GBMS with Erik Ring

<p><strong>Erik Ring</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has a breadth of experience in engineering, consulting, design, analysis, and commissioning for green building projects.  Erik is a Principal and the Director of Engineering at LPA, Inc., an integrated design firm specializing in sustainable design for commercial, educational, civic, sports and recreation, and health care projects.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Erik has provided MEP systems design, energy modeling, LEED documentation coordination, energy efficiency consulting, and commissioning services to numerous green building projects, including</span> <strong>over fifty completed LEED-NC and LEED-CI projects</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Erik Ring - Early Career</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Erik grew up in a college town named Lawrence in Kansas. He wanted to see another part of the world so he went to Harvey Mudd College and earned a BS in Engineering and then to the University of California, Berkeley where he earned an MS in Architecture.  Erik still lives in California today.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“At Berkeley</span></em> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">I was able to work with the building science group and learned a lot about thermal comfort and gained a different attitude and approaches as to what makes a building comfortable, healthy, and sustainable.</span></em><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">”</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Erik Ring</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>LEED Experiences</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Erik did some early LEED (version 1.0) work when LEED was just a pilot program. After grad school he was fortunate to work on some brand new LEED projects right when the first public version of LEED was released in 2000-2001.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“I was able to cut my teeth on the engineering side