V l u m e 5 8 10 M A Y 2 0 1 6 P a t t y P a r r i s h N e w s l e t t e r E d i t r ASHRAE Frt Wrth Chapter Mnthly Newsletter TheTherm Next Chapter Meeting May 18 @ 11:30am Petrleum Club 777 Main Street Frt Wrth, TX RSVP President s Message Clif Upham I want t thank everyne wh attended the ASHRAE Regin VIII Chapter Reginal Cnference in Tyler, TX this past weekend and I hpe t see many f yu at next year s CRC in Oklahma City. This mnth we have a terrific speaker and presentatin lined up. Our speaker will be Ken Kehler f Danfss and ur tpic will be The Benefits f Oil-Free Cmpressr Technlgy. We ll be back at the Petrleum Club this mnth and this will be membership prmtin mnth s if yu bring a guest with yu we will buy their lunch. this issue Nte frm the President P.1 Upcming Events P.2-6 Get t Knw P.7 Meeting Minutes P.8-11 Treasurer s Reprt P.12 I als want t say that it has been an hnr and a privilege t serve as yur chapter president. Best Regards, Clif Upham President ASHRAE Frt Wrth Chapter cupham@bartsindustries.cm Cntribute CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE! We will be having ur Past President s night next mnth and the lcatin and date will be annunced sn. As we cme t a strng finish t ur 2015-2016 chapter year, I want t extend my thanks t all f ur chapter fficers and cmmittee chairs fr all f their hard wrk this year. CHAPTER OFFICERS President Clif Upham President-Elect Patty Parrish Treasurer Je Baierski Secretary Cnnie Staudt RP Chairman Jay Sullivan RSVP fr the May Chapter Meeting
Upcming Events MAY CHAPTER MEETING May 18 @ 11:30am Petrleum Club 777 Main Street Frt Wrth, Texas RSVP Speaker Ken Kehler, Danfss Turbcar Tpic The Benefits f Oil-Free Cmpressr Technlgy Presentatin: This presentatin intrduces technical pprtunities, means, and methds fr incrprating renewable energy (RE) technlgies int building designs and peratins. Sheila will give an verview f RE resurces and available technlgies used successfully in the USA t ffset building electrical and thermal energy lads. Methds fr applying these technlgies in buildings and the rle f building energy efficiency in successful RE prjects will be addressed. Sheila will discuss issues related t cnnecting RE systems t existing electrical grids and ffer tips fr implementing successful RE prjects. Finally, Sheila will summarize ASHRAE activities related t and/r in supprt f RE applicatins in buildings. Bi: Ken Kehler serves as a Key Accunt Manager fr Danfss Turbcr, the wrld s leading manufacturer f high-efficiency, il-free centrifugal cmpressrs. Ken brings ver 30 years f experience in bth glbal HVAC and Aerspace/Defense rles, including sales, prject management, quality/reliability and sustaining engineering. Ken has held a Six Sigma Black Belt, Member f ASHRAE and senir member f ASQ. Ken began wrking with Danfss Turbcr in 2006 as the Directr f Quality. In his current psitin as Key Accunt Manager Ken supprts several majr OEMs in Nrth America in the applicatin and technical supprt f Turbcr cmpressrs. Ken hlds a BS in Industrial Engineering frm Suthern Illinis University, and a MS Degree in System Management frm Flrida Institute f Technlgy. Ken and his wife Barbara f 32 years reside in Tallahassee, Flrida. yea happy hur Did yu knw there s a Yung Engineers (and yung at heart) event regularly? Watch fr details fr upcming events! 2016 CRC IN TYLER, TEXAS Frt Wrth Chapter bard members enjying the Friday night scial event with a lcal cuntry band at Kiepersl Estates Winery in Tyler. Page 2 f 12
Upcming Events cnt... 2016 ANNUAL CLAY SHOOT EVENT A great time was had at the first Annual Clay Sht at Alpine Shting Range! There were 48 participants, and we lk frward t anther fun and successful event next year benefiting Research Prmtin. Page 3 f 12
