Dalugoda appointed distinguished lecturer of ASHRAE

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Chartered Engineer Chandana Dalugoda has been selected as a distinguished lecturer of ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers).

Dalugoda trained as an air conditioning and refrigeration engineer and qualified as a chartered engineer in 2006. His experience includes the designing, installation, commissioning and maintenance of HVAC & R systems.

As a HVAC consultant, his responsibilities have ranged from detailed designs, preparation of drawings, site supervision and commissioning of HVAC systems.

As a lecturer, he has prepared students for City and Guilds of London Institute in refrigeration examinations from 1980 to 2000. He has been a visiting lecturer at University of Moratuwa, in the Building Economics Department for under-graduate programmes since 2000.He was a visiting lecturer for MSc programme of electrical installations and guest lecturer for mechanical engineering department.

He is also a visiting lecturer at Sri Lanka Institute of Advance Technological Education, HNDE programme in mechanical engineering. He also conducts various public lectures at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL), currently conducting an AC design course annually. Also he conducts public lecturers at the ASHRAE Sri Lankan Chapter 171.

Managing Partner of Chandana Dalugoda Consultants, Dalugoda is a Senior Consulting Engineer in the HVAC&R field, past President and current President of ASHRAE Sri Lankan Chapter 171. He is a member of ASHRAE, CIBSE and IESL.

His lecture topics are air conditioning systems for tropical humid climates, applied psychometrics for air conditioning systems, cooling load calculations – ASHRAE CLTD/SCL/CLF method.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organisation of 51,000 persons. ASHRAE fulfils its mission of advancing heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education.