The New Jersey Chapter of ASHRAE Newsletter www.njashrae.com September 2013 [email protected]

CHAPTER OFFICERS ======President Scott Smith, PE 973-227-8666

President - Elect John Tellefsen 973-227-8666 Speaker’s Topic: Vice-President Open Commercial Treasurer Chris Lambert Speaker: Scott Adams 201-325-1295 CaptiveAire

Secretary Northern NJ Regional Manager Kent Silveria 973-434-2120 Cost: Members $50.00 Non-members $55.00 Board of Governors YEA members $25.00 ======Michelle Contri Students $5.00 732-927-5127 Time: 4:30 pm Board of Governors Meeting Dave Halko 856-355-4153 5:30 pm Sign In and Networking 6:30pm Chapter Announcements, Dinner and Dorrie Mercurio Speaker to follow 732-761-0108

Chris Phelan Location: Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel 908-782-7364 515 US Highway 1 South

Jim Rosetti Iselin, NJ 908-782-7364 732-634-3600

Jim Sarno 732-938-2666 RSVP: [email protected] (click on hotlink above to email) Committees or Call 732-218-7463 and leave a message ======Attendance/ Reception Kent Silveria 973-434-2120 Certificates Of Attendance Will Be Provided For NJ PE’s That Require Them Audit Jim Sarno 732-938-2666

Budget Scott Smith Statements made in this publication are not the expressions of the 973-227-8666 Society or of the Chapter and shall not be reproduced without permission of the Chapter September 2012 THERMOGRAM PAGE 2 COMMITTEES (continued)

Chapter Bylaws Open Inside this issue: CTTC Jim Sarno 732-938-2666

Historian President’s Message 3 Jim Sarno 732-938-2666

Honors & Awards PAOE Points Scorecard 3 Open

Membership Scott Smith Dinner Speaker Bio 4 973-227-8666

Newsletter Ads & Editor Adele Glaser Calendar of Events 5 732-938-2666

Nominating Open Region I CRC Award Summary For NJ 6

Programs James Sarno, PE 732-938-2666 ASHRAE News 7 - 12

Refrigeration Dave Halko 856-355-4153 ASHRAE Government Affairs Updates 13-14

Research/Promotion Scott Smith 973-227-8666 Advertising with NJ ASHRAE 15

Scholarships James Sarno, PE 732-938-2666 Help Wanted 15

Seminars Open

YEA Michelle Contri 732-927-5127

Student Activities Open Congratulations to those in NJ that won awards at the CRC!

Technical Sessions Open Spencer Morasch – Certificate of Appreciation for Outgoing

Web Page Editor Officer as Assistant Regional & Chair Region I Treasurer Dorrie Mercurio, PE 732-761-0108 Jim Sarno – Certificate, Honor Roll, Star and Special Citation www.njashrae.com Awards for PAOE (Presidential Award Of Excellence) Program [email protected] 732-218-7463 Jim Sarno – The Black Ink Award for Newsletter Editor ASHRAE Society Toll Free Number 1-800-527-4723 September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 3

President’s Message By Scott Smith

On behalf of the NJ Chapter Board of Governors, I’d like to welcome you all to the 2013/2014 chapter year. We are looking forward to being of service to all of you.

We met in August to establish the program for the year, and I must say that there will be many important topics presented that I am sure you will find valuable. I’d like to especially thank Jim Sarno for chairing the Program Committee, and for doing an outstanding job lining up the topics and speakers. For our October meeting, we are fortunate to have Scott Adams speak to us about safe and effective kitchen ventilation. Please see your monthly Thermogram to stay current with the upcoming topics.

Our own Chris Phelan is not only on the Chapter Board of Governors, but he is also the Regional Vice Chair for Region 1 (15 Chapters in the Northeast) responsible for Research Promotion. Both our Chapter and the Region exceeded the respective fundraising goals for last year. Chris’s hard work on our Chapter golf outing, and his management expertise at the Regional level ensured significant financial support to the Society. This fundraising activity is cornerstone to a successful ASHRAE and Industry, and I’d like to pay a special thank you to Chris, and as importantly, to all of you who made contributions last year.

