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Golden Gavel ’72-’73 James Beach Jack Thompson Award ’10-’11 Keith Reihl ’12-’13 Alan Neely ’12-’13 Alan Neely
President’s Message
Members of the ASHRAE community, Wow, we have a busy and very successful fall to start off our 2013-2014 year. We have had 3 great technical sessions/lunches with an average attendance of 130 members and guests. We were blessed with great weather, good friends, and extremely low scores at the recent ASHRAE golf tournament. Scores below 55 always raise eyebrows! Our ASHRAE chapter
sure has some fantastic golfers, makes me wonder if golf or business comes first Thanks again to all of our volunteers who make ASHRAE a special organization and contribute to it’s long term great reputation. Our Board of Governors (BOG) are busy keeping our Houston chapter momentum going in the right direction. I can’t say thank you enough to our BOG and all of our wonderful committee heads, members, and check-in volunteers for their commitment to our chapter.
This month’s upcoming presentation is a real treat. On November 20, 2013 We have Mike Mabry with Spirax Sarco who will be talking about steam application (do’s and dont’s) and the steam industry in Houston. Be sure to get their early to get a seat. On December 5th, 2013 we are having donor recognition night to all donors that supported ASHRAE at a minimum $100 level in 2012-2013 at the famous Jackson’s Watering Hole on Richmond Drive. Also note, We have a great surprise speaker on tap for past president’s night on January 15th. Please don’t forget the winter meeting in New York City, NY the week of January 19-25th. If you come please give me a buzz. I’ll buy you a drink!
This Month’s Meeting
ASHRAE October Meeting Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM HESS Building 5430 Westheimer Road Houston, TX 77056 http://www.hessclub.com/ Topic: The Do’s and Don’ts of Steam Design and Major Markets For Steam in the Houston Area. Come join us for lunch and hear a Presentation given by Mike Mabry with Spirax Sarco. Costs: Members: $25 Non-members: $35
Format: 11:00-11:20 a.m. – Networking and Sign In and Start Lunch Line 11:20-11:30 a.m. – Start Lunch 11:30 a.m. – Start Meeting 11:30 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. – Roll Call, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Message from President, Officers Reports, General Announcements* 12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. – Program/Presentation 12:50- 1:00 p.m. – Q&A 1:00 p.m. – conclude
Meeting Minutes
ASHRAE Technology for a Better Environment
REGION VIII HOUSTON CHAPTER MEETING MINUTES ASHRAE Mission: To advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating to serve
humanity and promote a sustainable world. ASHRAE Vision: ASHRAE will be the global leader, the foremost source of technical and educational information, and the primary provider of opportunity for professional growth in the arts and sciences of heating, ventilating, air conditioning and
refrigerating.
In Attendance (Meeting Held at HESS Club , Houston Texas 10/16/13) Mike Donovan / President / HTS Texas Elliot Millican P.E. / President Elect / E&C Engineers & Consultants Inc Michael Langton P.E / Vice President / HTS Texas Kimberly Thompson P.E./ Treasurer / HTS Texas Bill Chalmers P.E. / Secretary / Johnson Controls Alan Neely / Past President 2012-2013 / Pittsburgh Corning Insulation Paul Alexander / Past President 2011-2012 / Straus Systems Keith Reihl P.E. / Past President 2010-2011 / Mitsubishi Electric Don Nye P.E. / Chaplain / E&C Engineers & Consultants Inc. Steve Roche P.E./ Refrigeration / RCE, Inc. Kenneth Shifflett P.E. / Student Activities / Distribaire, Inc. Bryan Bagley P.E. / Honors And Awards / CCRD Partners Brian Dunne P.E. / Sustainability / TD Engineers James Principe P.E. / Sustainability / RLB Consulting Engineers Chase Williamson / Historian / Texas AirSystems Bruce Flaniken P.E. / Historian Emeritus / The Methodist Hospital Kurt McCulloch / Membership / The Hunton Group Xuan Le / Membership / Kraton Nick Badke E.I.T. / Product Roster and Directory / RLB Consulting Engineers Brennan Vierra / Young Engineers In ASHRAE / HTS Texas Cory Detten P.E. / Young Engineers In ASHRAE / CCRD Partners David Schurk / PAOE Administrator / HTS Texas John Walik / HAR Editor - Webmaster / H.D. Grant Company, Inc. Jerry Garcia P.E./ Grass Roots Government Affairs Committee/ Shah Smith Guests Lew Harriman – Guest speaker and distinguished lecturer John Harrod – Region 8 DRC (Director and Regional Chairman) Time Called to Order 10:00 am / Time Called to End 10:45 am Mike Donovan / President:
o Encouraged everyone to attend CRC in April. o Encouraged everyone to promote Society members to pay their chapter dues. o Reviewed PAOE points summary. Houston is currently in second place in the region. Board
members reminded to input their points. o Chapter meeting agenda was prepared. o Requested the energy code seminar update. March is the target. Mike L. is seeking a
sponsor at CenterPoint to book the auditorium. o 2014 is the 75th anniversary of the Houston chapter. Society sent a citation. It was suggested
it be scanned and put on the web site. Document is being presented at past presidents night. Damon Gowan has the original chapter charter.
