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Well, it’s officially my favorite season of the year……..football season. Friday night high school lights, Saturday college tailgates and road trips, and lazy Sundays on the couch with the NFL……I love it. September also brings the start of hunting season which also brings a smile to many of our faces (but maybe not so much from our significant others). There are a lot of activities that keep us busy this time of year, thus sometimes it’s hard to prioritize what we can and cannot attend. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen with your plans to
attend ASHRAE this month! We had 45+ folks at last month’s meeting which was definitely an improvement from our normal average, but still not where I want us to be.
We also have our first Research Promotion event coming up on November 6th: sporting clays at Capital City Clays. This is always a fun event, so be sure to mark it on your calendar and start forming your teams. Thank you to Andrew Turner for leading up the event this year.
This month, we are honored to have past Society-president, ASHRAE Fellow, and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E., who will present on HVAC and Airborne Infectious Diseases. This is a topic that should be front-and-center when designing healthcare facilities, as our first duty as engineers is to protect the public. Dr. Bahnfleth is Professor and Director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in University Park, PA.
This month's meeting will be a lunch meeting at County Line on the LAKE (2222 Location). I hope you come and enjoy.
-Steve
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UPCOMING EVENTS
September Mee ng
Sept 21 | Lunch
County Line 2222 (Lake)
11:15AM
October Mee ng
Refrigera on Tour
AMY’S ICE CREAMS
Oct 19 , 10AM
Phil’s Icehouse for Lunch
Inside this issue:
Programs 2
Membership Promo 4
YEA 5
Student Activities 6
Treasurer’s Report 7
BOG Meeting Minutes 8
Officer Roster 9
Learning Institute 10
History 11
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Gayle Davis VP—Programs
Main Topic Overview: Concern regarding the risk of hospital acquired infections and the effect of the built
environment on epidemics of drug‐resistant diseases is increasing. The well‐educated designer and owner needs to
understand the mechanisms by which infectious disease is transmitted indoors, the extent to which HVAC system
characteristics affect probability of infection, available means for controlling risk with demonstrated effectiveness.
These topics are presented and discussed using the ASHRAE Board of Directors‐approved Position Document Air‐
borne Infectious Diseases as a framework. Pertinent scientific knowledge about modes of disease transmission is
reviewed, its practical implications for control are discussed, and the three HVAC‐related control methods identi‐
fied by the Position Document: ventilation, particulate filtration, and ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, are present‐
ed and compared. General recommendations for reducing risk are provided and knowledge gaps that need to be
filled are identified.
Speaker bio:
William Bahnfleth is Professor and Director of the Indoor Environment Center in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in University Park, PA, where he has been employed since 1994. Previ‐ously, he was a Senior Consultant for ZBA, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH and a Principal Investigator at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, IL. He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, where he also earned an undergraduate degree in music (pipe organ performance), and is a registered professional engineer. His research interests cover a wide variety of indoor environmental control topics, including chilled water pumping systems, stratified thermal energy storage, protection of building occupants from indoor bioaerosol releases, ultraviolet germicidal irradia‐tion systems, and others. He is the author or co‐author of more than 150 technical papers and 13 books and book chapters. He consults on the design of chilled water thermal energy storage systems and has been involved in more than 20 projects world‐wide.
Dr. Bahnfleth is a fellow of ASHRAE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). He is a member of the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA), the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA), Sigma Xi, the American Society for Engi‐neering Education (ASEE), and the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE). He has served ASHRAE in a varie‐ty of capacities, including Student Branch Advisor, Chapter Governor, Technical Committee and Standing Commit‐tee Chair, and as Director‐at‐Large, Vice President, Treasurer, and 2013‐14 Society President. He is the recipient of a 1st place ASHRAE Technology Award, Transactions Paper Award, and Distinguished Service and Exceptional Ser‐vice Awards. In 2016, he received the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society’s World‐Class Engineering Faculty Award. William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D., P.E. The Pennsylvania State University—Department of Architectural Engineering (814) 863‐2076 [email protected] ASHRAE Region: III
Link to Register: Click Here Price is $25 advanced registration; $30 at the door OR select our prepay option for the full year
AUGUST MEETING: CONNECTIONS
William P. Bahnfleth,
Ph.D., P.E.
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Amy’s Ice Cream Refrigeration Tour
October Meeting! Don’t miss out.
Lunch to follow the tour @ Phil’s Icehouse.
Month Date Time Location Presentations Theme
Tech: Mechanical Draft Controls
Jason Geagan
Main: Condensing Boiler Technologies
Ira Leary
No Tech Session
Main: HVAC & Airborne Infectious Diseases
Bill Bahnfleth (ASHRAE DL)
October10/19/2017
& 10/20/201710:00 am ‐ 11:00 am Amy's Ice Cream Factory Refrigeration Tour Applied Refrigeration
Tech: GGAC Activities Update
Jon‐Erik Johnson
Main: Ice Thermal Storage Systems
Tom Vega
No Tech Session
Main: 2017 Texas Legislative Updates Impacting
the Construction Industry
Carson Fisk
Holiday Happy Hour; No Tech Session
Main: Engineering Ethics
Dr. Lance Kinney
Tech: ASHRAE TC Update ‐ Cyber Security
Phil Naughton
Main: BMS Security Technologies & Methods
Levi Tully
No Tech Session
Main: VFD applications (How does the 90 Hz
operation work?)
Tech: ASHRAE History
Randy Schrecengost
Main: Using ASHRAE 62.1 IAQP to Save Energy
Rob Stelling
April TBD TBD TBD ASHRAE Webcast Annual Webcast
No Tech Session
Main: Variable Refrig. Flow Systems
Keith McLaughlin & Jon‐Erik Johnson
Welcome Back
Membership PromotionDave & Busters
Dinner
5:00 pm ‐7:00 pm8/17/2017
April 4/19/2018Dinner
5:00 pm ‐7:00 pmDave & Busters Office Nominations
March 3/8/2018Lunch
11:00 am ‐ 1:00pmCounty Line on the Lake Student Month
DecemberLunch
11:00 am ‐ 1:00pm
February 2/15/2018Dinner
5:00 pm ‐7:00 pmDave & Busters
12/14/2017
August
Office Induction & Past
Presidents NightMay 5/17/2018
Lunch
11:00 am ‐ 1:00pmCounty Line on the Lake
September 9/21/2017 County Line on the Lake IAQLunch
11:15 am ‐ 1:00pm
November
January 1/18/2018
11/16/2017Dinner
5:00 pm ‐7:00 pmDave & Busters Sustainability
Engineer's Week
Construction Law
Dinner
5:00 pm ‐7:00 pmCounty Line on the Lake Professionalism / Ethics
County Line on the Lake
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PRE PAY OPTION As you may have read in the latest meeting invite, we are offering a pre‐pay option for this year's meetings! Please see below for details. Annual PrePay Option: The PrePay option is BACK this year! We are offering discount advance‐pay for all 10 chap‐ter meetings this year (up to a $300 value). For Owners, Engineers, and Contractors, the price is $100 for all 10 meetings. For everybody else, the price is still discounted to $200. This pre‐pay option is intended for convenience (only 1 transaction for the entire year), as well as an increase in attendance by all for providing a discounted rate. Please see below paypal links to pre‐pay your ASHRAE meeting for the entire year! I’m a Owner/Engineer/General Contractor ‐ Click Here $100 I’m NOT an Owner/Engineer/General Contractor ‐ Click Here $200 Note: Once pre‐paid, PLEASE STILL REGISTER for each meeting you plan on attend‐ing for an accurate head‐count and so we know to have your name badge ready. Thank you for your continued support of Austin ASHRAE! Membership Promotion Chair Update: Currently the Austin Chapter has 387 area assigned mem‐bers; which includes 27 of those members are currently in grace. We are planning to reduce the number of delinquen‐cies down below 2% prior to the end of the chapter year. We are forming an MP committee to identify and reach out to delinquent members to reduce the current per‐centage. The committee will also work to attract new mem‐bers in order to grow by a total net of 15 people this year. The current net for the chapter this year is (‐8), due in large part to a number of transfers out of the chapter. Em‐phasis will also be placed on elevating ALL eligible Associ‐ate Members to Members by March 2018.