ASHRAE has placed significant emphasis on attracting and retaining members who are in the early stages of their career, through the YEA program. I am pleased to say that we have had significant YEA participation at the chapter in the recent past and I look forward to that continuing. Michelle Contri heads up our YEA effort, and she is doing a great drop of keeping this important segment of our membership engaged in ASHRAE.

I am looking forward to a great year with all of you.

2013—2014 Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE) Summary NJ Chapter Chapter Member Student Research Chapter History CTTC PAOE Point Members Promotion Activities Promotion Operations Total

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Speaker Bio: Scott Adams CaptiveAire Presentation Title: Commercial Kitchen Ventilation

Speaker Bio: Scott Adams is the Northern NJ Regional Manager for CaptiveAire Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of Commercial Kitchen Ventilation (CKV) systems, including kitchen hoods, exhaust and makeup air fans, factory built , fire suppression, electrical controls, and related technologies. Scott has nine years of experience with Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Systems, primarily with design and sales of CKV systems as well as installation, balancing and service. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University.

Presentation Abstract: Commercial kitchen ventilation design must meet the minimum safety required by Code, as well as consideration for comfort, safety, energy, and cost. Energy efficient design, proper integration with the building HVAC, and improved fire protection and safety are absolutely critical for long term sustainable designs. This presentation will address safety requirements under IMC and NFPA96, strategies for reducing ventilation rates, use of Listed Hoods (UL Standard 710), Demand Control Ventilation, make up air delivery and tempering, and ASHRAE 90.1 energy considerations. Grease emissions from commercial cooking creates a maintenance challenge and elevates fire risk, which can be managed with more advanced grease filtration, smoke and odor control, and fire suppression technologies to ensure safety.

The NJ Chapter will be providing Certificates of Attendance to those attendees that require them for this presentation. September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 5

Date Speaker Topic Theme

Scott Adams Commercial Kitchen October 1, 2013 Welcome Back CaptiveAire Ventilation

Diagnosing & Fixing Lew Harriman, FASHRAE November 5, 2013 Humidity Control Problems Past President’s Night Mason-Grant Consulting in Real World Building

High Performance Run Rudolf Zaengerle, Ph.D. December 3, 2013 Around Energy Recovery - Konvekta USA, Inc. Systems

Joint Meeting With January 8, 2014 To Be Determined To Be Determined NJ ASPE & NJ MCA

Robert Rybka Low Delta Ton CHW Research Promotion February 4, 2014 Belimo Systems Night

Back to Basics Night, Gerry Iacouzze Good, Better and Best March 4, 2014 Membership & History United McGill Duct Design Night Comparing and contrasting

Hospital Operating Room, Daniel Int-Hout & Keith Laboratory, and Clean Miller April 1, 2014 Room Air Distribution, and Student & YEA Night Krueger & Samuel Tepp General Air Distribution Associates (Inductive vs. Non-

Inductive) Systems Installation of New Speaker To Be Announced Topic To Be Announced May 6, 2014 Officers & Scholarship Carrier Corporation Award

To Benefit ASHRAE June 2014 Golf Outing - Research Promotion

June 2014 Summer Social Significant Other Night - September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 6

