Kirk T. Mescher Award Honors Memory of HVAC Pioneer
“The engineering profession is characterized by an environment that can stifle innovation and reward the ‘plain vanilla’ or ‘safe’ approach to design,” said Lisa Meline of Meline Engineering, Sacramento, Calif., in her heartfelt announcement of the Kirk T. Mescher Award during the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Mescher passed away on Aug. 19 at the age of 59.
Mescher was an engineer who specialized in HVAC, but whose real forte was innovation, Meline said. “Kirk’s design ideas are clever in and of themselves, but the courage to implement them in projects and freely share the results underscores his exemplary service to our industry.”