Stuart Bloomquist Membership Promotion
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YEA Round Rock Express vs. Omaha Storm Chasers Triple A baseball Happened on: Tuesday, August 22, 2017.
Watch out for other YEA events! Technical Tours, Training, Networking & Professional Skills Development
The Austin ASHRAE chapter is helping sponsor (1) ASHRAE YEA member to attend the YEA leadership Weekend in Baltimore Oct 12—14th, 2017. YEA Leadership Weekend is an opportunity for future leaders of ASHRAE to develop soft skills and network with other young professionals. Understand your own and other’s personalities Develop leadership skills and tools Explore team dynamics Broaden and refine existing communication techniques Objectives of leadership weekend are: Leadership, networking, communication, and professional development Interested in Future Leadership Weekends? They are held twice per year: In the spring on the West Coast In the fall on the East Coast Register at www.ashrae.org/YLW
Phillip Wood YEA Co‐Chair
Brennan Mittal YEA Co‐Chair
Josh McCalip YEA Co‐Chair
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Student Activities We have a new Student Activities chair!!! Welcome Nick Prisco from Freese and Nichols, Inc.
The UT student chapter meetings will be the first Thursday of each month from 6:00 ‐ 7:00 PM. We are looking for volunteers to present on HVAC equipment and systems.
Please contact Nick Prisco ([email protected]) to volunteer!
Nick Prisco Student Activities Chair
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TREASURER’S REPORT
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RYAN BURKE Treasurer
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BOG MEETING MINUTES
September 2017 Board of Governor's Meeting - via Skype
9/18/17, 11:30AM
Attendees:
Board of Governors: Steve Hansen , Vanessa Freidberg , Ryan Burke, Danny Richardson, Larry Bloomquist, Stuart Bloomquist
Committee Chairs: Joshua McCalip, Randy Schrecengost, Nick Prisco, John Knauss
Old Business
Resolution of IRS Letter & Back Taxes. Per Accountant, there are no back taxes. A letter needs to be written to clear this up. Randy to follow-up with Steve S.
Asset List - Action item for everybody - email Danny Richardson with itemized list, description, location, etc.
Reminder - all committee chairs to send updates to Vanessa.
Action item for all chairs: Contact RVC Monthly.
Next Month Meeting Info - Gayle Davis, Lorenzo Gonzalez
Meeting is a refrigeration tour of Amy's Ice Cream. Lunch will be provided.
Research Promotion - David Driggers
RP Events - Fall - Sporting Clays - November 6th (Andrew Turner). December 5,6,7? - Top Golf (Greg Lockhart). Golf Tournament - Monday, March 26 (Stephen Greco), Bowling Tournament - Monday, May 7 (Mark Mikulin).
YEA Update - Brennan Mittal, Phil Wood, Joshua McCalip
Next event - October 10th - YEA mixer - young professionals in AIA. Zilker brewing on E. 6th.
Student Activities - Nick Prisco
October 5th - first meeting of student chapter
Treasurer - Ryan Burke
Waiting on accountant to get taxes filed. $500 transferred for future CRC.
Newsletter - Vanessa Freidberg
Waiting on President's Message. Hansen to send to Vanessa later today.
History & Awards - Randy Schrecengost
Report sent to Vanessa. PAOE at par already. Tech session for history to be scheduled. CRC presentation started.
Website Update - John Knauss
Starchapter turnover status - DONE!
Other Business
3-Year Planning Initiative Status - Larry B., Andy C., Randy S., Jeremy S., Bill K.. Jeremy to be chair.
Danny Richardson Secretary
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Vanessa Freidberg President‐Elect/Newsletter
David Driggers Research Promotions
Stuart Bloomquist Membership Promotions
Larry Bloomquist BOG
Andy Collier BOG
David Bacorn Auditing/Nominating
OFFICERS
President Steve Hansen HENSEL PHELPS 512.834.9848 [email protected]
President Elect Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]
Vice President Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]
Treasurer Ryan Burke Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.914.8799 [email protected]
Secretary Danny Richardson EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4498 [email protected]
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BOG‐1 Research Promotion David Driggers Heat Transfer Solutions 512.653.5315 [email protected]
BOG‐2 Auditing / Nominating David Bacorn Integral Group 512.598.1728 [email protected]
BOG‐3 Membership Promotion Stuart Bloomquist Texas Air Systems 512.462.4777 jon‐[email protected]
BOG‐4 Larry Bloomquist Mechanical Reps Inc 512.444.1835 [email protected]
BOG‐5 Andy Collier Texas Air Products 512.485.5304 [email protected]
CHAPTER COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Attendance Committee Evan Chapman Heat Transfer Solutions 512.381.0091 [email protected]
Auditing/Nominating David Bacorn Heat Transfer Solutions 512.653.5315 [email protected]
Chapter Tech Transfer Cmte (CTTC) Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]
CRC Delegate (President) Steve Hansen HENSEL PHELPS 512.834.9848 [email protected]
CRC Delegate Alt (Pres‐Elect) Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]
Electronic Communications Andrew Turner Mechanical Reps, Inc. 512.444.1835 [email protected]
Finance Committee Ryan Burke Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.914.8799 [email protected]
Grassroots Govt. Advocacy Chair Jon‐Erik Johnson Texas Air Systems 512.462.4777 jon‐[email protected]
Grassroots Govt. Advocacy Co‐Chair Lorenzo Gonzalez EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4400 [email protected]
Homepage Editor John Knauss Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.289.8146 [email protected]
Honors & Awards Randy Schrecengost Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3623 [email protected]
K‐12 STEM
Newsletter Editor Vanessa Freidberg (Maryott) Siemens Industry, Inc. 512.461.0404 [email protected]
Programs Gayle Davis Stanley Consultants, Inc. 512.427.3639 [email protected]
Reception Evan Chapman Heat Transfer Solutions 512.381.0091 [email protected]
Refrigeration Lorenzo Gonzalez EEA Consulting Engineers 512.744.4400 [email protected]
Student Activities Chair Nick Prisco Freese and Nichols, Inc. 817 372.3608 [email protected]
Webmaster John Knauss Johnson Controls, Inc. 512.289.8146 [email protected]
Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Phil Wood Trane 214.478.4906 [email protected]
Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Brennan Mittal Enviromatic System 210.902.9828 [email protected]
Young Eng. in ASHRAE (YEA) Co‐Chairs Joshua McCalip CTA Architects Engineers 972.951.4238 [email protected]
Looking for Volunteer
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History and Honors & Awards Reports September 2017
The following are the Committee’s goals and MBOS for this Society year: History • Goal #1 Form a Historical Committee of at least 3 members, but no less than 2.
