Energy efficiency and decarbonization have dominated the HVACR stage in recent years, and that's a good thing, of course. But ASHRAE's 2025-26 president, Bill McQuade, PE, CDP, Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP, is determined to turn the spotlight on indoor environmental quality (IEQ) before building owners forget the lessons of the recent pandemic.
Expounding on the theme of his Society presidential year, Healthy Buildings: Designing for Life, McQuade joins HPAC On The Air to explain how ASHRAE is now working with industry groups, both here and abroad, to elevate the cause of improving IEQ for the benefit of building occupant health.
An industry reporter and editor since 1987, McManamy joined HPAC Engineering in September 2017, after three years with BuiltWorlds.com, a Chicago-based media startup focused on tech innovation in the built environment. He has been covering design and construction issues for more than 30 years, having started at Engineering News-Record (ENR) in New York, before becoming its Midwest Bureau Chief in 1990. In 1998, McManamy was named Editor-in-Chief of Design-Build magazine, where he served for four years. He subsequently worked as an editor and freelance writer for Building Design + Construction and Public Works magazines.
A native of Bronx, NY, he is a graduate of both the University of Virginia, and The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
