Collaboration, family, and fun. These are the words I would use to describe the 2022 Summer Summit. People came from offices all the way out in Raleigh, NC, Norfolk, VA, and Newark, DE, to the main headquarters here in McLean, VA. It took an incredible amount of coordination and planning from all parties involved to… Read More

After working from home throughout the height of the pandemic, I’ve realized the flexibility remote work gives and have become grateful for it. Once you get used to the perks, they’re hard to give up. Luckily, the hybrid work environment has become commonplace in today’s world and at Summer Consultants. For many people, working from… Read More

Mechanical load calculations require the designer to consider many sources of space heat loads including heat introduced by walls, windows, occupants, lighting, and miscellaneous equipment. In my opinion, miscellaneous equipment presents the most challenging task in quantifying load. Many loads found in a typical office space renovation are tabulated in the ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals,… Read More

Although the percentage of women in engineering has been increasing over the years, it still remains at only 15%. With this low number, many women report that they have to prove themselves repeatedly in order to get the same recognition as their male colleagues. While women make up around 20% of engineering graduates, only 11%… Read More

One of my favorite graduation gifts was a T-shirt with the Virginia Tech logo on the front and big text on the back that read “Best 3.75 years of My Life.” This was not because I graduated 7 weeks early, nor did I drop out, but rather because the COVID-19 pandemic took quite the toll… Read More