Status: COMPLETE. Committee has 3 members as follows Randy Schrecengost – Chair Kyle Kramer – (HTS) Committee Member (YEA) David Payne – (Oslin Nation) Committee Member (YEA)
• Goal #2 Communicate with Regional Historian (RH) monthly.
Status: On-Going Sent email on August 7th with Goals and MBOs for year Sent additional email with updates on: 09/13/17
• MBO #1 Meet or exceed PAR for History points (PAR 300, 100 minimum required)
Status: COMPLETE Currently sit at 675 Points and have exceeded PAR. -
• MBO #2 Complete a Chapter Year History Summary for previous Society Year
Status: COMPLETE Completed David Driggers’ Society Year of 2016-2017. Posted to website.
• MBO #3 Complete a History Power Point presentation for Spring CRC Status: On-Going Currently working on PPT slides for a Spring Chapter meeting & approx.. 25% complete
Honors and Awards • MBO #4 Complete paperwork for at least one Honor and Award
Status: On-Going I have begun updated the points summary for all active Officers & Committee Chairs as of
09/09/17. Paperwork will be updated as we get closer to the CRC Respectfully Submitted, Randy Schrecengost, P.E. Chapter Historian and Honors & Awards Chair
Chapter History for Society Year 2016-2017 President David Driggers (HTS Austin) takes over the 2016-2017 Society year of ASHRAE Austin, Chapter (066), on July 1, 2016. By this time, however, David has already communicated with all the Chapter Officers and Committee Chairs and coordinated meetings and discussions for Chapter information transfer from the previous year. He began the year by welcoming everyone back and indicating that it was going to be a pleasure to serve as the local Chapter President. He thanked David Bacorn for his leadership and guidance and stated that it was his goal to make the Chapter even BETTER and continue the trend with the help and involvement of all the BOG and our members. During the Chapter Year 2010-11, the following members were elected and worked diligently throughout the year: President David Driggers (CRC Delegate) BOG#1 David Bacorn (Research) Pres. Elect Steve Hansen (Newsletter/CRC Alt) BOG#2 Derrick Van West (Nominating/Audit) V. President Vanessa Maryottl (CTTC/Programs) BOG#3 Randy Schrecengost P.E. (History/H&A) Treasurer Carrie Anne Crawford (Finance/YEA) BOG#4 Ryan Williams (PAOE / Membership) Secretary Ryan Burke (YEA) BOG#5 Gayle Davis (Student Activities) Austin’s ASHRAE BOGs oversee many of the Chapter’s activities, and serve as Chapter Representatives contacts for general information and for Committee involvements. Other local members will occasionally provide support in required tasks as called upon to do so. The Chapter’s active member roster is being filled more and more with former Officers or BOGs members as the Chapter ages. Committee members were as follows: Sustainability Gayle Davis Reception/Attendance Danny Richardson Government Affairs Jon‐Erik Johnson CTTC Vanessa Maryottl Refrigeration Lorenzo Gonzalez Publicity/Special Events Stuart Bloomquist Electronic Communication Andrew Turner Web Master Ryan Burke Historical / H&A Randy Schrecengost Student Activities / K-12 Gayle Davis Membership Ryan Williams Membership Co-Chair Ryan McLagan Most of the Officers and BOGs for this Society Year remained the same from last year and/or moved forward from to other areas. Our newest Officer (Ryan Burke) and Chair (Ryan Williams) are below. Gayle Davis simply provided an updated picture (unlike this author who wants to remain looking young in his best picture).
AUGUST There was no newsletter issued for August, but the first meeting of the year (August 18th) was a dinner meeting at Scholz’s Garten downtown. The meeting was a great kickoff for the year and feastured a topic on Standard 90.1 and its related code changes. The speaker was Mr. Mack Wallace, one of ASHRAE’s distinguished presenters and subject matter expert who teaches many of the ASHRAE courses on Standard 90.1. Mack was in the mechanical contracting business and was the president of the Dallas Mechanical Contractors Association in Dallas at one time. He worked summers as a laborer, then went to Rice University, mixing the highly technical education with the practical foundation. He worked for Carter and Burgess, then Jacobs, and eventually became a member on the ASHRAE 90.1 committee.
RYAN BURKE 2016-2017 Secretary
GAYLE DAVIS 2016-2017 Student Activities
RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2016-2017 Historian
RYAN WILLIAMS 2016-2017 MP Chair
SEPTEMBER This month was our first official newsletter issue. President Driggers encouraged those members that he did not know to attend meetings so he could meet them. He also introduced himself a little by stating that he had been in the industry for 24 years, first in Dallas and now in Austin. His goals for the upcoming year in ASHRAE were twofold: 1) to increase our Chapter Membership by at least 30 new members, and 2) to provide our members with informative, technical programs that they might not receive at a typical Lunch & Learn. Our meeting was a lunch meeting held on September 15th at Dave & Buster’s off MoPac north. The meeting was a great panel discussion with local Test & Balance experts detailing everything the membership needed to know about a successful project. The panel was comprised of the following individuals: Mike Huber, of Air Technologies, Inc.; Tyler Lewis of TAB Technologies; Gaylon Richardson of Engineered Air Balance Co., Inc.; and, Sonny Vidovic of Energy Testing and Balance, Inc. There were several updates by various Officers and Committee Chairs. Ryan Burke provided meeting notes from the August 18th BOG meeting. Steve Hansen published an updated calendar for proposed topics for all meetings for the year. Gayle Davis was excited to start a new year as Student Activities Chair, and he indicated that joining him on the Student Activities Committee are Jeff Miller (Co-Chair, Texas Air Products), and Alicia Reich the K-12/STEM Champion (Schneider-Electric). Our YEA group had a July Lake Party. Carrie Anne Crawford provide a Treasurer’s update. Ryan Williams’ report indicated that the Chapter was sitting at 362 active members and that the Chapter goal for next year is 30 new members net. He indicated that several membership promotion nights were being scheduled with one in December and another in March. This author provided a written article on “The ASHRAE Handbook”, and a vintage Fedders Manufacturing Co. - ad from the January 1935 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning Magazine, excerpted from HPAC Engineering, Edited by Ashley M. Doles, 04- 29-2015. OCTOBER President Driggers began the month by thanking everyone who attended the September meeting at Dave & Busters, and particularly the participants in our Test and Balance panel discussions. He also announced several events that the Chapter was planning including what is becoming a new tradition for the Chapter, a brewery tour. We eventually held our monthly meeting in the Oskar Blues Brewery, 10420 Metric Blvd., on October 20th. Most of us like cold beer, food and education on the refrigeration used to brew beer; and, we learned a lot about Oskar’s beer. The tours were at 6:30 and 7:00 p.m. with live music at 8:00 p.m. A great deal of good socializing occurred. Additionally, it was announced that the annual ASHRAE Skeet Shoot fundraiser to support ASHRAE research was to be held on Friday, October 28. At the time of the meeting, there were fifteen teams signed up with three each from Mechanical Reps and Robert Madden Industries; and a team each from: Joe Fly, TD Industries, MicroMet, Oslin Nation, Texas Air Products, Texas Air Systems, Johnson Controls, Mitsubishi, and M&M. The newsletter also contained other reports such as: Treasurer Carrie Anne Crawford’s report which indicated our Chapter was doing well with $33,095 in the bank between checking and savings; an announcement of another YEA event to be held at the Peter Pan Mini Golf course on Barton Springs; Secretary Ryan Burke’s BOG meeting minutes; and, a Historian report as well as a first article on Women in Engineering (Part 01) by yours truly. Our Grassroots Government Activities Chair, Mr. Jon-Erik Johnson announced that his hard work and efforts had resulted in an ASHRAE Day on the Hill Event, scheduled for February 21, 2017, at the Texas State Legislature. He encouraged everyone to set up a meeting with either your senator or representative to discuss STEM or energy issues to coincide with this event. He urged the Chapter to demonstrate a great presence and interest by all ASHRAE professionals as the 2017 Texas Legislature session begins to tackle issues. Most members now regularly go to the local website to obtain their news as well as receiving a newsletter.
