Susan Collins has recently earned her WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) credential.  WELL is the first building rating system dedicated exclusively to building impacts on the health, productivity and well-being of occupants.  Through this credentialing process Susan demonstrated mastery of the eight Concepts (similar to credit categories in LEED) found in the WELL certification system: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort, and Innovation.  

Congratulations to Whole Building Systems CEO M. Dennis Knight on receiving the National Institute of Building Sciences Member Award at the Building Innovation 2018 in January.

The Charleston Healthy Business Challenge recently awarded Whole Building Systems and other progressive companies awards for their scoring under the 2017 Healthy Business Challenge at an event in the Riley Park Club in Charleston, SC.

Joel McKellar has recently completed his Living Future Accreditation, a credentialing  process for professionals developed by the International Living Future Institute which oversees the Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification program.   

Through a mixture of direct LBC project support, volunteerism, and educational programs Joel completed the 70 hours of training required to earn his accreditation.  Areas of emphasis in the training included material health and transparency research, net-positive energy and water design strategies, and social equity processes for design and construction.  

Whole Building Systems reached the Palmetto Tier of the 2014-2015 Charleston Green Business Challenge.  The program provides scoring for how businesses are run along the following categories:  Energy and Water Stewardship, Waste Reduction, Green and Local Purchasing, and Healthiness in the Workplace.  

M. Dennis Knight opens ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference in Atlanta, Georgia

As Chairman of the ASHRAE annual Energy Modeling Conference, M. Dennis Knight, Founder and CEO of Whole Building Systems opened the event by introducing the prolific Dr. Story Musgrave, who gave the keynote address.  Musgrave who has had an extraordinary career including being a fighter pilot, a NASA astronaut, a trauma surgeon and has earned seven graduate degrees, encouraged the audience to seek out new opportunities and apply their life experiences to solve the complex issues we face today.