Honors & Awards

Chair: Erik Norrell
Co-Chair: Peggy Fritz

Recent Award News:

Atlanta Chapter Receives Awards
UGA Engineering Faculty Member Receives ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award



Atlanta Chapter Awards

The Atlanta Chapter received several awards during the Chapter Regional Conference this year, including:

Membership Award: First Place
Sustainability in Membership Award: First Place
ASHRAE Research: Chapter Investor Full Circle

UGA Engineering Faculty Member and Atlanta Chapter Member Receives ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award



(Shown with Tom is 2009-10 President Gordon Holness (left) and executive vice president Jeff Littleton.)

Thomas M. Lawrence, Ph.D., P.E., has received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) at the Society’s 2010 Annual Conference held here June 26-30. The Distinguished Service Award salutes members of any grade for giving freely of their time and talent on behalf of the Society. The honor recognizes participation in chapter, regional and Society activities. Lawrence is a public service associate, faulty of engineering, University of Georgia, Athens.

Lawrence said he traded the corporate world for an academic position for two reasons during the second half of his career. The first was to help refocus on environmental issues such as green buildings and energy efficiency. He is proud to be a contributor to development of Standard 189.1 and is also helping institutionalize the green building arena within ASHRAE, such as formation of technical committee 2.8, Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability, which he currently chairs. Lawrence’s second reason for switching career fields was to help guide the next generation of engineers and lead them into the industry and ASHRAE. He helped form a student branch at the University. He has led several students to the industry and this spring serves as faculty mentor for a group of students entering the 2010 ASHRAE Student Design Competition. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of some 50,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfills its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.