NOVEMBER The November newsletter was released via email with President Driggers indicating we were to be thankful for all things like our families, our health, and the communities in which we live and work. He also stated we should be thankful that the long bitter election season was finally concluded. Mr. Driggers thanked Andrew Turner (Mechanical Reps) for putting together a successful Sporting Clays tournament last month. As a result of his committees efforts we had seventeen teams participate and raised over $2,000 for ASHRAE Research. He also acknowledged the hard work of Greg Lockhart (Climatec) for the upcoming Top Golf Tournament for December. President Driggers also thanked the new members who have signed up for ASHRAE and also to those that have renewed or reinstated their membership. The November meeting for the Austin Chapter of ASHRAE was held at lunch at Dave & Busters on November 17th. Lunch meetings are becoming more prevalent as an alternate to evening meetings not to mention that it is more difficult booking meeting rooms in the evening during the holiday season. The program was “IT Equipment Design Evolution & Data Center Operation Using ASHRAE’s Guidelines”. The speaker was Don Beaty who started DLB Associates Consulting Engineers in 1980. DLB’s global experience included over 4,000 MW of critical IT power, data center campuses that covered over 4,500 ACRES and thousands of mission critical projects with a combined raised floor (white space) area of over 16 MILLION square feet. DLB have provided design, commissioning and operations support services for a wide variety of large and small data center clients including hyperscale. Don was an ASHRAE Fellow, an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, and served in leadership positions on ASHRAE committees on energy, equipment performance, and data centers. He was the co-founder and first chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC 9.9 (Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment) and, was a major contributor to over 12 data center books. His topic was about IT manufacturers who are responding to customer demands that IT equipment have lower costs, be more energy efficient, provide more storage, and provide more computing capabilities, etc. All the work points toward changes in the IT hardware operation and that require operational changes to data centers to achieve the maximum efficiency within the ASHRAE environmental envelopes of relative humidity, temperature and IT equipment power. Various Committee Chairs provided reports within the Newsletter as well as at the meeting. The October BOG meeting minutes was provided by Secretary Ryan Burke, and our Membership Promotion Chair, Ryan Williams, announced that the Chapter had a strong showing in October with 18 new members and only 8 Cancellations for a Net Gain of 10 members. Continued efforts were being planned with a year to date summary thus far of 29 new members, 21 cancelled members and a net gain of 8 members overall. Treasurer Carrie Anne Crawford’s report indicated Chapter expenses were $16,811 vs. income of $14,852 for a month end balance of about a negative $1,959. The Chapter bank account still shows $8,180 but efforts will occur to offset this loss. And, there was a Historian report regarding Mary E. Pennington as a Women in Engineering (Part 02) by Randy Schrecengost, Chapter Historian. DECEMBER Similar to the November meeting, the Austin Chapter had a lunch meeting on December 15, 2016. The meeting was held at Texas Land and Cattle Company at 6007 North IH-35. Mr. Jack Evans, P.E. (at the right) provided the program on acoustics and noise concepts related to HVAC and roof mounted AHU items. He included general and conceptual Acoustical Criteria with guidelines for various common noise attenuation and vibration applications. Jack has been a longtime friend of many local ASHRAE members included this author. He graduated from UT-Austin with a BS Architectural Engineering degree in 1975. Jack was a ASHRAE student member in the early 70’s as well. His firm, JEAcoustics has completed design and construction consultation projects in 37 states and 48 foreign countries related primarily to US government buildings, with some high-tech/ corporate facilities. Among recent efforts, JEA’s notable projects include the new Dell Medical School at University of Texas at Austin, including the Medical Office Building, the Research Building, and the Dell Seaton Medical Center teaching hospital. The Board of Governors meeting was held prior to the meeting on Wednesday, December 14, via a teleconference call at 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Primary topics discussed were: programs with Vanessa Maryott, Vice President and Program Chair, and taxes and accounting with Carrie Anne Crawford, Treasurer. Ryan Burke, Secretary, discussed tasks to provide training for all BOG members and other officers in the use of the square and constant contact applications for meetings and meal payments. This author indicated current status for Historical PAOE points and the proposed Honors and Awards nominees for the April CRC.
