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DOs and DON’Ts: Digital Scroll Compressor Technology

Main Program: Energy Efficient Systems

RSVP: Roland Suzuki, Roland@heide‐cook.com

Payment: $35 member / $40 non‐member / $45 at the door to ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter

P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu HI 96812 or via “PayPal” button at hawaii.ashraechapters.org.

SY 2009‐2010, Issue 5 Honolulu, Hawaii, December 2009

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Albert Hahn Aloha ASHRAE Hawaii! For those of you that couldn’t make it, our Christmas party was a hit! Not only did we have almost 20 past presidents attend, we had our DRC Jack Zarour and his family in attendance, too. But our honored guest of the evening was none other than Santa Claus in aloha attire, who paid us a visit via outrigger canoe. We all had a chance to sit on Santa’s lap. Did you all know that Santa can play the uke? He played a little jingle and had a hula dancer accompany him. Please join me in thanking Joseph Ting and his team for planning and executing, but please give an especially big mahalo to Alan Lloyd for sponsoring our visit to Outrigger Canoe Club! We engineers finally got to see how the other half live! Please accept my wish to you all for a very healthy and prosperous 2010!

200910 OfficersPresident Albert Hahn P.E.President Elect Dicson AggabaoVice President Michael ChangSecretary Barry Jim On P.E.Treasurer Paul Fukunaga P.E.

200910 Board of GovernorsPast President Joseph Ting, P.E. Member Kevin Saito, P.E. Member William Lee, P.E. Member Paul Scott

200910 Committee ChairsAttendance & Reception Roland Suzuki Chapter Tech Transfer Joseph Ting, P.E. Chapter Program William Lee P.E.Refrigeration Scott La BeauTechnology Awards Kevin Saito P.E.Historical/ Long Range Planning Joseph Ting P.E. Honors & Awards Kenneth Richardson Membership Promotion Mofazzal Mir Newsletter Michael Chang Student Activities Paul Fukunaga P.E. Research Promotion Paul Scott Young Engineers of ASHRAE Alayna Shima

Government Affairs Mark Yamamoto

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MAIN PROGRAM

Energy Efficient Systems: Optimized Air Delivery, Temperature and Humidity Control, Energy Efficiency with Reduced Thermal Loss Using Advanced Technologies

The focus on energy efficiency has led to many recent technology advances in the field of HVAC. This presentation will discuss these advances and describe solutions commercially available in the HVAC market today.

Energy consumption areas that will be discussed include energy efficient air delivery systems, energy efficient temperature and humidity control, and minimized thermal & infiltration/exfiltration losses.

Norman H. Asbjornson, President and CEO of AAON, Inc., formed the company in 1988. In October of 1988, AAON purchased the air‐conditioning division of The John Zink Company. Before founding the company, he served in executive, engineering, marketing, and sales positions over a 28‐year history with John Zink, Lear‐Seigler, Singer and American Standard.

Norman grew up in a small farming and ranching community of Winifred, Montana, 24 miles from the nearest paved road. Upon completing military duty and working his way through Montana State University College of Engineering, he began his career selling commercial heating and air‐conditioning equipment. In September of 1988, he led a leveraged buy‐out of John Zink Company’s air‐conditioning division. He has served as Chairman, President and CEO of AAON, Inc. since then, the revenue has grown 12.5% on a compounded annual basis and profitability has increased 30 percent.

Continuing a tradition of “giving” established by his parents, which resulted in his father’s winning the Jefferson Award in 1978, Norman has given time and substantial gifts to both the town of Winifred, Montana and Montana State University in many forms, including approximately 50 endowed scholarships annually at Montana State University. He is also a proud recipient of the Jefferson Award in 2006.

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DOs and DON’Ts

Digital Scroll Compressor Technology

The DOs and DON’Ts sessions will cover the operation and application of the Copeland Digital Scroll compressor. Many manufacturers have utilized scroll compressors as a constant capacity compressor based on the radial compliance of compression.

Copeland introduced the Digital scroll compressor to provide Variable Capacity Control for reduced capacity and variable load conditions.

A number of manufacturers use digital scrolls today as an energy saving alternative for hot gas bypass and for precise temperature control in dehumidification applications.

Scott LaBeau of DMG Hawaii is a manufacturer’s representative specializing in dehumidification, corrosive resistant systems and energy efficient applications for rooftop units, fan coils and custom air handlers. DMG Hawaii represents AAON rooftop systems, Energy Lab custom AHUs, Danfoss variable frequency drives and IEC fan coils.

