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I have great news for everyone settling back into the usual work grind. We

will have our favorite comedian on the ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

circuit, Dan Int-Out, in town for our February 18th lunch meeting at Matt’s

El Rancho. We are excited to have Dan speak for the sheer entertainment value

and he just might teach you something. Plus, it will be an appreciated follow up

to our grueling Engineering Ethics meeting from last month. Help is make this

chapter meeting even BETTER by coming and showing your support.

I wanted to also share some exciting news for our local members! Thanks to the

efforts of Jeremy Smith & Greg Canter and back by popular demand, the Austin

Chapter will be providing another session of the ASHRAE University for the spring semester. This will be

another multi-week course held at the Trane office on the North side of town. If you are interested, please

keep an eye out for email blasts in the near future.

The Austin Chapter also has some great this coming up in the near future. A group of volunteers will be

judging the Austin Regional Science Fair on Thursday February 18th for both Junior High and Senior High

divisions. Also, The University of Texas will be hosting “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day” on Saturday

February 27th. Our ASHRAE volunteers will be presenting a variety of HVAC demos including pumps,

VFDs, and controls. If you are interested in these events please contact our Student Activities Chair Gayle

Davis ([email protected]).

The Austin Chapter will be hosting our annual Golf Tournament March 28th. The registration for the event

should open in the next few weeks. Please contact our Golf Tournament Coordinator Stephen Greco

([email protected]).

One of my goals this year is to promote increased membership to make our chapter BETTER. Austin is growing

and so should our membership base. I would like to encourage all of our members to invite one non-member

during the year to attend a monthly chapter meeting. This is a great way to demonstrate the value of ASHRAE

and encourage people to become members.

Please remember ASHRAE is a volunteer driven organization. If you are looking to become involved, I welcome

you to contact myself or any board member for the opportunity to work on a committee and help steer the

Chapter.

David Bacorn can be reached at (512) 744-4412 or [email protected]

FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

ASHRAE FEBRUARY MEETING

P lease join us for lunch on Thursday, February 18 at Matt’s El Rancho for a discussion on selecting VAV

for IAQ by Dan Int-Hout, Krueger, ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer.

Selecting VAV products for Acceptable Environments:

With the large number of VAV terminals available, including ECM motors for series and parallel boxes, we are

getting a number of questions regarding the proper selection and interpretation of VAV terminal specifications.

Discussions will include proper engineering specifications and designs for this broad product range, updates on

the latest rules and knowledge regarding VAV box type, linings, accessories and air flow limitations, and more.

AUSTIN, TEXAS CHAPTER

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DAVID BACORN 2015-2016 Chapter President

UPCOMING EVENTS

February Meeting

February 18 | Lunch

Matt’s El Rancho

ASHRAE Austin Golf

Tournament

March 28 | Hills of Lakeway

Golf Club

See flyer on page 10 for

more info

High-Performance Buildings

& Workplaces Conference

May 3-4 | Austin

See flyer on page 9 for more

info

Inside this issue:

Austin ASHRAE Meeting

Calendar

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Grassroots Activities 2

Membership Promotion 2

Treasurer’s Report 3

BOG Meeting Minutes 4

YEA Updates 5

Student Activities 6

History, Honors &

Awards

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High Performance Build-

ings Conference Flyer

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ASHRAE Golf Tourna-

ment Flyer

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STEVE HANSEN 2015-2016 VP—Programs

(512) 834-9848

[email protected]

Date Time Location Topic Speaker Sponsor

2/18/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho Selecting VAV for Acceptable IAQ

Dan Int-hout (ASHRAE DL)

TBD

3/17/2016 Dinner County Line on the

Hill Commissioning

Jay Enck and Gerald J. Kettler

TBD

4/21/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho TBD David Underwood - ASHRAE President

ASHRAE

5/19/2016 Dinner County Line on the

Hill Natatoriums

Ralph Kittler (ASHRAE DL)

Seresco

GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE

E ngineers Week (EWeek), celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, is planned for February 21-27,

2016. EWeek celebrates how engineers and engineering make a difference in our world. As part of

this annual event, we urge having Governors, Mayors and other elected and appointed officials

recognize this occasion with official proclamations. ASHRAE has a Draft Proclamation and a Draft Cover

