ASHRAE Louisville Chapter Meeting - March 2026

Please join us on Wednesday, March 18th from 11:30am – 1:00pm for our Monthly Chapter Meeting!   

Presenter:  Wade Conlan | Distinguished Lecturer

Topic: Weighing the Pig vs. Making it Fly: Improve Energy Performance while Maintaining IEQ through Retro-Commissioning

A lot of existing building stock needs to have its energy, and thereby operational carbon, improved if we are to meet the challenges for net-zero energy or carbon-neutrality in the next few decades. The improvement of the existing building stock, which is often looked at as energy hogs, can be greatly improved through the retro-commissioning process. This session covers the stages of weighing the pig (benchmarking) versus actively making improvements for systems. Actual projects for laboratories, hospitality and gaming, and university facilities will be used to demonstrate how to use retro-commissioning to make your pig fly.

Bio: Wade H. Conlan, P.E., BCxP, CxA, has over 29 years of commissioning and design engineering experience and has completed projects in a variety of building use categories. Wade’s projects have included laboratories, central utility plants, hospitality, themed entertainment, pharmaceutical, gaming, mission critical, and healthcare facilities. Having joined ASHRAE as a student at Penn State, and receiving his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering in 1995, Wade is an active participant in many levels of ASHRAE, including being a past Chapter President, Regional Refrigeration Chair, and many roles at society. He is a Vice President for 2023-2025 (two-year term) and was formerly a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors. Additionally, Wade has chaired the Environmental Health Committee, lead the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force’s Building Readiness Team, chaired SPC 110 – Method of Test for Fume Hood Performance, chaired TC 9.10 Laboratories, member of SSPC 300 – Building Commissioning, voting member of GPC 1.1 and past-chair of GPC 1.6P – Commissioning for Data Centers. Wade has been published in many technical documents, including the ASHRAE Journal. He also has spoken at, and chaired, numerous ASHRAE Conferences on topics of energy, indoor air quality, and standards. Wade currently serves as Hanson's Commissioning & Energy Discipline Manager whose team does work around the world, and has led retro-commissioning on more than 70 million square feet of buildings around the world. He has also led many commissioning, energy audits, and condition assessments.

Location: Trane| 12700 Plantside Drive, Louisville KY, 40299

Lunch will be provided.