Scott LaBeau accepted a position with DMG Hawaii in 2008, and has over 30 years experience as a sales engineer for the Trane

Company, York Engineered Machinery and Carrier Corporation. Scott’s previous assignment as US Air Conditioning Distributors (USACD) Department Manager for 18 years, dealt with Carrier’s CCN Controls and systems integration. US Air Conditioning Distributors, located in Southern California, was the world’s largest privately owned air conditioning distributor, until it was acquired by Johnson Controls.

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ENGINEERS WEEK ‐ 2010 DISPLAY EXHIBITS

Invitation For Engineering Companies To Participate

Each year during Engineers Week, the Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies (HCES) organizes display exhibits that help to increase public awareness and appreciation of the engineering profession. For the past years, several societies’ consulting engineering firms & manufacturing companies, the student groups from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), and the robotics clubs from local high schools have gathered at Kahala Mall and displayed projects that they had been working on and entering in competitions. It turned out to be a great success. Not only did we achieve the goal of public outreach, but students or engineers were also able to practice their presentation skills and receive positive feedback from a range of people.

This upcoming event in 2010, we will be focusing on “the future of engineering” once again. HCES is inviting the societies’ consulting engineering firms & manufacturing companies, the UHM student groups and the high school’s robotic clubs to participate in this event that will showcase their respective projects as well as to allow interaction with the public and to excite others about the engineering profession. The static portion of their exhibits will be on display at Kahala Mall from February 14 through February 20, 2010. Then on Saturday, February 20th, the participating students at the high school’s robotic clubs will perform demonstrations from 10 AM to 3 PM (times are tentative).

Student outreach activities are conducted throughout the year by most HCES member organizations. The purpose of the displays and interactive exhibits sponsored by HCES during Engineers Week is to improve the public image of the engineering profession and to stimulate qualified students in public and private schools to choose careers in engineering and in related science fields. The week of exhibits culminates in an interactive exhibition at Kahala Mall on Saturday, February 20, 2010, presented by the Space Grant Program of the University of Hawaii, for which the HCES is providing an honorarium. The interactive exhibition will include a competition between top high school robotics teams. The robotics competition will alternate with interactive science demonstrations. Similar events have previously attracted enthusiastic crowds of young people and their families.

To the student engineering group, consulting engineering firm, or contracting company, we encourage you to participate at this event and complete the application “PERMIT” for the Community Booth form of Kahala Mall Corporation. Kindly contact our HCES Exhibits Chairman, Joseph Ting at [email protected] in order to obtain the said form or other information.

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MECHANICAL ENGINEER GIVES BACK By State of Hawaii Department of Education

Hawaii Public Schools Seek Professional Engineer Volunteers Michael A. Chong is a proud Kaneohe Elementary supporter, principal engineer of The Chong Group, LLC, and ENERGY STAR partner. Earlier this year, Chong volunteered his time and services to complete the building label application verification for Kaneohe Elementary School. In September 2009, he went one step further and answered the U.S. EPA’s call for Professional Engineer Volunteers. The U.S. EPA requires a Professional Engineer to qualify buildings to earn the ENERGY STAR label, and maintains a Directory of Professional Engineers, who have performed these verifications for buildings. The U.S. EPA notes that many K‐12 schools that may qualify for ENERGY STAR recognition from the U.S. EPA do not have the budgets to pay for a professional engineer to verify the label application. Hawaii’s public schools need 50‐60 professional engineer volunteers to meet the requirements of Act 155 (2009). The EPA seeks to identify a group of professional engineer volunteers who are willing to provide a “free of charge” service for up to 5 building label application verifications between October 1, 2009 and September 30, 2010 for K‐12 schools. Interested professional engineer volunteers should contact Melissa Totten at [email protected] or contact Bill Denham, DOE Energy Conservation Coordinator at 586‐3452.

