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Steve Kujak is the director of Next Generation Refrigerants Research for Trane Technologies (divisions include Trane and Thermo King). Over the past 30 years, he has been involved in technology development of new refrigerants, absorption chillers and IAQ cleaning technologies. Steve has been an author or co-author on 50+ publications related to refrigerants and has 30+ patents related to HVAC products.

Steve has been member of ASHRAE since 2005 and is a distinguish member and lecturer for ASHRAE and is involved in numerous refrigerant safety and use standards used globally by the HVACR industry. He is the past chair of ASHRAE Standard 34 “Designation & Safety Classification of Refrigerants” and the vice-chair of the Refrigeration Committee Technology Committee for Comfort, Process, and the Cold Chain (REF-CPCC).  

Steve lives with his wife Annette on the Mississippi River in Brownsville, Minnesota where they both enjoy the beauty the drift-less region provides. Steve holds Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.