Elliot Millican P.E. / President-Elect:
o It was suggested that the next’s month’s presentation should describe the local industrial steam market and safety issues associated with designing and working on steam plants.
o No speaker is booked for the past president’s meeting in January yet. The mayor is being asked to attend. Keith Reihl is pursuing the Mayor Annise Parker or another appropriate speaker from the city.
o February’ topic is Ethics. TAMU is reviewing the space shuttle accidents. o March is student night. Discussion ensued about sponsors interested in pursuing new
employees. Mike D. is contacting the universities. Kenneth Shifflett is tasked with pursuing sponsors. Sponsorship is $250. A panel discussion including a contractor, consulting engineer, end user and equipment representative should be included. Mike Langton P.E. / Vice President:
o One check is needed to complete the full circle board contribution. o 21 teams registered to date for the golf tournament. 30 teams are desired with a maximum of
36 for the 18 hole course. Sponsorships are still available. Usually a dozen teams sign up the last week. The group is optimistic that the event will be a success. Many sponsors prefer the spring tournament. Kimberly Thompson P.E. / Treasurer:
o Almost $63,000 in the checking account, $25,000 in the savings account and $2,400 in the CD.
o Discussion ensued about various large upcoming expenses. This includes the roster and the CRC contribution.
o One member opened an endowment account. Bill Chalmers P.E. / Secretary:
o ASPE and HAAHE agreed to distribute the November meeting invitation. Brian Dunne P.E. / James Principe P.E. / Sustainability:
o Submitted some articles. Bruce Flaniken P.E. / Chase Williamson / Historian:
o Rodney Lewis history is being reviewed o Bob Burch history is being prepared. o Photo gallery is being prepared for past presidents. Mike D and Misty are working on this
project. Kurt McCulloch / Membership:
o 31 new students and members enrolled, 16 people cancelled while 16 transferred in and 16 transferred out. Membership is net positive for the year. Nick Badke E.I.T. / Product Roster & Directory:
o Roster will be distributed before Thanksgiving. They are being mailed. Discussion ensued about people picking them up at the meeting to save postage. The logistics of distributing the roster at the monthly meeting has not worked well in the past and is not being pursued. John Walik / BOG / Editor / Webmaster:
o November 4 is the newsletter deadline.
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December 16-18, 2013San Antonio, Texas | Hyatt Regency Riverwalk
The Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) Conference is a premiere educational conference and business exhibition connecting public and private decision makers and thought leaders. Join us for a collaboration focused on effective problem solving related to the energy and water intensity of the built environment and the reduction of related emissions.
CATEE draws a diverse audience of public and private organizations as well as individuals responsible for design-ing, constructing or operating buildings; regulating the built environment; and making policy decisions effecting budgets, programs or resources available for improving energy efficiency or implementing renewable energy ap-plications.
Co-hosted by the Energy Systems Laboratory of the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and the Texas Chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council.