Letter you can use to promote this event and encourage participation at all levels of government (see the

website!). I will be speaking at the Marble Falls, TX city council meeting Feb. 16 and I expect them to

adopt a formal proclamation in support of Engineers week. JON-ERIK JOHNSON

2015-2016 Grassroots Government

Activities

(512) 271-3017

[email protected]

MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION

O ur current member count for Austin is 342. We have had a good amount of new members and

transfers join our chapter so we are net positive on membership for the year so far. However,

we do have a lot of members cancelling/phasing out of the chapter and ASHRAE as a society

due to non-payment. We will be making calls/reaching out to delinquent members later this month in

the hopes of getting people up to date on payments. Don’t duck our calls or I will have to sic David

Bacorn on you.

SPENCER ROTHERY 2015-2016 Membership Promotion

(512) 416-8822

[email protected]

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VANESSA MARYOTT 2015-2016 Treasurer

(512) 461-0404

[email protected]

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Austin ASHRAE – BOG Meeting Agenda – County Line

January 21, 2016 – 4:30 pm

Attendees:

1. David Bacorn, President

a. Creation of Past President’s Committee - Dec. 17th

b. ASHRAE University Spring Session – food provided. Break even on $100/person.

2. David Driggers, President Elect / Newsletter Editor

a. Need updates sooner!

3. Steve Hansen, Vice President / Programs

a. Looking for new Certified Public Accountant ($300-$400) – Don’t want to file extension. -

Vanessa to ask

4. Vanessa , Treasurer

a. Tax form

b. Scanner for Historian

5. Carrie Anne Crawford, Secretary – (Absent – Vanessa filling in)

a. Track down original logo Uploaded to Dropbox Chapter Operations, and updated PDHs

b. Enforce Tardy/Absent rule this year? – if Late/absent to BOG meeting without 24-hr notice – Pay $25 to R.P.

1. Lots of discussion – table for later

6. Derrick Van West, BOG 1 Research Promotion

a. RP Goal. – originally $44,000 – change to $50,000

b. RP Companies list – by Dec. 17th.

c. Upcoming Tournaments

1. Bowling – need to organize dates

2. Golf – March 21st – Monday Golf Tournament. Steve Greco to set it up. Need to find who did flyer last

year – David Driggers volunteered HTS marketing team to make new flyer.

7. Justin Johnson, BOG 2 Auditing/Nominating

8. Randy Schrecengost, BOG 3 Historian/Administrator

a. Need to scan archived documents from Austin History Museum

b. Leadership recall interviews.

9. Spencer Rothery, Membership Promotion

a. Danny to be the new chair!

b. Develop schedule for personal touches to meeting invites. Assign volunteers to accounts.

c. Recruit past members who have cancelled. Use the list developed by Bill Klock.

d. Guest lists transfer to excel for tracking.

e. Faster check-in ideas: iPad/Scan barcodes on nametags.

f. Add column to sign in sheet for express pay

10. Gayle Davis, Student Activities

a. Collegiate:

CARRIE ANNE CRAWFORD 2015-2016 Secretary

(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

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1. 1st Thursday of the Month – regular meetings

a. Need Speakers & Topics for: March 3rd, April 7th, & May 5th.

2. Budget: $200 towards student dues, $400 towards travel (9 members – 3 active)

b. K-12: Alicia Reich (Schneider), head of k-12 activities

1. NEED ALL BOG TO ATTEND 1 K-12 EVENT!!

2. K-12/STEM Chapter Leadership Award

3. UT Girl Day, Thinkery, E-week activities – Feb 27th

4. Austin science fair judging – February 18th

5. Math Counts by TSPE – February 2016

11. Ryan Burke, CTTC / Webmaster Committee Chair -

a. Add Student Scholarship form on website

12. Carrie Anne Crawford, YEA Committee Chair (Absent – Drew is filling in)

a. Sending 3 ppl to YLW in Austin Feb. 19-21 ($250 from chapter/$250 from Region each)

1. Ryan Burke, Cassandra Wiese, Joshua McCalip

b. Upcoming Events:

1. 512 Brewery Tour – Feb 25th 5:30-7:30

14. Jon-Erik Johnson, Govt Grassroots

a. Consultants to submit for bEQ

1. We get PAOE points for each member involved in bEQ – if you know anyone eligible let him know.

b. Start Govt officials list

c. Jan. 27th – City of Austin went to 90.1

d. Archive of energy code by area (SECO, city, country)

