Eric Kirkland
SmithGroupJJR has added Eric Kirkland, PE, LEED AP BD+C, senior vice president, as director of engineering in the company’s Dallas office. He formerly served in the same role at the firm’s Phoenix office. During his 33 years with SmithGroupJJR, Kirkland’s design work has focused on unique environmental conditions that inform and influence the energy efficiency and sustainable design performance of buildings. Kirkland spearheaded SmithGroupJJR’s engineering design for the new Energy Systems Integration Facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. Kirkland is a past president of the ASHRAE Central Arizona Chapter. He received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.