December 16 | Pre-Conference Workshops (Earn GBCI LEED-specific CEUs and AIA LUs)• 8:00 – 12:00 LEED v4 • 1:00 – 5:00 Existing Building Operations & Maintenance • 1:00 – 5:00 School Energy Management
December 17-18 | Plenaries, Concurrent Sessions, Building Tour and Awards LuncheonGreen building-related sessions focus on residential energy performance, green schools, commercial green building performance and modeling, and data-driven design tools. Additional sessions topics include Implementing PACE in Texas, Alternative Financing for Energy Efficiency, Advancing Energy Codes, Energy/Water Nexus, and many more! (Most sessions will earn AIA LUs and GBCI CEUs, some LEED-specific -- As many as 15 GBCI and AIA credits expected)
Confirmed Plenary Speakers • The Honorable Bill Ritter, former Governor of Colorado and Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy• Greg Aliff, Vice Chairman and Senior Partner, Energy & Resources, Deloitte LLP• Dub Taylor, Director, State Energy Conservation Office
Program Details, Pricing and Registration• Visit CATEE.TAMU.EDU• Members of USGBC Texas Chapters receive a discounted attendance rate. • Early bird pricing is available through August 30!!
Sponsorship and Exhibiting Opportunities • Visit CATEE.TAMU.EDU/SPONSORS• Conference sponsors earn a variety of benefits depending on sponsor level. • Special deals for workshop and building tour sponsors
For more information on sponsorship deals: [email protected] or 512-470-9923
Policy Updates | Practical Implementation Ideas | Statewide Peer Networking | New Resources
History
Laboratory Mechanical Services, LLC (LMS) is a specialty service company for laboratory and
research facilities that provides design, construction, and ongoing support for new and existing laboratories. Established in 2004 by Frank Andolino, Steve Henderson, Dan Schiesler and Tom Walterbach, LMS quickly grew to one of the largest laboratory contractors in the Gulf Coast Region. Focused on addressing and meeting the needs of the customer, LMS chose to expand the construction division to include design, HVAC and service departments.
In any laboratory setting the mechanical system is critical to safety and a successful work environment. The laboratory’s atmosphere is a delicate balance between the supply air provided to the laboratory as well as the exhaust system requirements. The addition of the mechanical division has been a key factor in LMS’s ability to provide the customer with a complete package tailored to meet their requirements.
The design department provides space planning, laboratory equipment layout and mechanical
systems design for LMS’s regional and international customers.
The construction management team has the capability of meeting with the customer and providing the guidance and expertise to fully plan their project. Together with the design department, the construction division takes the ea and produces a functioning reality. LMS has the ability to fast track a project utilizing the design build construction model. Each project, whether it is a turnkey installation or a design build, receives the same level of care and attention to detail.
LMS’s service department is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and carries the most common replacement parts to ensure the least amount of downtime possible. In addition to providing ongoing support and maintenance for the laboratory exhaust and HVAC systems, the service department provides the fume hood air flow validations for over 2,000 fume hoods and is the single source for ASHRAE 110 testing (as installed and as used) in the Gulf Coast Region. Submitted By Chase Williamson / History Chair
History We have most of the 86 Past Presidents (74 Photos, 13 No Photos, 2 Very Poor Photos) This next January, 2014 will be the Houston (South Texas ) 064 Chapter 75Th Anniversary. We had dual ASRE and ASHVE Presidents for several years 1951 thru 1959 (6 month Durations during the ASRE & ASHVE merger to ASHRAE). If anyone has an identified Photo of one of the people listed below please contact me;
Bruce Flaniken Historian Emeritus Houston Chapter Cell 832-473-1989, [email protected] or [email protected]
Past Presidents No Photos
1941 A. J. Rummel ASHVE 1943 A. M. Chase, Jr. ASHVE 1945 A.F. Barnes ASHVE 1946 J. A. Walsh ASHVE 1949 R. J. Salinger ASHVE 1950 Charles C. Quinn ASHVE 1954 Elliot Floeter, Jr. ASHVE 1957 Jim Huffman ASRE 1958 D. Dana Price (poor Photo) ASRE 1960 H. G. McKee ASHRAE 1961 E. E. Ransom ASHRAE 1961 E. H. McLane ASHRAE 1983-1984 John Gambrell (Poor Photo) ASHRAE
Last Month’s Meeting
Special Thanks to our October Meeting Speaker Lew Harriman (3RD from left). Lew is the Director of Research & Consulting at Mason-Grant in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He is a Fellow of ASHRAE and Distinguished Lecturer with 35 years of experience in humidity control systems. He also was the lead author of both ASHRAE's Humidity Control Design Guide and the ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot & Humid Climates. He is currently Vice-Chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee 1.12 (Moisture Management in Buildings). Special Thanks to John Harrod (far right), our Region VIII DRC who visited Houston and gave our membership an update on ASHRAE National. Standing with Lew and John is Elliot Millican, President-Elect (left) and Mike Donovan, President ( 2nd from left).