President Driggers provided a special thanks to Greg Lockhart with Climatec and Bryan Haas with Brandt on a successful Top-Golf outing at the local facility on Novermber 30th. There were plenty of people involved who enjoyed the time with co-workers, clients, and fellow ASHRAE members for some friendly competition. This was the second annual "Top Golf Tournament" for the Austin ASHRAE Chapter to assist in raising money for ASHRAE Research. Each golfing bay held 6 teams, each team can be sponsored at $700.00. The winning team is shown at the right and is Team Johnson Controls!!! From Left to Right: Devin Carroll (TTG), Kevin Goetz (MEP Engineering), Ryan Burke (Johnson Controls), Jon Whittaker (MEP Engineering). A very special thank you went to Bryan Haas with Brandt for providing the new “Stanley Cup” style trophy for the winners. Past President, and Research Promotion Chair, David Bacorn expressed his sincere thanks for this effort toward Chapter Research and to all the sponsors who bought a booth for the event. The Team needing having the “Most Room for Improvement” is Team Mechanical Reps (lower right). From Left to Right: Daniel Nuckolls, Jason Palmer, Kaylyn Fenner, Matt Bruce, Elizabeth Slyziuk, Stuart Bloomquist, Breanne Hanson President Driggers also had a “shout out” to local ASHRAE member Alicia Reich with Schneider-Electric for organizing all the volunteer efforts for the Gingerbread Workshop at the Thinkery at Mueller Airport redevelopment. The President participated with this author (Randy Schrecengost) and Gayle Davis both with Stanley Consultants; and, with Vanessa Maryott with Siemens. He indicated that this effort of building Gingerbread Houses was unique in that he was watching us wire up LED gumdrop lights in series to battery packs to provide additional “awe” to the houses. He finished his review for the month with a great “Thank You” to all the new members who have signed up for ASHRAE; and, those that have renewed or reinstated their membership. Gayle Davis, Student Activities, stated that the UT Austin Student Branch was seeking speakers and sponsors for the spring meetings. He directed all those interested in becoming a speaker or sponsor at a student meeting to please contact himself or Troy Halliburton (Student Branch President at [email protected]) or Travis Potter (Student Branch Event Coordinator; [email protected]). All UT ASHRAE branch meetings were held on the 1st Thursday of each month in UT’s Ernest Cockrell Jr. Hall Room 7.208 from 6-7 pm. Picture at right is from the December 2016 meeting at the Texas Land & Cattle, Austin, TX. Membership Promotion Chair, Ryan Williams announced that the Chapter had nine new members in November, and Treasurer, Ms. Carrie Anne Crawford provided the Chapter’s bank balance was $4,372. She also indicated several suggestions regarding the Treasury accounts. She indicated that she had finally got “Quicken” up and running, but there is too “much chaos” with the square payments and debit card purchases. She moved to have all unnecessary BOG members removed from the Bank Account and allow have the Treasurer and the President involved. Additionally, due to electronic conflicts and delays with the current Wells Fargo account (unrelated to the massive unprofessional issues recently developed within that banking institution), she moved to change to a Chase Bank account. This was tabled for further discussion. Within the newsletter, there was another Historian report regarding Helen Innes Donnelly (1892 – 1935 at right) as a Women in Engineering (Part 03) by Randy Schrecengost, Chapter Historian.
Mrs. Donnelly was born on June 3, 1892 in Brooklyn, NY and was one of the first women to become interested in heating and ventilating engineering. She was accepted into the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (ASHVE) in 1918 as an associate member, and became a full member in 1923. She combined study at the New York School of Heating and Ventilating and Pratt Institute with on the-job training, and earned recognition with her wide and successful experience in the heating field. JANUARY Our January 19th meeting was our typical Engineering Ethics meeting, and we held it at the County Line on the Hill Restaurant on Bee Cave Road. The Social Hour started at 5:00 p.m. and the regular meeting starting at 6:00 p.m. with the technical session covered by Randy Schrecengost (Stanley Consultants, Inx.) who provided a historical overview of the history of the Austin Chapter and how it evolved through the years. Once the meeting started and after the self-introductions, the business session began with President Driggers making various announcements and reminding everyone about the AHR EXPO and Winter meetings in Las Vegas at the end of January. He indicated that everyone should try to touch base with the equipment representatives before going and determine which ones would be hosting receptions in the evenings during the conference. These receptions are always great informal ways to talk to the manufacturers regarding the equipment that is being specified and getting more thorough understanding of the differences between the equipment. He also indicated that the members of the chapter are responsible for is the election of the Nominating Committee and need to provide their votes prior to leaving the meeting. The Nominating Committee will consist of five members that are in turn responsible for selecting the candidates for the upcoming Society year’s Officers and BOG along with making any suggested Chapter nominations for members to serve Society and Regional chairs. The list of the candidates for the 2017 Nominating Committee were: Andy Collier, Bill Klock, Cameron Labunski, Derrick VanWest, Jim Ruth, Joe Reyes, Justin Johnson, Mark Mikulin, Mike Hart, and Randy Schrecengost. After the business session, the speaker David Howell, PE, with the Texas Board of Professional Engineers shared information about the ethical requirements of being professional engineer. Mr. Howell was the Deputy Executive and of the TBPE and helped oversee all agency functions including Enforcement and Licensing activities. He was responsible for legislative reporting and implementation, rule development, budget and policy issues, and represents the Board at statewide and national functions. He was also the representative of the TBPE on several national taskforces and committees related to engineering licensure, public outreach and exams. He prepared and provided numerous Licensing and Ethics presentations (live, webinar based) to engineering organizations, universities and other groups. As usual, the attendance was high as all professional engineers need at least 1 hour of credit toward their licensing requirements on Ethics. This month the newsletter printed several informative articles regarding Chapter business. Gayle Davis, Student Activities, once again reminded everyone that the UT Austin Student Branch was always seeking speakers and sponsors for their campus meetings. All UT ASHRAE branch meetings were held on the 1st Thursday of each month in UT’s Ernest Cockrell Jr. Hall Room 7.208 from 6-7 pm. Treasurer, Carrie Anne Crawford provided an update on the state of the Treasury with a balance of $8,391. She also stated that there were ongoing reviews and interviews to find a professional bookkeeper to provide services to assist in keeping the Chapter finances within IRS requirements. Membership Promotion Chair, Ryan Williams announced that the Chapter had 3 more new members with 1 cancellation. Finally, the newsletter announced the start of a memorial scholarship fund endowment in the name of Professor Jerold Jones. Past President, Dr. Jones, was president in 1977 and taught Architectural and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas for 30 years. PP Jones was a great ASHRAE volunteer and conducted numerous research projects and supervised many graduate study in areas of HVAC and Energy Efficiency. He was one member on the original ASHRAE Standard 90 – 1975. Included in the newsletter this month was a Historian report updating the Chapter MBOs by Chapter Historian, Randy Schrecengost. He also attached the first in a series of articles regarding ASHRAE Honors and Awards (Part 1); as well as a vintage advertisement of The Marley Company, Marley water cooling systems excerpted from the August 1936 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning as edited by Ashley M. Doles, 05-26-2015.
