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Quite a few North Piedmont members went to the
ASHRAE winter meeting in Chicago. Wish I could
have gone, but maybe I will hit Orlando next year.
Those of us that stayed in the Triad enjoyed a
presentation on HVAC acoustics by Dwight Landry
from BRD Acoustics. Thanks to Mr. Landry for his
presentation.
I'll bet that local attendees ate better than the Chicago visitors. Marias suggested shrimp 'n grits for the main course. It was delicious! All of you should plan to attend our meeting this month. I have several architects from our office attending, as well. I am sure that ASHRAE distinguished lecturer, Dr. Tom Lawrence, will present informative and relevant information. Long Range Planning Dates 1. ASHRAE President, Bill Harrison Here on Monday, April 27, 2009 2. Spring Golf Outing - May 3. Refrigeration tour/Hockey game Feb 26. |
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| Kevin Bengel |
Dr. Tom Lawrence (pictured) will
come up from the University of Georgia to
update us on Green
Building/LEED Design and ASHRAE 189.1
(Standard
for the Design of High-Performance, Green
Buildings). The U.S. Green Building Council's
Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design
(LEED) program was created in order to raise
awareness and moving the marketplace
toward a
more sustainable design practice. This talk
provides
an overview of the various LEED programs,
with an
emphasis on the areas that are particularly
important
to MEP professionals. He will also discuss how
current economic times make the need for key
aspects of green design, such as energy and
water
efficiency, as important as they have ever
been.
The March meeting is scheduled for the 31st and will be a lunch meeting. Our speaker will be Mr. Hank Saye, P.E of Republic Refrigeration. We are looking for a location closer to the Winston- Salem area to make it a little more accessible to the folks who work over that way. Anyone with ideas about where we could hold it, please let me know. The location will be announced as soon as it is determined. Brady Trane (Greensboro) will host the ASHRAE's Satellite Broadcast -- "Clean, Lean, and Green: IAQ for Sustainable Buildings" on Wednesday, April 22 from 1pm - 4pm. Using the guidance provided by the IAQ Guide: Best Practices for Design, Construction, and Commissioning developed through collaboration with ASHRAE, AIA, BOMA, EPA, SMACNA and USGBC, this broadcast will challenge the building community to use enhanced IAQ practices to create a more sustainable built environment. Join ASHRAE in learning more about your role in transforming mid- range practice into best practice for healthy, productive, sustainable indoor environments. Register at ASH RAE.org starting 3/16 ASHRAE President William A. Harrison will visit us on April 27th. This is on a Monday, so be sure to make a note of it and mark your calendar. His presidential theme is "Maintain to Sustain - Delivering ASHRAE's Sustainability Promise." Focus is on operating buildings to deliver the energy efficiency inherent in their design, including effective commissioning, improved documentation, and programs to educate and certify building operators. |
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| by Morgan Jones |
This article is the Part 6 in a series titled:
The Post War Days (1945-1960)
In the late 1950's, home air conditioning, like any technology, had its detractors. Some people considered the use of air conditioning technology to satisfy private wants, while public needs were ignored, a deformation of American value. In 1958,John Kenneth Galbraith argued that once wants had been created by producers and advertising, it was foolish to believe that the public would ever willingly "un-want" them again, even in the times of national crisis. This information is from the ASHRAE Journal article "A History of Air Conditioning in the home" by Mike Pauken, PE dated May 1999. |
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| David McCarthy |
Shifting domestic and world economics along with
continuing advances in technology are going to result
in energy options never considered feasible in the
past. Advances in energy sources such as solar,
wind, fuel cells, high performace batteries and
hydrocarbon alternatives like ethanol are the subject
Many of these technologies are near enough to being economically viable and are getting a lot of funding from corporate and government sources. However, there are other potentially viable technologies which are further off, but need to be funded to progress to the stage where they are viable. ASHRAE Research is one such avenue which the North Piedmant Chapter has made a concerted effort to support. Because North Piedmont has been such a good donor in the past, we have a fairly high goal for Research Promotion ($27,000). Donations received to date from corporate sponsors, the fall golf tournament and the holiday fund raiser total about $15,000, so we still have a ways to go. This is where all of our members come into play. We look forward to the May golf tournament as one source of Research revenue, but it's corporate and individual member donations that make the biggest impact. So please be generous when asked to help for this worthy cause. Corporate sponsors who have already paid or pledged support this year are: Hoffman and Hoffman Inc (Pledged) Benner & Fields (Paid) All Seasons Mechanical Sales (Paid) Brady Trane (Paid) A big thank you to all our corporate sponsors |
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| Alex Bradley Refrigeration Chair |
It is that time of year again for the Refrigeration outing
at the RBC Center. This year we are having a joint
tour with the Triangle Chapter.
On Thursday, February 26th, we will be taking a tour of the ice making capabilities of the RBC Center. This will include a tour of the equipment and processes. After the tour we will watch the Hurricanes take on Buffalo. Tickets, located on the Upper Level, will be $32.00 each and nonmembers are welcome to attend. The tour will start around 5:30 and the game starts at 7:00 PM. Please respond to Elaine Capriglione at ecapriglione@heattransfersales.com if you are interested in attending. Please make checks out to the Triangle Chapter of ASHRAE at the event. |
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Dr Tom Lawrence - Tuesday , February 24
Mr Hank Saye - Tuesday, March 31 Lunch Meeting Mr. William Harrison - ASHRAE President - Monday, April 27 CRC - 2009 Region IV Chapters Regional Conference, St. Pete, Florida, August 6 - 8, additional CRC details, Region IV Fishing Trip details. |
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We would like to recognize all of the 2007-2008
Platinum, Gold, and Silver sponsors. We are currently
looking forward for their support for the 2008-2009
year.
Platinum $1000 and above
Gold $500
Silver $300
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