Information about Act 155

Part VI of House Bill 1464 HD3 SD2 CD1, passed by the 2009 Hawaii State Legislature and signed into law as Act 155, directs each state department with responsibilities for the design and construction of public buildings and facilities to use the ENERGY STAR portfolio management or equivalent tool as a benchmark for determining the State’s investment in improving the efficiency of its own building stock. By December 31, 2010, a) all State departments must benchmark every existing public building that is either larger than five thousand square feet or uses more than eight thousand kilowatt-hours of electricity or energy per year. (b) Public buildings shall be retro-commissioned no less often than every five years. The energy resources coordinator shall establish retro-commissioning guidelines by January 1, 2010. (c) Departments may enter into energy savings performance contracts with a third party to cover the capital costs of energy-efficiency measures and distributed generation provided the terms of the energy savings performance contracts conform to the benchmark standard. The comptroller may review and exempt specific projects as appropriate to take into account cost-effectiveness. Energy savings performance contracts shall be executed according to state guidelines issued by the comptroller, and the contracts shall be reviewed by the comptroller. To expedite energy savings performance contracting for public buildings, the department of accounting and general services shall develop a master energy savings performance contracts agreement that any department may use to contract with an energy savings performance contracts provider for energy-efficiency and renewable energy services. According to Act 155, “on January 28, 2008, the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the State of Hawaii and the United States Department of Energy launched the Hawaii clean energy initiative. The purpose of Act 155 is to provide a first step in aligning Hawaii’s energy policy laws with the State’s energy goals.

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Press Release

December 17, 2009 Source contact: Principal Mitchell Otani, Kaneohe Elementary, 233-5633

Kaneohe Elementary School Earns the ENERGY STAR® for Superior Energy Efficiency

Hawaii’s first school to receive this recognition

Hawaii State Board of Education First Vice Chairperson Lei Ahu Isa, Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto, Complex Area Superintendent Lea Albert and ENERGY STAR partner Michael Chong congratulated Kaneohe Elementary on its “STAR” achievement before a school assembly of students, educators, and parents. Kaneohe Elementary School has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) prestigious ENERGY STAR, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. This signifies that the building’s energy performance rates in the top 25 percent of facilities nationwide. “On behalf of the students, staff, teachers, and community of Kaneohe Elementary, I am honored to accept EPA’s ENERGY STAR in recognition of our hard work and energy efficiency efforts,” said Mitchell Otani, principal of Kaneohe Elementary School. “Through this achievement, we have demonstrated our commitment to environmental stewardship while lowering our energy costs. I would also like to extend a special thank you to Michael Chong from The Chong Group for making our school an ENERGY STAR.” ENERGY STAR commercial buildings use an average of 40 percent less energy than typical buildings and release 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Kaneohe Elementary School has improved its energy performance by managing energy wisely and minimizing waste. The school’s administration building was constructed and designed as a low-energy building that takes advantage of natural air ventilation and utilizes fans in lieu of air conditioning. To date, the school has reduced its annual energy bill by $14,822. “Improving the energy efficiency of our nation’s buildings is critical to preserving our environment and our natural resources, “ said Jean Lupinacci, chief of EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial branch. “From office buildings to hotels, supermarkets to schools, the ENERGY STAR distinguishes those organizations who are taking environmental responsibility into their own hands.” EPA’s national energy performance rating system provides a 1-100 scale that helps organizations assess how efficiently their buildings use energy relative to similar buildings nationwide. A building that scores a rating of 75 or higher is eligible for the ENERGY STAR. Commercial buildings that can earn the ENERGY STAR include offices, bank branches, financial centers, retail stores, courthouses, hospitals, hotels, K-12 schools, medical offices, supermarkets, dormitories, and warehouses. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov. To view the online facility registry, visit www.energystar.gov/buildinglist.

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REFRIGERATION By Scott LaBeau

Refrigeration Plant Tour at the Ice Palace

March 4, 2010

TOUR OF THE ONLY ICE SKATING RINK IN HAWAII

ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter will be hosting a refrigeration plant tour of the Ice Palace in Hawaii. The Ice Palace is located at 4510 Salt Lake Blvd directly across the street from the Salt Lake K‐MART. Ample parking is available in the parking lot. Their website is http://www.IcePalaceHawaii.com

HOSTED FOOD

The Refrigeration Tour will kick‐off at 6:30 PM with pizza, saimin and soft drinks provided by DMG Hawaii.

EDUCATIONAL

A short 30 minute presentation on Refrigeration Plants will start at 6:30 PM. The short PowerPoint presentation will be held in the dance hall.

REFRIGERATION EXPERT

Mark Yoshizu will be providing the Refrigeration Plant Tour at 7 PM. Mark is the air conditioning, refrigeration and controls specialist for the Carrier Commercial Service Division. He has been servicing the Carrier 5 Line Refrigeration Compressors for the last two decades and is a teacher for the local union of plumbers, pipefitters and air conditioning trade.

FUN

Open public skating is available for anyone interested from 7‐9 PM. The cost for open skating is $8.75 that should include the skate rental fee.

