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ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

Vincent “Vince” Sakraida has spent the past 40 years performing the design, construction, and commissioning of mechanical/HVAC system design for high technology (cleanrooms, laboratories, data centers, hospitals, pharmaceutical, electronics, manufacturing), government (DOJ, DOD, DOE, NIH, NNSA), institutional (schools, churches, universities, police, fire) and commercial (restaurants, office buildings, retail) facilities.

Vince received his undergraduate degree of mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1982. He is a 15-year member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). In ASHRAE, he is the Vice Chairman of the TC9.11 Clean Space Committee. As a member of TC9.11 Clean Space Committee, Vince co-authored the Cleanroom Design Guide and the ASHRAE Application Handbook Clean Space Chapter. Vince’s other ASHRAE activities included participating in the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force – Laboratory Subcommittee, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer (2008-2010, & 2023-2025), and ASHRAE TC9.10 – Laboratories Committee Corresponding Member.

Outside of ASHRAE, Vince is a member of the NEBB Cleanroom Performance Testing Standard Committee (2018 to Present), ISO 14644, Member of US TAG, 2023, and Engineered Systems Magazine editorial advisory board member and author (2008 to Present).

Vince has written numerous technical articles and presented at numerous conferences nationally and internationally.