Meeting Schedule

• Chapter Updates: 12:00 - 12:15
• Speaker: 12:15 - 1:30

ASHRAE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT - "The ASHRAE Digital Lighthouse and Industry 4.0"

As our chapter celebrates past presidents in April, what better time for a visit with 2020-21 ASHRAE Society President, Charles Gulledge!  President Gulledge will address his theme for the 2020-21 ASHRAE Society Year, “The ASHRAE Digital Lighthouse and Industry 4.0.”  Digital transformation is not simply associated with adopting new technical solutions. Knowledge needs to be captured and linked in such a way that ALL relevant stakeholders’ benefit. Doing so requires understanding of how to collect, store, and analyze data; so that it is insightful and actionable. The ASHRAE Digital Lighthouse and Industry 4.0 focuses on reimagining the building industry by not only integrating industry segments, but technology. This presentation will examine how ASHRAE will lead the industry in becoming a part of the digital transformation that will guide the building industry into the next decade and beyond.

Speaker:  Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E., HBDP, LEED AP, Fellow ASHRAE, 2020-21 ASHRAE President

Society President Gulledge has served as chair of the Members Council and the President-Elect Advisory Committee, chair of the Finance Committee, chair of the Standards Membership Ad Hoc Committee, chair of the Development Committee for Fundraising, and as an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer. He has held ASHRAE Society-level leadership roles on many standing committees, technical committees and presidential ad hoc committees. Gulledge’s career in HVAC spans over 36 years. He entered the industry as an engineer-in-training with Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, working on transit system infrastructure, vehicular tunnels and moveable swing-span bridges. Over his career, he has served the built world in the roles of a consulting engineer, municipal owner and design-build contractor. Gulledge is currently a Senior Mechanical Engineer with Environmental Air Systems, LLC.  He is registered as a professional engineer in the states of North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia. Gulledge is a 1983 graduate of North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.