ASHRAE Region I 2013-14 Executive Committee & Society

DRC – Director & Regional Chair RVC Chapter Technology Transfer Regional Representative Joseph L Furman Alexander Weiss, PE Garry N. Myers Automated Logic 8 Bergen Beach Pl WSP Flack + Kurtz 16 Country Way Brooklyn, NY 11234-5743 73 Bonnie Way Wallingford, CT 06492-5356 W: (718)251-1154 Allendale, NJ 07401-1127 W: (203)678-2208 [email protected] W: (212)951-2815 [email protected] [email protected] RVC Student Activities ARC – Assistant Regional Chair Ralph Draper. Regional Young Engineers in & Treasurer 31 Gebig Rd ASHRAE Heather L. Platt, P.E. Nottingham, NJ 03290-6107 Frank Rivera SCMC, LLC W: (603)608-8600 Mechanical Heating Supply PO Box 1031 [email protected] 476 Thompson Pl Niagara Falls, NY 14304 Bronx, New York 10455 W: (716)255-1462 Regional Chapter Programs Chair W: (718)402-9765 [email protected] Peter Oppelt [email protected] R.F. Peck Co. Nominating Committee Member 191 Moorland Rd Director of Member Services Russell J Stuber Rochester, NY 14612-3421 Joyce Abrams U&S Services, Inc. W: (585)227-1720 ASHRAE 233 Fillmore Ave Suite 11 [email protected] 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E. Tonawanda, NY 14150-2316 Atlanta, GA 30329 W: (716)693-4490 Regional Refrigeration Chair 404.636.8400 [email protected] Mark Cambria, PE jabrams@@ashrae.org M/E Engineering, PC. Nominating Committee Alternate 433 State Street, Suite 410 Director of Communications Darcey A. Carbone Schenectady, NY 12305 and Publications Stebbins-Duffy, Inc. (W) 518.533.2171 Jodi Scott 6 Damon Road [email protected] ASHRAE Medford, MA 02155-2903 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E. W: (617)957-2567 Regional Historian Atlanta, GA 30329 [email protected] Alexander Weiss, PE 404.636.8400 8 Bergen Beach Pl [email protected] RVC Membership Promotion Brooklyn, NY 11234-5743 Richard E Vehlow, PE W: (718)251-1154 CRC 2013 General Chair NYS OGS BU1 [email protected] Tom Zoller, PE 33Rd Fl Corning Tower Trane-burlington Albany, NY 12242-0001 Regional Electronics Communication 175 Leroy Rd W: (518)474-2471 Committee Chair & Newsletter Judge Williston, VT 05495 [email protected] Heather L. Platt, P.E. W: (802) 383-6444 SCMC, LLC. [email protected] RVC Research Promotion PO Box 1031 Chris Phelan Niagara Falls, NY 14304 Thermco W: (716)255-1462 228 Scoles Ave [email protected] Clifton, NJ 07012 W: (617)957-2567 Regional Electronics Communication [email protected] Committee Alternate Kevin Gallen, P.E. Gallen Engineering, PC 228 Arborlea Ave. Yardley, PA 19067 W: (917)428-6396 (mobile) [email protected]

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ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference Announced

ATLANTA –ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA have announced a joint conference that merges the IBPSA-USA SimBuild and ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conferences.

The joint conference, entitled 2014 ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, Sept. 10-12, 2014, Atlanta, Ga., currently has a call for papers.

“This conference is a first for the industry, and we’re excited about the benefits it can bring to the building energy analysis and performance simulation community,” Dennis Knight, Conference chair, said. The conference seeks to improve the industry’s ability to accurately model building performance.

Modelers, software developers, owners and researchers will address the practices of energy modeling and building performance simulation using existing simulation tools, software development, and future simulation research and applications.

The conference is focusing on "BIM, BEM and SIM – Integrated Building Design and Modeling,” addressing building information modeling, building energy modeling and building simulation.

“The most pressing need facing modelers is transferring data between tools, and this conference seeks to provide answers through the conference content and by bringing together practitioners, software developers and the research community,” Knight said.

Currently, organizers are seeking papers on topics addressing the integration and interoperability of analytic modeling tools (BEM and SIM) with physical modeling tools (BIM). In addition, papers are sought describing workarounds, case studies, how to's, challenges, barriers and cloud based solutions.

Topics include: • Energy efficiency • HVAC component modeling • Urban scale modeling • HVAC load analysis • Lighting and daylighting • Computational fluid dynamics • Data exchange and interoperability • Energy auditing • Life cycle cost and economic analysis • Model calibration and validation • Combined use of multiple tools • Co-simulation • Optimization • Model and algorithm advances • Moisture • Weather data

Abstracts (400 or less words in length) are due Nov. 4, 2013. If accepted, papers are due March 3, 2014. The conference papers will be a maximum of 8 pages in length.