FEBRUARY The February meeting was a lunch meeting held at Matt’s El Rancho on South Lamar on February 16th, 2017. A quick BOG was held prior to the meeting where various topics were discussed for the remainder of the year. One of the main items was the election of the Nominating Committee from the January meeting. The NC will consist of: Bill Klock, Mike Hart, Randy Schrecengost, Andy Collier and Cameron Labunski. The NC will select a chair and begin putting together a slate of next year’s Officers and BOG members. This main body of work is to also identify any future, qualified candidates to lead and shape the Austin chapter. President Driggers also asked all present to think about our membership and submit any suggested names to the NC as soon as possible. Discussions included two Chapter events coming up for the month. First, on Tuesday, February 21st, there was to be a meeting at the Capitol for the ASHRAE Day on the Hill Event. Grassroots Government Activities Chair, Jon-Erik Johnson with Texas Air Systems was heading this up for our Chapter and was encouraging everyone to set up meetings with all the Senators and/or Representatives to discuss various STEM, energy, or other policy issues that are of individual, business, or ASHRAE concerns. The second event was on Saturday, February 25th. This was the ASHRAE UT Girl Day 2017. This year, the Chapter planned to lead the Bunny Copters in the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Building. Alicia Reich with Schneider Electric was heading this event up for our Chapter and could address any questions that anyone may have. This great outreach event was organized to help promote STEM to girls in our community. Finally, the BOG discussed the upcoming Chapter Regional Conference to be held in Oklahoma City on April 27-29. The events and meetings will be at the Skirvin Hotel. There was no technical session planned as it was a lunch meeting. The main program was provided by Jay Eldridge who was a Regional Applied Equipment Sales Manager for Daikin Applied. At the time, he had over 26 years’ experience in the application and design of applied HVAC systems, with responsibilities including support and optimizing central and decentralized HVAC systems. As a member of ASHRAE, Mr. Eldridge had served as the chair of the District Energy (TC 6.2) technical committee and a member of the Large Building Air-Conditioning Systems (TC 9.01) committee. He was also a member of the Fans technical committee (TC 5.1). Jay was a degreed Mechanical Engineer from Iowa State University. Jay covered and discussed the differences between ASHRAE 90.1-2013 and the IECC 2015. He helped us understand and identify how to tell which is better used for a project need while maintaining proper health, safety, and welfare of the projects. Within the newsletter, there was a Carrie Anne Crawford’s treasury report showing the Chapter was sitting at a healthy amount of $10,544. There were also Historian report updates by Randy Schrecengost along with Part 2 of a series of articles regarding ASHRAE Honors and Awards. This article covered the six categories within ASHRAE’s Honors and Awards program: Personal Honors; Personal Awards for General Society Activities, Personal Awards for Specific Society Activities, Paper Awards, Society Awards to Groups or Chapters, and Chapter and Regional Awards. Additionally, there was another vintage advertisement of the Pittsburgh Piping and Equipment Company, excerpted from the November 1936 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning as edited by Ashley M. Doles, 05-26-2015. MARCH The March meeting was held March 9th at Scholtz’s Garten, a place of historical significance in Austin’s Capitol. Our President, David Driggers welcomed everyone for coming out. He began his announcements with the Region VIII ASHRAE Chapter Regional Conference or CRC was going to be held in Oklahoma City on April 27th thru April 29th. He stated that the Oklahoma City Chapter had a great lineup of events planned that included some whitewater racing (??) and golf and technical seminars related to sound, Building Energy Quotient (BEQ), and Geothermal Heat Pumps. He hoped he would see a lot of Austin members there. Finally, he asked the Chapter to congratulate Mr. Carl Lewis Reid for being selected to receive the 2016 Willis H. Carrier Award. Mr. Reid wrote a paper on “Characterizing the Performance of Fixed-Airflow Series Fan-Powered Terminal Units Using a Mass and Energy Balance Approach” and was also awarded an ASHRAE Technical Paper Award. President Driggers also thanked all the new members who had signed up for ASHRAE, and also all those that had renewed or reinstated their memberships. He encouraged anyone with questions or concerns about how ASHRAE operates or how it could benefit them to please send him an email or a call to discuss anything. He also announced the annual ASHRAE Golf Tournament to be held on Monday, March 27th. The golf outing was planned at the Hills Signature Course at the Hills of Lakeway Golf Club. He reiterated that it is our biggest Research Promotion (RP) fundraiser of the year and always a good time to be involved. He asked everyone who had not yet formed or joined a team, to please do so as the available slots were going quickly.
President Driggers also indicated that the Nominating Committee had come to a consensus on the ballot for the following Chapter Members to run the Chapter next year. The Officers were: President-Elect – Vanessa Freidberg (Siemens), CRC Attendance Required; Vice-President – Gayle Davis (Stanley Consultants, Inc.), CRC Attendance Required; Treasurer – Ryan Burke (JCI), CRC Attendance Preferred; Secretary – Danny Richardson (EEA), CRC Attendance Preferred The following were selected for the Board Of Governors: David Driggers (Past President); David Bacorn (Past President); Andy Collier (Past President); Stuart Bloomquist; Larry Bloomquist (Past President, Golden Gavel Award Winner). These list of nominees, presented for our Officers and Board for the 2017-2018 year, had agreed to serve if approved by the Chapter by vote at the April meeting. President Driggers also stated that anyone else who was interested in volunteering for our chapter could still be assigned positions to fill on committees and are always welcome as we expand our volunteer base. The technical program started about 5:30 p.m with the main program at about 6:15 p.m. The main program covered the different hydronic pumping strategies of Variable Primary, Primary/Secondary, and District Cooling applications. Mr. Stan Kutin with Bell & Gossett provided the program and is currently the instructor at B&G’s Little Red Schoolhouse. Stan has conducted field seminars for several industry groups including local ASHRAE Chapters and the United Association Train-the-Trainer program. He has been with Bell & Gossett for 20 years and has extensive product application experience in centrifugal pump and balance valve products. Prior to joining Bell & Gossett, Stan worked 10 years as a residential and commercial HVAC contractor. He earned a BSME from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and was a LEED Green Associate. He was an active member of ASHRAE, ASPE & RSES organizations. Within the newsletter, there were also Historian article by Randy Schrecengost which was Part 3 of a series of articles regarding ASHRAE Honors and Awards. This article covered one of the six categories within ASHRAE’s Honors and Awards program, Personal Honors. The summary started out with the Paul Anderson Award named in honor of F. Paul Anderson, 1927-28 President of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, and is the Society's highest award. This award honors members for notable achievement, outstanding work or service in any field of the Society. Accomplishments include exceptional leadership in the HVAC&R industry, ASHR AE, and society. Broad-based activities of outstanding value in
consulting, contracting, engineering, design, and related activity within ASHRAE are desired. Previous recipients of this award include Willis Carrier, Sam Lewis, Carl Ashley and Donald Kroecker. In addition, the s ummary included the Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award. This award honors Fellows of the Society for continuing preeminence in engineering or research work. William L. Holladay became a member of ASRE in 1930. He was a Presidential Member, Fellow, and Life Member. He was elevated to the grade of Fellow in 1950 and became President of ASHRAE in 1968. The summary also included the Andrew T. Boggs Service Award, named after Andrew T. Boggs, former ASHRAE Executive Vice President, and which recognizes past recipients of the Exceptional Service Award for continuing, unselfish, dedicated and distinguished service to the Society. Finally, the E.K. Campbell Award of Merit, was mentioned as an award that honors an individual for outstanding service and achievement in teaching. The award, funded by contributions from individual members of the Life Members Club (LMC), consists of a plaque and a $10,000 honorarium as approved by the LMC Executive Board. Mr. Campbell represented the Society in the development of the insurance code for heating and ventilating garages from the standpoint of carbon monoxide. Additionally, he served as Chair of the committee to develop a code for testing and rating heavy-duty furnaces.
