Joe Llona, Senior Mechanical Engineer / Senior Fire Protection Engineer
Joe Llona comes to Rushing after gaining extensive experience with such firms as: Tetra Tech, CDi Engineers, Affiliated Engineers, Bouillon Christofferson & Schairer, Syska & Hennessy, and Southland Heating & Air Conditioning. Joe taught an upper division class in HVAC design at Seattle University in the Mechanical Engineering Department and he also interned as a HVAC designer in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Shipyard in Long Beach, CA. Joe's interests in Sustainable Design, Energy Modeling, Natural Ventilation approaches, and advanced technology harmonize well with Rushing's goal of sustainability design approaches and solutions.
Joe provides expertise in conceptual design, system selection, load and energy calculations, cost estimates, working drawings, specifications, construction administration, and system start-up for many types of facilities including commercial, high technology, telecommunications, and data processing; laboratory and research; commercial; industrial. Some of Joe's other specialties include computational fluid dynamics (CFD); central heating and cooling plants; distribution systems; as well as fire protection.