To submit an abstract or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/simulation2014.

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NJ ASHRAE CHAPTER— SCHOLARSHIPS

Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year! If you work with or know of a student who is studying mechanical engineering, enrolled in an HVAC program, and meets the requirements listed below, have them contact Jim Sarno, NJ ASHRAE Scholarship Chair.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements High School Seniors High School Seniors that have been acc3epted into a Mechanical Engineering degree program at college, university, or technical school.

Students Enrolled in Two-Year Program They must be full or part-time students who have complete a minimum of 25% of the required curriculum. They must be students in a curriculum that grants an AAS degree, preferably in HVAC&R technology, includes at least two (2) courses in this discipline. They must have a grade point average higher than 3.0. They shall direct the school to forward a certified copy of their academic transcript directly to the committee. They must sign a release form that permits the Selection Committee to examine their academic transcript. The Chair of their department or their academic advisor must provide a letter of recommendation for the award. They must complete and submit a minimum 500-word essay describing their education goals and objectives, and how they expect their career to evolve.

Students Enrolled In Four-Year Programs They must be full or part-time students who have completed a minimum of 25% of the required curriculum in a school that grants a Bachelor’s degree. The student must have successfully completed at least two (2) courses in HVAC&R fundamentals and exhibit a sincere interest in pursuing an HVAC&R related career. They must have a grade point average higher than 3.0. They shall direct the school to forward a certified copy of their academic transcript directly to the committee. They must sign a release form, which permits the selection Committee to examine their academic must provide a letter of recommendation for the award. They must complete and submit a minimum 500-word essay describing their educational goals and objectives, and how they expect their career to evolve.

Graduate Students They must be a full-time student enrolled in a HVAC&R related program. They must have a grade point average higher than 3.0. They shall direct the School to forward a certified copy of their academic transcript directly to the committee. They must sign a release form that permits the Selection Committee to examine their academic transcript. The Chair of their department or their academic advisor must provide a letter of recommendation for the award. They must complete and submit a minimum 500-word essay describing their educational goals and objective, and how they expect their career to evolve.

General Requirements Applicant shall live and/or be matriculating at a school in the NJ ASHRAE region. Relatives of ASHRAE members are eligible to apply and be considered for scholarships. For additional information contact Jim Sarno [email protected] or call 732-938-2666 ext: 112

The deadline for submitting a completed application package for the NJ Chapter Scholarship is March 14, 2014 For additional scholarship opportunities available from ASHRAE visit the link below. http://www.ashrae.org/students/page/1271 September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 9

Students Showcase Sustainable, Innovative Practices as Part of Design Competition

ATLANTA—This year, in addition to the Student Design Competition, ASHRAE asked students to think outside the box with the new Applied Engineering Challenge, which invited students to design a portable refrigeration unit.

The Applied Engineering Challenge is part of the charge from Presidential Member Tom Watson, who put forth that ASHRAE broaden its horizons by making accessible technology for use in any country, by any person. The Engineering Challenge stipulated that students design a refrigeration unit with a holding volume of 1 ft.3 that could transport small essential cargo, such as food or medicine. The temperature inside the box must be maintained at 25 F without an external power supply and the device must be able to be assembled anywhere in the world.

The first place Applied Engineering Challenge winners are Brian Kaufman, Nick Leeburg, Tony Lin and Micah Reich of San Jose University, Calif. Their faculty advisor is Nicole Okamoto, Ph.D.

The team chose a simple wooden frame for their freezer unit due to the simplicity of fabrication and availability of the material. As refrigerant, HFC-134a was used for its less detrimental impact to the environment compared to chloroflurocarbons (CFCs). The freezer utilizes a swing motor compressor which allows the device to work while in transit, making the freezer more durable and able to handle vibration and changes in orientation. At just 65 lbs, the freezer can easily be carried between two people.