APRIL April is always the “birthday” month for the Austin Chapter. We commemorate our original Charter of April 8, 1956, and this year celebrated our Chapter’s 61st Anniversary. The Chapter’s history started from its growth in the ASHVE (American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers) meetings in Austin in the 1950s, and goes on into the present. The Chapter met on Thursday, April 17th at the County Line on the Lake located at 5204 Ranch Road 2222, Austin, TX 78731. This was a different location than the County Line on the Hill where we normally have our meetings so it was different. As always, the technical program started at 5:30 with dinner. During a short business session, President Driggers promoted the upcoming ASHRAE CRC in Oklahoma City to be held April 27th thru April 29th, and then thanked Stephen Greco of Mechanical Reps for hosting another fantastic Austin ASHRAE Golf
Tournament. He mentioned that we sold out once again, and had 26 teams competing for bragging rights for the year. The team of Mark Prather, Brett Bunger and Rory Ramon, all with Dynamic Systems Inc. (DSI) and Blane Conn with Rawson Inc. were the overall winners this year. Finally, all the nominees for next year’s officers and board for the 2017-2018 year were presented. The nominees were Steve Hansen for President, Vanessa Freidberg for President Elect, Gayle Davis for Vice President and in charge of Programs for next year, Ryan Burke as Treasurer and Danny Richardson as Secretary. These nominees agreed to serve if approved by the chapter this month. They were approved with no write in or other competing candidates. After all business was completed, a Chiller Technology round table discussion was begun after dinner. The panelists for the Chiller presentation were made up of a Contractor, JJ Huffine with DSI; a Consulting Engineer, Wes Stidham with Shah Smith; and two Sales Reps, Ryan Burke with JCI, and Justin Wieman with Trane. The newsletter contained another Historian article by Randy Schrecengost. This was Part 4 of a series of articles regarding ASHRAE Honors and Awards. This article covered one of the six categories within ASHRAE’s Honors and Awards program, Person Honors for General Society Activities. Within this category are two personal honors within Society. The Distinguished Service Award (at right) recognizes the members who have served ASHRAE faithfully as a member of committees or otherwise giving freely of his/her time and talent on behalf of the Society, and requires the candidate to score a minimum of 15 points on the Society Point Tally Form. The other is the Exceptional Service Award. This award recognizes the members who have served the Society faithfully and with exemplary effort, in excess of that required for the Distinguished Service Award. The individual must have been a full grade Member for a minimum of ten years and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Candidates must score a minimum of 45 points on the Point Tally Form. There is only twenty (20) awards given per year for this distinction. The other award covered in this article was the Distinguished Fifty-Year Member Award. This award recognizes individuals who have been ASHRAE members for a minimum of fifty years, and were a past Society President, a Fellow, recipient of the Distinguished Service Award, or otherwise performed outstanding service for the Society. MAY The May 18, 2017 meeting was once again at the County Line on the Hill. This was the last curtain call for out-going President David Driggers, and he spent some time thanking the Austin Chapter Officers, Board of Governors, and Committee members who served the past Society year. He stated that being President was the final effort over the past five years serving in various positions in the Austin Chapter, and he had made valuable contacts in our community including new clients with whom he had previously not worked. “ASHRAE truly allows anyone to network well if they put forth the effort”, he said. He mentioned that many of his business relationships developed into personal friendships both within and outside of his daily work life, and he looked forward to continuing all the friendships as he moves into new roles within the Chapter. “I appreciate the opportunity to serve the Austin members during this past year, and I am grateful to so many of you that have provided assistance, direction, and encouragement along the way”. President Driggers briefly reviewed some of the past year’s successes and encouraged everyone to provide all the necessary assistance to incoming President Elect Steve Hansen. He mentioned that the Austin Chapter received multiple awards this year during the Region VIII Chapter Regional Conference. These awards included most notably, the Region VIII Membership Round-em Up Award to Ryan Williams with Texas Air Systems. Ryan won the award as MP Chair and signed up 57 new members for ASHRAE. The Chapter then inducted the following members: Officers: President-Elect – Vanessa Freidberg (Siemens), Vice-President – Gayle Davis (Stanley Consultants, Inc.), Treasurer – Ryan Burke (JCI), and Secretary - Danny Richardson (EEACE): Board Of Governors: David Driggers (Past President); David Bacorn (HTS & Past President); Andy Collier (Texas Air Products & Past President); Stuart Bloomquist (Mechanical Reps, Inc.); and Larry Bloomquist (Mechanical Reps, Past President & Golden Gavel Award Winner).
The Main Program was by a Region VIII and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, Mr. Dan Int-Hout. Dan works for Krueger and responsible for the presentation of technical data and advanced application engineering for the Grilles, Registers and Diffusers, as well as the VAV air terminals, fan coils and chilled beams. Dan became a Life member of ASHRAE and elevated to the grade of ASHRAE Fellow at the Long Beach meeting in 2007. He was also on the ASHRAE Board of Directors as a Director At Large (DAL) in 2014. His topic was on “Connections”. He covered the developments from 1973 until the present on technical achievements, Standards Updates, and ASHRAE Research projects that all converged into an understanding and technical validation of modern approaches to comfort, energy, and building designs. The idea for the talk came from the recent Society’s Presidential Theme. The newsletter contained photos from the recent CRC in Oklahoma City
At Left: Region 8, Chapter Gold Ribbon Award winners. Bruce Flaniken, Houston; Gene Redford, Northeast Oklahome; Randy Schrecengost, Austin; and Dusty Stoabs, Central Oklahoma.
At Right: Region 8, DRC Bill Klock and his wife Anne; and Susan and Jon Symco, current RMCR/ARC and incoming DRC.
At Right: What the Gold Ribbon Award winner gets.