15. Andrew Turner, Communications Chair


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YEA UPDATES

Young Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA)

1. Past Events:

a. Technical Tour - Wednesday, January 27th 3-5pm @ UT College of Liberal Arts Building - Chilled Beams and Un-

derfloor Distribution

2. Upcoming Events:

a. Brewery Tour – Thursday, February 25th 5:30-7:30 @ 512 Brewing Company

3. PE Study Group – Contact [email protected] for more details

4. Mentorship Program – Contact [email protected] for more details

5. Like YEA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

Thank you to all the event attendees for a great time with good company.

This is all made possible through the support of the YEA planning committee, so an extra special thank you to:

Carrie Anne Crawford (EEA), Will Clinton (EEA), Drew Higgins (HTS), Phillip Wood (TRANE)



https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

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(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

STUDENT ACTIVIT IES UPDATES

Austin ASHRAE Student Chapter Update – 2/26/2016

General News

Below is the Student Activities calendar for the 2015-2016 year. The calendar will be updated as volunteer

opportunities are scheduled. If anyone has interest in involvement or an additional volunteer opportunity,

please email me, Jeff, or Alicia.

FY 2015-2016 Student Activities Calendar

GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected]

DATE EVENT VOLUNTEER/SPEAKER(S)

2/18/2016 Austin Regional Science Fair Volunteer Registration Open, see David Ba-

corn for details

2/27/2016 Introduce a Girl to Engineering

Day

Ongoing Recruitment, see Alicia Reich for de-

tails.

3/3/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Danny Richardson – Thermal Storage

4/7/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Nick Prisco – Heat Pumps v. Split DX

5/5/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Kevin Schaal – Intro to Pumps & Applications

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HISTORY, HONORS & AWARDS

Collegiate News

The next student branch meeting will be held February 4th.

K-12/STEM News

We have two K-12/STEM event planned for February. The first event is the Austin Energy Regional Sci-

ence Festival held Thursday, February 18 that the Palmer Events Center. We will be volunteering to

judge the Junior/Senior Division science projects. Junior/Senior Division judging will take place on

Thursday, Feb 18, 2016 at the Palmer Events Center, Seniors from 8 am to noon, Juniors from 1:00 p.m.

to 4:30 p.m. You can sign up for either one of these two divisions or both or, if that works with your

schedule. Thank you to David Bacorn for identifying and organizing the ASHRAE volunteers. Let us

know if this interests you and we will send you registration information!

Our second event is the UT Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and the Girl Day STEM

Festival will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2016. Over 4,000 elementary and middle school students are expected to partici-

pate with over 900 volunteers and over 100 student organizations, community organizations and companies volunteering. Intro-

duce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day) is an international event celebrated during Engineers Week each year. This year we

are organizing various HVAC demos geared toward 6th-8th grade students. Thank you to Alicia Reich for organizing the

ASHRAE volunteers. There’s plenty of room for additional volunteers!

GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected]

History

The following are the History goals for this Society year:

· MBO #1 Meet or exceed PAR for History points (PAR 300, 100 minimum required)

Status: Complete - Currently sit at 525 Points (325 + 200 by Regional Historian

(exceeded PAR). -

· MBO #2 Complete a Chapter Year History Summary for previous Society Year

Status: Complete

· MBO #3 Complete a History Power Point presentation for Spring CRC

Status: On-Going - Currently 75% complete

· Goal #1 Form a Historical Committee of at least 3 members, but no less than 2.

Status: Complete - Committee has 4 members

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

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· Goal #2 Communicate with Regional Historian (RH) monthly.

Status: On-Going. Last report was January 06, 2016

· Goal #3 Develop a succession plan to include “How To” word documents for future

Chapter Historian for review and education for the role and including honors and awards.

Status: On-Going

As always, this author continues to look for Historical information and welcomes any/all input. Think HISTORY!

Honors and Awards

· MBO #4 Complete paperwork for at least one Honor and Award

Status: On-Going – We have one qualifier for Chapter Service Award (CSA) for the April CRC.

As always, this BOG member would WELCOME ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED to assist in the above

items.

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

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