Also critical to the freezer’s design is the solar panel and self-adjustable rack that allows a user to gather the maximum amount of sunlight. The solar panel powers an absorbed glass mat battery, which was chosen for its reliable track record in the solar industry and relative lower cost in relation to cycling life. The battery requires little maintenance and provides increased safety to the user—safety such as drop protection and no spilling of acid if broken.

ASHARE also announces the winners of the 2013 Student Design Competition, which recognizes outstanding student design projects, encourages undergraduate students to become involved in the profession, promotes teamwork and allows students to apply their knowledge of practical design. This year’s competition featured a mock design of a high rise residential building, with retail space on the lower floors, in Dallas, Texas.

Among the 41 entries from eight different countries, three were awarded first place in the three categories that the competition offers.

First place in HVAC Design Calculations is awarded to Jayson Bursill, Natasha Palmer, Angela Walton and Gavin Wong of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Their faculty advisors are Nima Atabaki, Ph.D., Geoff McDonell and Steven Rogak, Ph.D.

Limited mechanical space available for large plant equipment and exhaust ducting resulted in the team selecting an air-cooled heat recovery chiller for the roof and high efficiency condensing boilers for heating. Heat recovery was implemented via air-to-air heat pipes, which provide minimal leakage and are a passive technology, and allow for washroom exhaust recovery. Hydronic radiant panels were used for skin heating in the first floor retail space to lower the room air temperature and maintain occupant comfort.

The team used Ottawa, Ontario’s climate when considering weather conditions and found, when compared to the Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, baseline, the design is 8 percent more efficient given the constraints on mechanical space and terminal unit selection for the Ottawa climate.

Analysis of the cost of installing the necessary equipment for the heat recovery chiller gave a payback period of 13 years and a net present value of $3,358 over the life of the building. September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 10

(continued) Students Showcase Sustainable, Innovative Practices as Part of Design Competition

This is with the consideration of additional piping costs and the fuel (natural gas) savings for when the chiller waste heat production was equal or greater than the building heating load so the boiler could be turned down.

As an alternative energy conservation measure, the team chose triple-paned windows. The energy savings from adding an additional inert space between the environment and the conditioned space are undeniable. It was found that the use of moderately tinted triple-paned windows would reduce heating and cooling equipment size by 14 and 25 percent respectively.

First place in HVAC System Selection is awarded to Garrett Elder, Nathan Love and Nick Theimer of Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan. Their faculty advisors are Fred Hasler, P.E., and Julia Keen, Ph.D., P.E., ASHRAE- Certified High-Performance Building Design Professional.

After considering several systems, the team chose a water source heat pump (WSHP) with sewage heat exchanger (SHX) for the building. A water source heat pump allows for load sharing between spaces within the building via a common water loop; it is an extra benefit that helps to improve the efficiency of the entire building’s heating and cooling system. The system also has the potential to be self-balancing due to the fact that simultaneous heating and cooling will occur during the year.

The addition of the SHX to the water loop provides conditioning to the loop prior to activating the boiler and fluid cooler. The system takes advantage of the fairly consistent effluent (i.e., wastewater) temperature range between 52 and 75 F. This range allows the effluent to be used as a heat source or heat sink for the building’s central water loop. The SHX also consumes the lowest amount of energy when compared to other systems.

Ultimately, the students based their decision on the Triple Bottom Line (TBL): profit, people and planet. Though the WSHP with SHX has a higher initial cost (profit) than other suggested alternatives, the cost did not prove to be a deterrent when the students considered the many other requirements for the systems, such as low impact on energy and water usage and strict acoustic criteria. For the second factor, “people,” the team found that the innovative SHX allows the building and its owner to ultimately be an example and leader for sustainable energy in its region. Finally, when considering “planet,” the students explain how the system affects the environment: “the fact that the SHX can provide the required capacity acting as a heat sink or heat source from a renewable energy source sets this system apart.”

First place in Integrated Sustainable Building Design is awarded to Jiayi Qiu, Dalin Si, Yukai Wu, Zhongzhe Wu, Ruijun Zhang, Zhiang Zhang and Xuyang Zhong of the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. Their advisor is Ed Cooper.