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HISTORICAL By Joseph Ting

The 40th Anniversary Celebration at Outrigger Canoe Club WAIKIKI BEACH, HI: In August of 2009, Alan Lloyd, P.E., our only ASHRAE Fellow living in Hawaii, and currently a member of the Historical Committee, turned 80 years young. When he was in his mid‐life at 40, the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter was just born. Although he has never been our President, he has certainly witnessed the growth of our Chapter since 1969. When the Chapter started to plan the celebration of its 40th year, Alan, a lifetime member of the Outrigger Canoe Club (O.C.C.), was generous enough to share with our Chapter membership to enjoy the ambiance that O.C.C. has to offer at Waikiki. The sun was setting on 12/8/09, when Santa Claus arrived in a red canoe via Pacific Ocean in time to celebrate the 40th Anniversary. Nevertheless, the sun will rise again to further brighten the Hawaii Chapter for the next 40 years, so that the younger generation of our Chapter membership will succinctly follow the beacon of lights, which each of the 40 past presidents (PP) has provided.

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The Chapter membership was pleased to see twelve of our past presidents who came to participate at this great event together with the nine of our deceased past presidents whose spirits were always with us, whenever the ʺWall of Fameʺ was brought to any of our events including this Past President’s Night.

1. 7th PP John H. Gesser (1975‐76) 2. 12th PP Robert S. Hann (1980‐81) 3. 28th PP Joel P. Yuen, P.E. (1996‐97) 4. 31st PP Rolf A. Klein (1999‐00) 5. 32nd PP Thomas W. Moody (2000‐01) 6. 33rd PP David G. Waller, P.E. (2001‐02) 7. 34th PP Kenneth J. Richardson (2002‐03) 8. 36th PP Victor Russell, P.E. (2004‐05) 9. 37th PP Ross R. Tanaka, P.E. (2005‐06) 10. 38th PP Marites D. Calad (2006‐07) 11. 39th PP Samuel F. Gillie, P.E. (2007‐08) 12. 40th PP Joseph K. Ting, P.E. (2008‐09)

Back (l to r) – Thomas Moody, Victor Russell, Robert Hann, John Gesser, Joel Yuen, Rolf Klein & Albert Hahn.

Front (l to r) – Marites Calad, Joseph Ting, Jack Zarour holding Alyssia, David Waller & Ross Tanaka (not in photo is Samuel Gillie)

As our 40th Anniversary celebration came to a closure on 12/8/09, the past presidents posed for a photograph session together with the current Region X DRC Jack Zarour from San Jose, California. Note in this photograph, we have our youngest Chapter member, an 18 months old Alyssia, daughter of our current Chapter President Albert Hahn. It’s indeed an Ohana evening at O.C.C. where the chapter members shared the “Aloha” spirit with

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their families & friends including their customers to experience a jovial evening celebrating the Chapter 40th Anniversary as well as the Christmas of 2009…. A remarkable historical event!

Not included in the group picture of the past presidents is Sam Gillie, who left just a bit early. Nonetheless, Sam provided us his friendly remarks to the members of the Chapter Board of Governors: “It was a very nice X’mas party. The Venue was great. Food was good. Parking was easy. We should try to go back there, next year. The kids kept the Balloon Guy busy. The band was good, not too loud. Mark Yamamoto was a great Santa and singer along with his daughter hula dancing. I think Scotty managed to sell out the silent auctions. The party was simple and relaxing for me. I preferred it. Maybe, sometimes we try too hard to entertain.”

Our Refrigeration Committee Chair Scott LaBeau forwarded his remarks: “I believe every ASHRAE Chapter wish they had a Joseph Ting in their organization. I do mean that sincerely, and not flattery. ASHRAE and you have helped me open many doors in Hawaii which is not easy to do. I hope you stay involved in the years to come as the other presidents do their duty and then seem to disappear. Forever and for the BEST I should say … Mahalo and Mele Kalikimaka!”