Upcming Events cnt... ASHRAE AND IBPSA-USA SIMBUILD 2016 CONFERENCE ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA have annunced a secnd, c-rganized cnference that encmpasses the ASHRAE Energy Mdeling and IBPSA-USA SimBuild Cnferences. The crganized cnference, titled ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Perfrmance Mdeling, takes place August 10-12, 2016, Salt Lake City, Utah. There is currently an pen call fr papers. The first jintly rganized cnference held in 2014 was a huge success in its ability t bring t the building energy analysis and perfrmance simulatin cmmunity tgether and prvide the cnference cntent t serve attendees, Dennis Knight, Cnference chair, said. The ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016 cnference seeks t build upn that success and further imprve the industry s ability t accurately mdel building perfrmance. Fr mre details, visit the ASHRAE website fr SimBuild 2016. ASHRAE/USGBC/IES GREEN STANDARD AVAILABLE Standard 189.1 addresses the areas f site sustainability; water-use efficiency; energy efficiency; indr envirnmental quality; the building s impact n the atmsphere, materials and resurces; and cnstructin and plans fr peratin. The standard is published by ASHRAE, the Illuminating Engineering Sciety f (IES) and the U.S. Green Building Cuncil (USGBC). Fr cmplete infrmatin n the standard, including a readable cpy, visit www.ashrae.rg/greenstandard. Yu can als rder the User s manual at www.ashrae.rg/bkstre r cntact ASHRAE Custmer Cntact Center at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) r 404-636-8400 (wrldwide) r fax 678-539-2129. ASHRAE 2016 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI Page 4 f 12
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Upcming Events cnt... The Frt Wrth Better Buildings Challenge is always lking fr vlunteers and partners (building wners) and prfessinals (energy auditrs). Page 6 f 12
Get t knw DAN MERKEL, TEXAS AIR SYSTEMS Dan grew up in the Milwaukee area in Chenequa, WI, a small twn f rughly 500. During high schl, he was a funding member f the FIRST rbtics rganizatin in his schl. He was a ftball player and sailr until a wrist injury ended bth f these athletic pursuits. The injury changed the trajectry f his high schl career and he shifted his fcus frm athletics t academics and arts. He excelled in math and science, rbtics, cmputer prgramming, theater and chir. He attended Marquette University, earning a bachelr s degree in electrical engineering with a business minr. In cllege, he stayed invlved with rbtics and participated in IEEE and ther student grups. He was als elected as the engineering class president. As president, Dan learned hw t interact with peple and wrk well with many different persnalities. As his cllege career came t a clse, he first encuntered the HVAC industry at a career fair. As Dan talked with Carrier in New Yrk abut pssibly beginning his career there, his criteria fr lcatin was simply wrking in a city. After graduating frm Marquette, he began his career with Carrier and settled int a service supervisr rle and prgressed t equipment sales, cntrls sales, and system slutin sales psitins. In Octber f 2006, he was asked t transfer t Dallas. Dallas was a city, s that, nce again, fit his simple criteria fr lcatin. The ht climate als made it a fantastic lcatin t sell HVAC. After mving t Texas, he went n t cmplete an MBA at TCU in the fall f 2009. During this time, he began wrking with Texas Air Systems as a VFD specialist, fcused n teaching the technlgy. He als began his invlvement in the Frt Wrth ASHRAE chapter. He served as the chapter histrian fr 2 years, and cmpiled the archive and histry f the chapter int the Frt Wrth library. In 2009 he served as the treasurer and began the prcess f prgressing thrugh the ASHRAE fficer leadership psitins and served as president in 2012-2013. In the summer f 2014, he began serving as a reginal vice chair fr gvernment grassrts advcacy cmmittee. In this rle, he fcuses n advancing ASHRAE s missin with lcal gvernments, municipalities and serves as a liaisn t federal gvernment. In wrking with varius vlunteer rganizatins, Dan has learned that the peple make the difference. He wuld encurage the ASHRAE leadership t find ut peple s passins and allw them t wrk in the area f their passins in rder t maximize their effrts. The Therm May Therm Nvember 2016 2015 Page 74 f 12 9
