On "ASHRAE President Stresses Teamwork in Inaugural Speech"

Retrofitting existing buildings is where the real money and impact live, and it's smart that ASHRAE's leading with teamwork instead of standards-pushing—but "resilience" is becoming such a catch-all buzzword that it risks meaning everything and nothing, especially to a contractor trying to figure out what actually gets specified and paid for on a job. The practical question isn't whether we need better game plans; it's whether a professional society focused on consensus can move faster than the market demands, and whether plumbers and HVAC crews will see that teamwork translate into clear scope, fair pricing, and actual work on the ground.