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Kelsey Leslie is a mechanical engineer specializing
in the full range of commissioning services for Paladin, Inc.in Lexington,
Kentucky. She began her commissioning career specializing in K‐12 schools
before expanding her experience portfolio to include local and state
government, commercial, and secondary education facilities. Whether she’s
supporting new building owners with preventive maintenance protocol or
implementing M&V plans, she is an advocate for data‐driven collaborative
solutions. Kelsey holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Lipscomb
University in Nashville, TN and a certification in Tridium Niagara programming.
She has previously spoken at the 2018 BCxA Annual Conference and 2019 ASHRAE
Annual Conference on Enterprise Building Automation System solutions.
Vince has extensive commissioning and project management
experience that builds upon his background in HVAC design. His diverse
industry experience includes hospitals and healthcare facilities, universities,
laboratories, correctional facilities, water reclamation and
manufacturing.
While at ETC Group, Vince oversees the commissioning group
projects and team members to ensure consistency with industry standards and
compliance. He also commissions HVAC systems to watch for and identify key
issues through initial design reviews. While onsite he
performs troubleshooting inspections with a keen eye to support energy
savings and operational opportunities. His work has been in both new building
commissioning and retro-commissioning systems within healthcare, laboratories,
higher education and correctional facilities.
The areas include the likes of operating room suites, bone
marrow transplant suites and patient care as well as office suites,
laboratory and housing quarters. Behind the scenes, Vince commissions air
handling units and system, central plants and domestic water systems.
On commissioning projects, Vince employs industry standards
and best practices to effectively represent the needs of building owners and
occupants. He has built a proven track record of successfully meeting strict
regulations for HVAC systems in a variety of environments. Having worked
on LEED projects, Vince supports high performance building standards and
strategies for improving operation and energy savings. Along with the
commissioning projects, Vince assisted with implementing standard operating
procedures and compliance, complete with preventative maintenance
programs.
Prior to working at ETC Group, Vince was a key member of
design teams at Grumman/Butkus Associates. At Grumman/Butkus, he conducted
airflow studies, and developed troubleshooting strategies for HVAC equipment to
develop a capital replacement plan. As part of the design team, he was involved
with both airside and water side designs. This included performing analysis
reviews of existing systems, HVAC calculations, identified deficiencies and a
design to remediate.
Vince is also familiar with operation and maintenance of
high-pressure steam boilers and related systems, hydraulic and pneumatic
systems, air compressors, refrigeration along with process related equipment.