April 2016 Meeting Minutes-Bard f Gvernrs Call t Order Sign-in 10:38m Petrleum Club, Frt Wrth President s Award f Excellence (PAOE) Updated Par Last Year YTD Gal Membership Prmtin: 800 700 415 1200 Student Activities: 500 1025 530 1500 Research Prmtin: 1050 1005 757 2700 Histrical Reprting: 300 150 200 500 Chapter Operatins: 1000 1640 1270 1500 Chapter Technlgy Transfer: 1050 1005 1500 1750 Gvernment / Grassrts 650 1350 275 850 TOTALS 5350 6370 4,947 10,000 Officer Reprts President (Upham) Chapter Reprt dne fr CRC by 3/31. Cmpleted and sent t Patty. Be sure t register fr CRC. Get the rster finished. Melissa at Barts wrking n the rster. Will nly d an electrnic versin this year and put n the Chapter website. Discuss schlarship pprtunities. Nt enugh attendees fr qurum t vte. An email vte will be sent ut by Clif. Prpsal: $125 per persn fr each fficer at UTA and TCU, ttaling $1,000.00. Vte t take place prir t 2016 CRC. President-Elect (Parrish) (nt in attendance Presentatin fr CRC, in prgress. Get reprts t Patty by the End f Mnth. Send Newsletter t Glden Gavel Cmmittee each mnth. Treasurer (Baierski) (nt in attendance) Taxes are being cmpleted and sent in befre CRC. We need t get ur refund frm Alpine fr sales tax. Apprximately $300, did nt have ur tax exemptin frm at the event s were charged tax. Need finalized amunts fr RP fr Glf Turnament and Clay Sht. Research Prmtin (Sullivan) (nt in attendance) Ttal Update: apprximately $14,000, plus glf event, clay sht, and calling campaign Hw is ur calling campaign ging? Need t get prgress n this task. Secretary (Staudt) Everything is current BOG At-Large (Ellis, Muzzy, Merkel) N updates. Cmmittee Chair Reprts CTTC (Cantu) Have evaluatin frms fr DL, Jacb t set ut n tables. May meeting set, Jacb and Clif t send details t Cnnie t add t the website and newsletter. Page 8 f 12
April 2016 Meeting Minutes-Bard f Gvernrs cnt... Histrian (Muir) (nt in attendance) Where d we stand n recall interviews tw were cmpleted fr David Muzzy and Dan Merkel Hnrs & Awards (Akers) (nt in attendance) MBO PAOE Membership Prmtin (Wdlee) (nt in attendance) Discuss new member status. May needs t be membership prmtin mnth. Bring a guest at n charge fr lunch. Refrigeratin (Cashen) Fantastic jb n the Clay Sht. 48 participants, apprximately $3,500 prfit. Wuld like t have event again next year. Gal is 72 participants and get mre spnsrs. Special Events (Rath and Muzzy) Fantastic jb with the Spring Glf Turnament. Please discuss. RP ttal dllars are in the prgress f being calculated. David t check with Texas Star fr pssible venue fr next event. Student Activities (Henning) (nt in attendance) PAOE Update TCU and UTA Updates Webmaster (Staudt) Gd jb maintaining. YEA (Fiddelke) (nt in attendance) Plan t d ne additinal happy hur in May as an end f year event. Bwling event fr April pstpned. Gvernment (Tamagni) (nt in attendance) N updates. Sustainability (West) (nt in attendance) N updates Page 9 f 12
April 2016 Meeting Minutes-Bard f Gvernrs cnt... Old Business Get reprts t Patty by the end f the mnth New Business Make sure yu are registered fr the CRC. Registratin n ur website. Clsing Meeting adjurned at 11:20 am In attendance Name Clif Upham Cnnie Staudt Jacb Cantu David Muzzy Dan Merkel Van Cashen Psitin President Secretary/Webmaster CTTC BOG BOG Refrigeratin Page 10 f 12
April 2016 General Business Meeting Call t Order Meeting called t rder at 11:55am, self-intrductins made. Old Business New Business Prgram Mtin t Apprve the meeting minutes frm the March Meeting was made by David Muzzy, Secnded by Van Cashen. Thanks t everyne wh attended ur Spring Glf Turnament Set at Tierra Verde n Mnday, March 28 th, 2016 and Sprting Clay Sht scheduled fr April 16 th, 2016 at the Alpine Shting Range I hpe everyne has registered fr the Regin VIII CRC in Tyler next weekend, if yu haven t the infrmatin is n ur website. Next Mnth we will be back at the Petrleum Club. Tpic is Using Magnetic Bearing Chiller Technlgy by Ken Kehler Intrduce ur speaker tday: Jacb Cantu Tpic: Integrating