Anand K. Seth MS, PE, CEM, CPE

Anand K. Seth is an engineering professional with more than 30 years of experience in designing, operating or optimizing building systems. He recently joined Cannon Design, an international architectural/engineering firm with branch offices around the country. Mr. Seth is engineering principal on several large heath care and laboratory projects under design. One of which is expansion of King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Before Cannon Design, Mr. Seth was with Sebesta Blomberg & Associates, a national engineering firm with branch offices around the country. Anand was responsible for the North East Sector and had responsibilities for the Health Care Sector for all offices of the country as well.

He was also with Partners Healthcare Systems, Inc. (PHS), which operates several world class hospitals including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women Hospital, North Shore Medical Center, Newton Wellesley Hospital and several others. His is Director of Utilities & Engineering in Real Estate & Facilities Department at PHS. In that role, he was completely in charge of all engineering systems for a large multi-building, multi-campus complex. Before joining PHS, Mr. Seth worked at Massachusetts General Hospital and before at Harvard University with similar function.

Mr. Seth has been very active in key technical societies. He is a member of ASHE and ASHRAE. He was the Chair of ASHRAE SP 91 committee to write a manual on hospital air conditioning systems. He is the author of numerous technical papers and is also one of the co-authors of Laboratory Design, Health and Safety Consideration published by John Wylie & Sons, 3rd edition. He is one of the editors of a McGraw Hill publication titled; Facilities Engineering and Management Handbook; an Integrated Approach. The handbook was published in 2000.

Mr. Seth has been lecturing in continuing education courses at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health since 1981. Mr. Seth holds a M.S. in engineering from the University of Maine and has done postgraduate work at other universities. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in several states and is a Certified Energy Manager.