On behalf of the Chapter Membership, I take this opportunity to thank Historical Committee members & others, who have unselfishly helped to make this evening so eventful. The sponsors for this event were: 1. Alan Lloyd offered to have this event held at O.C.C. & provided us the right contact persons in organizing this event. 2. Rory Itano donated twenty bottles of champagne and wished the Chapter its strength & tenacity to have great leadership for the next 40 years. 3. Donna Kishi selected a sumptuous choice of salads, entrees & desserts and negotiated with O.C.C. to fit our Chapterʹs budget. She bought Santa’s gifts for the fifteen keikis to fit the past presidentʹs donations for this event. 4. Marites Calad donated the leis for the DRC & all past presidents who attended. She provided the initial contact with the Hawaiian Trio and our president, Albert Hahn completed the transaction. 5. Sam Gillie donated the services of the ʺBalloon Menʺ & balloons. 6. Paul Scott (Scotty) hosted the ʺSilent Auctionsʺ to keep the attendees busy thus raising some moneys for ASHRAE Research. 7. Mark Yamamoto volunteered to serve as the 2009 Santa Claus and entertained the Chapter members, their keikis, families, friends & customers. He performed a number to have the attendees sing along “Here Comes Santa in His Red Canoe” with the accompaniment of his daughter (Ku’ulei) dancing hula. 8. Scott LaBeau sponsored the first round table of 10 & made his RSVP prior to the release of the monthly newsletter to set the pace for more than 90 attendees to register. We hope that the future RSVPs will be improved to make our planning process much smoother.

9. DRC Jack Zarour chose to attend Hawaii Chapterʹs 40th Anniversary in lieu of Central Arizona Chapterʹs 50th Anniversary.

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Without Roland Suzuki & his committee members (Patrick, Felix & Landon) in preparing the name tags and manning the registration as well as the ʺCash Boxʺ for the drinks, the event would have not gone as smooth as it turned out to be. Last but not least, our dedicated treasurer, Paul Fukunaga ensured that all the bills (O.C.C., Hawaiian Trio et al) were paid before he exited the premise that evening. Itʹs my pleasure to share with you the two videos, which my wife, Monique has filmed and uploaded to ʺYou Tubeʺ for your entertainment. Email me at [email protected]. I will provide you access to: “Santa Claus arrives in Waikiki!” and “Sunset in Waikiki”. Otherwise, hold “Ctrl” key & click hyperlinks: Santa Claus arrives in Waikiki! or Sunset in Waikiki

Santa Claus arrives in Waikiki! There was an early visit by Santa Claus on Dec 8, 2009. He came by canoe from the North Pole to visit boys & girls at the Outrigger Canoe Club where the ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter was celebrating it's 40th anniversary.

Sunset in Waikiki The sky & the ocean illuminate in shades of gold as the sun disappears behind the horizon, ringing the end of a beautiful day in paradise!

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MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION By Mofazzal Mir

In our last month’s newsletter we requested for line card from interested companies for our chapter’s electronic roster. To date, the following companies have responded and pledged their contributions. We greatly appreciate their contributions!

Admor HVAC Products, Inc. Air Treatment Corporation Architectural & Engineering Systems, Inc. Engineered Systems Silversword Contracting, Inc. Sun Earth, Inc. The Gellert Co., Inc.

Due to the Christmas & New Year’s holiday, we believe that other interested companies did not get enough time to respond to our request and pledge their contributions. Therefore, we would like to extend our due date for submitting the line card to January 25, 2010 to give an opportunity to those companies that might still be interested to advertise in our electronic roster. We encourage you to take advantage of the extended due date to promote your company in our local HVAC industry and support our chapter.

It’s Time to Update Our Roster! It has been two years ever since ASHRAE Hawaii chapter added the electronic roster in the chapter website www.hawaii.ashraechapters.org. It has been a great resource for the members to find the contact person in our industry, the electronic line card of a specific company and the mechanical HVAC&R equipment & system we are designing, specifying or constructing. Therefore, the Chapter Board of Governors (BOG) has recommended the committee to start updating the electronic Chapter Roster for this year, which includes the directory of the chapter members as well as the electronic line card of each supplier/vendor, consultant and contractor.

The electronic Chapter Roster will be distributed to each dues‐paid member and should also be accessible through our website via username/password. To help you promote your own company statewide, we need you to participate and support this program.

Details: If you would be interested to renew/participate in this program, forward your updated full‐page line card in Word or PDF format to Mofazzal Mir [email protected] by 1/25/10. For new participants, the chapter would request a $350 donation for your line card up to 6 pages. For the renewal, the chapter would request a $250 donation for your line card up to 6 pages. For a $50 donation, the chapter would recognize your company by placing your business card in the section where specifically earmarked for the individual business cards. Forward your business card in JPEG format.

Please make check payable to ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter and send it to P.O. Box 3916 Honolulu HI 96812 with the attached form. All donations will be recognized and receipt will be provided upon request.

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