Nate Boyd, EIT, LEED AP® BD+C, an energy specialist with Hanson Professional Services Inc., is a recipient of ASHRAE’s inaugural Young Engineer in ASHRAE (YEA) Award of Individual Excellence. The award recognizes individuals in the international organization who have promoted, been active in and improved involvement in YEA.

He is a member of ASHRAE’s Building Energy Quotient Committee and chair of the handbook subcommittee for Technical Committee 7.6: Building Energy Performance and of the Commercial Building Energy Audits subcommittee. He also is the immediate past president of ASHRAE’s Central Florida Chapter and the Region XII vice chair of ASHRAE’s Grassroots Government Advocacy Committee.