The students redesigned the building and relocated it to Ningbo, China, on a greenfield close to basic services as stipulated by Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. They considered passive cooling strategies such as shading in summer and natural ventilation in May, June and September. The students also explained that increasing solar heat gain and use of high thermal mass material will also contribute to thermal comfort in winter time.

For shading on residential areas, the students suggested photovoltaic devices and a double-skin façade. The façade would have one panel each and generate 22,468 KWH/year. Similar panels on the retail portion of the building would generate 7,270 KWH/year.

A closed vertical loop system was selected for the ground side circulation. Due to the space restriction, the W-type of buried pipe was chosen to increase the area of heat exchanger with ground soil in per borehole, with 240 boreholes in total.

The projects are shared at the 2014 Winter Conference in New York City, Jan. 18-22. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a building technology society with more than 50,000 members worldwide. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. Learn more at www.ashrae.org.

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ASHRAE Announces 2013-2014 Conference Lineup

ATLANTA—Mark your calendars now because ASHRAE’s conference schedule for 2013-2014 is widespread in both dates and global reach.

ASHRAE conferences present the latest developments in the industry and fundamental tried and true practices. Topics range from high performance buildings to buildings that have combustion with low-grade fuels.

Oct. 15-18, ASHRAE IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low Energy Buildings, Vancouver, British Columbia Jan. 18-22, 2014, ASHRAE Winter Conference; Jan. 20-23, AHR Expo, New York, New York Feb. 24-26, 2014, First International Conference on Energy and Indoor Environment for Hot Climates, Doha, Qatar April 7-8, 2014, High Performance Buildings Conference, San Francisco, Calif. April 24-25, 2014, Efficient, High Performance Buildings for Developing Economies, Manila, Philippines June 28-July 2, 2014, ASHRAE Annual Conference, Seattle, Wash. September 10-12, 2014, ASHRAE/IBPSA-USA Building Simulation Conference, Atlanta, Ga.

The conferences feature peer-reviewed papers, presentations with hands-on information presented in a non- commercial format, Professional Development Hours and networking opportunities.

ASHRAE IAQ 2013 in October 2013 reviews the state of knowledge on the balance between environmental health and energy efficiency in the pursuit of low energy buildings and covers a range of topics: residential and commercial buildings, new construction and retrofit, active and passive approaches, design and operation.

What better city than New York for ASHRAE to host a Winter Conference in January 2014 with a Technical Program focused on buildings? The Conference has a building-oriented theme with papers and presentations related to building information systems; environmental health; international design; HVAC&R applications and systems; and, of course, tall building performance.

The First International Conference on Energy and Indoor Environment for Hot Climates in February 2014 tackles energy and indoor environmental quality issues in humid and arid hot climates, providing a forum for discussion of the latest research and developments.

Building upon its 2012 High Performance Buildings Conference and 2009 Net Zero Conference, the High Performance Buildings Conference in April 2014 seeks to advance the industry’s efforts to accomplish a true high-performance built environment. The tracks include building performance modeling, envelope strategies, lighting/daylighting strategies, indoor environmental quality strategies, building occupant behavior, market value, new building technologies and case studies and lessons learned.

The design, construction and operation of energy efficient, high performance buildings in developing economies have been identified by the building industry and policymakers as key areas where technology, standards and investments are needed. The Efficient, High Performance Buildings for Developing Economies Conference in April 2014 will address a number of themes on this topic.

The 2014 ASHRAE Annual Conference takes place in Seattle, Wash., June 2014. The Conference addresses broad topics in the application of technology to practice, specific applications in ground source heat pumps, operations and maintenance and indoor environmental quality as well as new reports on research taking place worldwide.

Finally, ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA have created a new jointly co-sponsored Building Simulation Conference taking place in September 2014 that encompasses the ASHRAE Energy Modeling and IBPSA-USA SimBuild Conferences. The conference is a first for the industry and focuses on “BIM, BEM and SIM – Integrated Building Design and Modeling,” addressing building information modeling, building energy modeling and building simulation.

