Ask the Experts: Video Blog with Brandon Harwick of Engenium Group

enVerid Ask the Experts with Brandon Harwick, Engenium Group

In our first installment of enVerid’s Ask the Experts blog series to be recorded on video, I chat with Brandon Harwick, founder and president of Engenium Group, a leading MEP firm based in Washington, DC. Brandon has been recognized as an engineering leader (he was named one of ASHRAE’s Top 5 New Faces to Watch in Engineering) and his firm is at the forefront of thoughtfully developing innovative HVAC solutions combining energy savings and cost reductions with excellent indoor air quality.

I heard Brandon speak about the IAQ Procedure (IAQP) at the 2023 ASHRAE Winter Conference and wanted to follow up with him. He and I talked about top industry trends, including the one Brandon’s most excited about: the rising popularity of the IAQ Procedure (IAQP), which Brandon predicted will overtake the Ventilation Rate Procedure (VRP) as the norm in the next 10 years.He also described using Sorbent Ventilation Technology^®(SVT) with the IAQP for energy savings and improved indoor air quality in three projects: the NY Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, where reducing outside air reduced the HVAC first cost; the Dorothy Heights Elementary School, where using the IAQP and SVT was instrumental in saving energy; and the Engenium offices where they are using SVT to improve indoor air quality.