JUNE - JULY The Austin Chapter does not hold regular meeting during the months of June and July, but typically meets as the BOG. The Chapter BOGs and Officers spend the time reviewing goals and objectives, and getting organized for the upcoming Society year. Respectfully Submitted, Randy Schrecengost, P.E., Historian
ASHRAE Honors and Awards (Part 6)
We continue our H&A series from last month, and cover some of the remaining Category Three PERSONAL HONORS FOR GENERAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES that are named after ASHRAE members. Lincoln Bouillon Award: This award recognizes a member who performs the most outstanding work in increasing the membership of the Society during the course of the year. • Recognition is in the form of a plaque, lapel pin, and transportation, if not
otherwise reimbursed by the Society • One awarded per year • Recommended by Membership Promotion Committee Lincoln Bouillon joined ASHVE in 1933 and was President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter in 1935. Following the formation of ASHRAE, he achieved a grade of Fellow in 1963 and held Society officer positions as a member of the Board of Directors from June 1962, Vice President for the 1964-65 fiscal year and President-elect for the 1965-66 year. Other activities in which he participated at the Society level included membership on the Program Committee, Technical Coordinating Committee, the Task Force for the New Psychometric Chart, the Charter and Bylaws Committee, and the Finance Committee. During his career, he emphasized membership promotion and felt that people making their living in air conditioning should become active participants in the Society. He spearheaded a membership campaign in 1965 that resulted in 105 new members for the Puget Sound Chapter, an increase of about 40% during a three-month period. The Lincoln Bouillon Award was established in 1967 to commemorate Mr. Bouillon’s effort in increasing Society membership. The award is given each year to a Society member who has achieved the most outstanding record in membership activities during the previous year. The award was initiated by Clarence F. Fleming, Membership Promotion Chairman, and approved by the Board of Directors in memory of President Lincoln Bouillon. An award is presented annually to the individual who performs the most outstanding work in increasing the membership of the Society. The award consists of a plaque and lapel pin. Lincoln Bouillon’s legacy to ASHRAE and the consulting engineering industry was related to a firm he founded in 1931, in Seattle, Washington. William J. Collins, Jr. RP Award: This award recognizes the Chapter RP Chair who excels in raising funds for ASHRAE's RP campaign during the course of the year. • Recognition is in the form of a plaque with a medallion, lapel pin, and
transportation, if not otherwise reimbursed by the Society • One awarded per year • Recommended by RP Committee William J. Collins, Jr. was born in Michigan and received a BSME Degree from Michigan Tech University in 1935. After working a few years, he joined Loeffler-Givens Supply Company of Oklahoma City as a consulting engineer in late 1937. In 1942, he joined the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, where he served until 1946 as a Lt. Colonel Reserve. Mr. Collins returned to Oklahoma City and established Collins Engineering Associates and served as CEO and President for thirty years. Mr. Collins became a member of ASHVE in 1949, and served actively in the Society. He was the first editor of the Central Oklahoma Newsletter – The “Southwester”. He served as Chapter President in 1952, and introduced the ASHRAE diamond studded Past Presidents Pin, which continues today. By 1954, Society membership had grown to the point that it was difficult for the Society President to visit all
chapters. This was the beginning of regional meetings. Mr. Collins chaired the first of these meetings. The regional meeting concept was added to the Society Bylaws in 1952. In 1959, Mr. Collins was elected to a 3-year term on the Council of ASHAE. However, he was only able to serve part of one day, due to the merger of ASHAE and ASRE. That merger resulted in becoming ASHRAE. Mr. Collins was to serve 1-1/2 years on the ASHRAE Board of Directors as a RVC, was re-elected for a 3-year term, and was instrumental in the forming of Region VIII. From that point, he went on to become Society Vice President and then President. In 1971, Mr. Collins and others from Region VIII were able to develop the Golden Gavel Award. From this program, he developed the PAOE system, which has developed into a major portion of chapter operations planning. In 1972, Mr. Collins was instrumental in developing the Research Promotion program (now Resource Promotion) that today is successful in financing a great portion of the research that ASHRAE contacts. The Society Board of Directors, in an effort to show gratitude to Mr. Collins, created the William J. Collins Research Promotion Award. This award recognizes the outstanding Chapter Resource Chair in Society annually. Mr. Collins was a Presidential, Fellow and Life Member, as well as serving actively in Central Oklahoma Chapter. He also served as a Trustee on the Foundation Committee, and as Chair of the Journal and Insights Committee. Mr. Collins served as President of the Consulting Engineers Council of Oklahoma and was a Life Member. He was also a Life Member of the American Consulting Engineers Council and was a member of the Hall of Fame at Oklahoma State University. Mr. Collins received numerous ASHRAE awards including becoming a Fellow in 1966; the Distinguished Service Award in 1965; the Regional Award of Merit in 1978; the Andrew T. Boggs Service Award in 1993; the F. Paul Anderson Award in 1997; and, The Distinguished 50-Year Member Award in 1999. The William J. Collins, Jr. Research Promotion Award was established in 1985 to honor the chapter research promotion chairman who excels in raising funds for ASHRAE research. In June 2003, the name of the award was changed to the William J. Collins Resource Promotion Award. The award “recognizes the Chapter Resource Promotion Chairman who excels in raising funds for ASHRAE. The award consists of a plaque with a medallion and a lapel pin.” Homer Addams Award: This award recognizes a graduate student who has been engaged in an ASHRAE research project at a university that has graduate programs in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and has achieved a high standard of performance in this work. • Recognition is in the form of a $5,000 honorarium, plaque and lapel pin • One awarded per year • Recommended by Research Administration Committee • Deadline for nomination is December 15. • Submit nominations to ASHRAE Manager of Research and Technical Services The Homer Addams Award recognizes a graduate student who has been engaged in an ASHRAE research project. The award was authorized in June, 1956, and the first award was given in 1957. In June, 1959, the ASHRAE Board of Directors was pleased to receive a $10,000 endowment from Paul K. Addams, Homer Addams’ son. In 1991 the endowment of the award was increased to $25,000 and the honorarium was increased from $600 to $1500. The award also consists of a plaque and lapel pin. Mr. Addams was born in 1873, in Addamstown, Pennsylvania, a town established by his ancestors in the early 1700’s. He began his business career at the age of 15 after completion of preliminary education in public schools in the Addamstown area and in the Schuylkill Seminary. The desire for education was so great that he managed to combine business with study, taking business and engineering courses in his off hours.
His first job was as a helper, installing heating plants in Eastern Pennsylvania. In 1895, he joined Barber and Ross, a heating contracting firm in Washington, D.C. Mr. Addams handled development, engineering and research of the products for a group of cast-iron boiler manufacturers in Philadelphia in 1896. During that same year, he was a founder of The American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. In 1903 he was employed by the Kewanee Boiler Company of Illinois. He went to Washington as a special representative to contact government agencies and to act as a consultant on various heating projects. He rejoined the Kewanee Boiler Company in 1911 to set up a New York branch and also to serve as sales manager of the operation. From 1911-1918, he spent time in Washington as a liaison representative between the company and the government on the design and development of boilers and hot water heaters. Foreseeing the extended growth of construction along the eastern seaboard and the prospect of sizeable business volumes, Mr. Addams joined with the Kewanee Boiler Company of Illinois in 1920 to form a subsidiary company known as the Kewanee Boiler Company of New York. His initial position with the new firm was Vice President, and in 1921 he became President. The same year he acquired the Fitzgibbons Boiler Company, of Oswego, New York, and also became its President. He resigned as President in 1947, and was succeeded by his son, Paul K. Addams. Concurrently, he became Chairman of the Board of the firm and pursued his responsibilities with the same fervor that marked his long and outstanding career. Dr. Addams’ career closely paralleled that of ASHVE, being identified with the advancement of engineering practice, research and development techniques in the field of heating and air conditioning. He received the F. Paul Anderson Medal in 1952 in recognition of his notable contributions to the advancement of the fields of boiler design and performance. In the 1951 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science from Albright College. Homer Addams served as ASHVE President in 1924. He also served as First Vice President, Treasurer and on the ASHVE Council. He was active in the founding of the Society’s Research Laboratory at the United States Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1919, and was a member of the first Guide Committee in 1922. He served ASHVE with many committee assignments He also held membership in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Uniform Boiler Low Society, the Steel Boiler Institute, Inc., the Engineers Club of New York, the Engineers Club of Philadelphia, and the Greenleaf Lodge, F. & A. M., Allentown, Pennsylvania. Sources: ASHRAE’s Website: Society Groups, Honors and Awards Committee
Respectfully Submitted,
Randy Schrecengost, Historian
Vintage HVAC Advertisements, 1936 Advertisement from 1936, the eighth year of HPAC Engineering magazine, then called Heating Piping and Air Conditioning. Minneapolis-Honeywell - ad from the February 1936 issue of Heating Piping and Air Conditioning. Please note: information excerpted from: HPAC Engineering, Edited by Ashley M. Doles, 05-26-2015 Respectfully Submitted, Randy Schrecengost, Historian