Renewable Energy Systems int Buildings Speaker: Sheila Hayter, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Sheila Hayter is the Prject Assessment and Develpment Sectin Manager within the Integrated Applicatins Center (IAC) f the U.S. Department f Energy s (DOE) Natinal Renewable Energy Labratry (NREL) in Glden, Clrad. In this capacity, she leads a team f technical and plicy experts wh supprt federal, state, and lcal entities n energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) tpics with the gal t make significant reductins in nn-renewable energy cnsumptin thrugh energy efficiency and increased use f RE technlgies. Sheila s wrk includes serving as the IAC partnership develpment lead and managing key accunts fr the IAC and NREL, including serving as the NREL Key Accunt Manager fr the U.S. Department f Hmeland Security. Sheila s past activities include leading DOE s Slar America Cities technical assistance activities fr Bstn and New Yrk City, with the gal t assist these municipalities incrprate strategies int plicies, prcedures, and specific prjects that will result in widespread applicatin f slar technlgies. Since jining NREL in 1992, Sheila s wrk has included serving n the Organizing Cmmittee and leading the subjective judging cmpnent f the 2002, 2005, and 2007 DOE Slar Decathlns, managing sustainable buildings activities funded by the DOE Federal Energy Management Prgram, managing the Phtvltaics (PV) fr Buildings activities funded by the DOE Slar Prgram, evaluating building perfrmance during the design and mnitring phases t supprt the DOE High Perfrmance Buildings Prgram, and writing papers, giving cnference presentatins, and develping/giving training related t highperfrmance buildings. Sheila is registered prfessinal engineer in the State f Clrad. Sheila served n the ASHRAE Bard f Directrs as a vice president (2009 2011) and als as a Directr at Large (2005 2008). She chaired the Publicatins and Educatin Cuncil, has served n Technlgy Cuncil, Finance Cmmittee, Planning Cmmittee Sciety Rules Cmmittee, Research Activities Cmmittee (chair 2004 2005), Cntinuing Educatin Cmmittee (chair 1998 1999), and ASHRAE Prgram Cmmittee. She chaired the Greening ASHRAE Meetings and Expsitin presidential ad hc cmmittee (2006 2008), and was a member f the Building Energy Labeling, ASHRAE Lg, Glbalizatin Radmap, and Strategic Plan IV ad hc cmmittees as well as served as a member f the Advance Energy Design Guide Steering Cmmittee. In additin, Sheila has served in leadership rles f many technical cmmittees. Sheila received a 2007 NREL Staff Award fr utstanding perfrmance, 2007 Prfessinal Prgress Award frm Kansas State University s Cllege f Engineering, and an ASHRAE Technlgy Award in 1999. She received the ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award in 2001 and the Exceptinal Service Award in 2011 and was named an ASHRAE Fellw in 2008. Reminders Clsing Please cmplete prgram evaluatin frms n the tables Next meeting will be back at the Petrleum Club and the Tpic will be Using Magnetic Bearing Chiller Technlgy t Save Energy by Ken Kehler Meeting adjurned at 1:00 pm Page 11 f 12
Treasurer s Reprt Je Baierski Treasurer's Reprt Je Baierski Starting Balance (4/1/16): $22,883.80 Depsits: 4/1/16 EB Clay Sht & Misc $6,685.00 4/15/16 Square Clay Sht $2,115.18 4/22/16 Square Lunchen $379.23 4/26/16 EB Check Depsit $17,215.00 4/28/16 EB Depsit $125.00 Subttal: $26,519.41 Payments: 4/14/16 Check #5600 Van Cashen Clay Sht Raffle items $691.95 4/15/16 Check #5598 Clif Upham Insurance $176.00 4/15/16 Check #5601 Alpine Shting Range $4,785.50 Subttal: $5,653.45 New Balance as 4/30/16 $43,749.76 THERM Subscriptin Management Need assistance? Please use the links belw r cntact us by e-mail. T change yur e-mail address fr all THERMS, click here. This will nly change the e-mail address t which yur THERM is sent. Shuld yu encunter prblems reading a THERM, yu may access any issue archived n the ASHRAE Web site at this link. Frt Wrth Chapter f ASHRAE PO Bx 893 Frt Wrth, TX 76101 All cntents cpyright 2016 Page 12 f 12