. He has designed HVAC systems and developed operation and maintenance procedures for commercial, health, defense, public buildings and housing. He has project managed complex engineering and building projects and has worked with universities in research on indoor air quality and the process of building design, construction and use. He acts as an expert in litigation, and as an arbitrator and mediator in disputes. In seeking solutions to problems in buildings, he has used teams of professionals, from inside and outside the HVAC industry.

His extensive experience in the investigation of failed buildings because of cost, time, indoor air quality, failure to meet the brief and misrepresentation of intentions provide a strong basis for his work. Mr. Rooley founded the Teambuild competition in 1990.

Mr. Rooley has been a member of ASHRAE since 1976 and has served as Chairman or member of many Councils, standing and technical committees. He served as ASHRAE President (2003–2004), he is a Fellow of ASHRAE, received the Paul Anderson Award, the Exceptional Service Award, the Award of Merit and the International Activities Award. He is also a Life Member.

Outside America, Mr. Rooley is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Service Engineers. He has degrees from Trinity College, University of Dublin, in Civil Engineering and in Law and Management and post graduate studies at London South Bank University.

Professional Bio

Dr. Stephanie Taylor received her MD from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts and subsequently practiced pediatric oncology and did research in cellular growth mechanisms. Alarmed by the high number of patients acquiring infections during their in-patient treatment, she became determined to better understand the role of the built environment in patient outcomes.

To learn about the design and management of buildings, she obtained her Master’s in Architecture at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Dr. Taylor now works as an international consultant and research leader in designing and operating hospitals and other commercial buildings. Her unique approach is to use health data of building occupants to determine which indoor air and design characteristics support or harm human health. She has published in Nature, Science and other peer reviewed journals, is a Distinguished Lecturer for ASHRAE, and a regular contributor to Engineered Systems magazine.