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Posted: November 21, 2008
David Choy and Daniel Nall join WSP Flack + Kurtz
According to WSP Flack + Kurtz, David Choy, P.E., has joined as senior vice president to the New York office's senior leadership team. Choy brings 25 years of experience and expertise in all aspects of building physics, including thermal comfort and energy modeling and the integration of sustainable strategies into the design process. His experience includes a variety of high profile projects in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.S. Choy has a bachelor of science from South Bank University in London and participates in the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers and the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. Choy is also a chartered engineer and a LEED Accredited Professional.
WSP Flack + Kurtz New York has also announced the return of Daniel Nall, PE, RA, LEED, senior vice president as the firm-wide director of sustainability. Nall was an 11 year veteran of the firm and a senior vice president in New York prior to joining Tishman Speyer earlier this year.  Nall has spent his entire 30+ year career advocating energy efficiency, advanced and renewable technologies, and overall sustainability for the built environment. A graduate of Princeton University and Cornell University, he is a registered architect, a professional engineer, and a LEED Accredited professional.  He is a member of the board of directors of the N.Y. chapter, USGBC, has been vice-chairman of the USGBC E&A TAG; a member of the ASHRAE Sustainability Ad-Hoc Committee, AIA National Committee on the Environment, and is a Fellow of the AIA.  He is the author of over 30 papers in technical and professional journals, a visiting lecturer at the Princeton University School of Architecture and has been an Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.
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