Steven H. Allen installed as Green Mechanical Council executive director

Washington — The Green Mechanical Council is pleased to announce the installation of Steven H. Allen as its new executive director.

He is the former director of the sustainable technologies department of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA). Allen brings more than 40 years experience as an HVACR service technician and HVACR educator to the Green Mechanical Council. He works with HVACR manufacturers, contractors associations, and career technical schools to develop classroom and web-based HVACR certificate and degree programs that lead to employment.

He is the developer of the UA STAR testing and certification program and was the refrigeration expert and competitor judge representing the United States at the 2007 World Skills Competition in Shizuoka, Japan. Allen has a master’s degree in education with a certification in instructional technology.

He can be contacted at: [email protected].

The Green Mechanical Council is an association of more than 300,000 individuals. Representing those who manufacture, design, build, install, maintain, and service the energy efficient and environmentally responsible mechanical systems built or retrofitted into today's commercial, industrial and residential structures.