Membership
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers advances the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world. Membership is open to any person associated with the field
including indoor air quality, building design and operation, and environmental control for food processing and industry.
Membership in ASHRAE allows access to information about state-of-the-art HVAC&R
technology and provides many opportunities to participate in the development of that technology. Participation is available locally, through chapters, and through membership on
Society committees, such as standards projects committees, which are responsible for the development of standards, and technical committees which advise the Society on research
needs, emerging technologies, and technical matters.
To join renew or update your membership go to https://www.ashrae.org/ and look for the Membership Tab on the top right side of the page.
New ASHRAE Houston Members for the November HAR Issue:
Submitted by Kurt McCulloch – Membership Chairman
Name Company Or School Member Or Student
Dr. Khaled Saleh UMD M
Donghyun Sung S
Student Activities
ASHRAE Student Activities Update 11/04/2013
Submitted by Kenneth Shifflett, P.E. / Student Activities Chair
March 19th, 2014 is student night at St. Arnold's Brewery. This year we will be having a career fair as part of the activities as well. Details are still in the works.
The primary goal of ASHRAE student activities this year is to further promote ASHRAE and STEM to K-12, if you have any interest in participating or know of contacts to set up presentations, please let me know.
Engineering Week is February 17-21 and another area to focus efforts to speak to K-12 during that time as well.
The Texas A&M Chapter is doing well and we look forward to another great year supporting them also.
As in years past my ongoing efforts will be to grow student interest in ASHRAE within the local colleges (University of Houston, Rice, LoneStar college, ect..) and increase chapter participation of K-12 activities and involvement in Engineers Week. If anyone has contact information for potential interest or involvement, please email me at [email protected].
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Position Name TelePhonePresident Mike Donovan (832) 328-1010
President Elect Elliot Millican (713) 580-8817
Vice President Michael Langton (832) 328-1010
Treasurer Kimberly Thompson (832) 328-1010
Secretary Bill Chalmers (713) 924-2417
Past President 2012-2013 Alan Neely (281) 432-9864
Technology Transfer Elliot Millican (713) 580-8817
Resource Promotion Michael Langton (832) 328-1010
Programs Elliot Millican (713) 580-8817
"R" in ASHRAE Steve Roche (281) 292-6842
Honors & Awards Bryan Bagley (713) 237-8900
Historian Chase Williamson (832) 342-7004
Historian Emeritus Bruce Flaniken (713) 441-9624
Roster & Product Directory Nick Badke (713) 237-9800
Education & Student Activities Kenneth Shifflett (713) 266-1761
Advocacy Jerry Garcia (713) 780-7563
Membership Promotion Kurt McCulloch (713) 328-3775
Membership Promotion Xuan Le (281) 676-2444
Chaplain Don Nye (713) 580-8870
Chaplain Emeritus Hank Fry (713) 774-5203
Sustainability Brian Dunne (713) 933-1001
Sustainability James Principe (713) 237-9800
Young Engineers In ASHRAE Brennan Vierra (832) 328-1010
Young Engineers In ASHRAE Cory Detten (713) 237-8900
Board of Governors Alan Neely (281) 432-9864
Board of Governors Don Nye (713) 580-8870
Board of Governors John Walik (713) 462-8888
Attendance & Reception Brandon Williams (713) 983-6500
Attendance & Reception Christina Stewart (713) 934-2400
Attendance & Reception Misty Wilson (832) 328-1010
C.I.C Delegate Keith Reihl (713) 459-1044
C.R.C. Delegate Elliot Millican (713) 580-8817
C.R.C Alternate Michael Langton (832) 328-1010
PAOE Administrator David Schurk (832) 328-1010
Photographer Skip Williams (713) 782-2701
Photographer Val Roberts (281) 500-8136
Editor, Hot Air Recorder John Walik (713) 830-4523
Webmaster John Walik (713) 830-4523
ASHRAE Houston Chapter Roster