The Whole Building System’s team was excited to be able to join founder M. Dennis Knight as he was installed as the 2024-2025 ASHRAE President in Indianapolis last week!

His theme for the Society Year, "Empowering Our Workforce: Building a Sustainable Future", is focused on developing resources and solutions to the projected gap between those choosing a career in engineering and the growing demand for design solutions facing our industry over the next century.

Please join the entire WBS team in congratulating Dennis in this capstone achievement to his decades of service to ASHRAE!

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.

M. Dennis Knight, PE, attended the annual National Institute of Building Science conference in Washington DC this week.  Mr. Knight is a member of a committee convening to write an Owner’s Guide for BIM (Building Information Modeling).  As the Chair of the BIM Multi-Disciplinary Task Group for AHSRAE, Mr. Knight is a liaison to NIBS and the Building Smart Alliance working to advance the adoption and integration of BIM in the AEC industry.

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.

Whole Building Systems today announced that CEO M. Dennis Knight, P.E., has been elected a Fellow from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) by the board of directors, the highest honor they bestow. Being designated an ASHRAE Fellow is an honor that recognizes distinction in the science of environmental technology and advancement of the built environment. Fellows are chosen because of their achievement as a researcher, designer, consultant, educator or engineer and their dedication to sharing knowledge with others in the industry.