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ASHRAE Government Affairs Update

Landmark Energy Efficiency Bill Debated on Senate Floor

After repeated delays, this week the U.S. Senate began debating the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (S.1392), also known as Shaheen-Portman. This bill would encourage greater energy efficiency in commercial, residential, federal buildings, and the industrial sector through support for building energy codes and standards, workforce training, capacity building, and related activities. ASHRAE supports this bill, and has been collaborating with a wide variety of stakeholder organizations and Congressional offices for over three years on this legislation, using the Society's technical expertise to better inform policymakers.

As of this writing, no votes are expected to happen this week on Shaheen-Portman, due to requests from Senators for a vote on health care issues. While a resolution to this temporary impasse is being sought, negotiations on proposed amendments are continuing to occur. Among those amendments being discussed are:

 Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act (S.717) – Would establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for energy efficiency retrofits.  Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (S.1084) – Would establish the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead federal agency responsible for coordinating federal, state, and local assistance provided to promote the energy retrofitting of schools.  Better Buildings Act (S.1191) (also known as Tenant Star) – Would build on the success of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR for Buildings program and establish a voluntary new “Tenant Star” program to certify leased spaces in buildings as energy efficient.  Building energy benchmarking & disclosure (S. 1206) - Would encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings.  WAP/SEP Reauthorization (S. 1213) – Would reauthorize the weatherization and state energy programs.  Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (S. 1261) – Would promote energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, including energy efficient data centers.  Quadrennial Energy Review Act (S. 552) – Would amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the current requirement for a biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review. Formal debate is expected to resume on Shaheen-Portman next week. Should the Senate pass this bill, the House will expedite work on its version of Shaheen-Portman, known in the House as McKinley-Welch (H.R.1616), for it's authors - Representatives David McKinley (R-WV) and Peter Welch (D-VT), who serve as the Co-Chairs of the High-Performance Building Congressional Caucus. ASHRAE helped found and currently chairs the private-sector coalition of over 200 building community stakeholder organizations and businesses that supports the Caucus.

For additional information, please contact Doug Read, ASHRAE's Director of Government Affairs, and Mark Ames, ASHRAE’s Senior Manager of Federal Government Affairs, at [email protected].\

Code Concerns Continue Across US

As has been reported in several previous issues of Government Affairs Update, a handful of states in the U.S. have considered, or are considering, delaying updates to building energy codes (i.e., in most cases, from every three years to every six years) and, at worst, rolling back codes to earlier, less energy-efficient versions of the codes. These troubling developments persist, but offer unique opportunities for ASHRAE chapters and members to engage with policymakers in their states and communities. In several states, lawmakers are examining such proposals on the grounds that code and standard updates are considered too costly to implement or update on so “frequent” a basis. These proposals are problematic for ASHRAE for several reasons:

 Codes and standards developed and revised on a regular three-year basis ensure that the latest advances in efficiency- and safety-related technologies and techniques (which are moving forward at a faster rate than ever) are codified, made available to technical professionals and code officials in a way to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the general public. September 2013 THERMOGRAM PAGE 14

ASHRAE Government Affairs Update

(continued) Code Concerns Continue Across US  As noted above, the public benefits from up-to-date codes and standards: families and building owners want safe and efficient homes and buildings; owners and tenants want to ensure customer and employee safety and keep their overheads low; and taxpayers bear the costs of legal actions and high building operations and maintenance costs when codes and standards are not updated regularly.  Delaying code and standard update cycles puts a state far behind others. For example, if a state enacts a delay law this year, the 2012 standards and codes wouldn’t be implemented until 2015, while other states would, presumably, have adopted 2012 and 2015 editions. This means that the construction industry and code inspectors would need to absorb six years of new information at one time. Also, consumers would have less access to technologies developed since the last update because the design community and code officials would have inadequate safety installation information. And, as noted above, for many ASHRAE members these measures are injurious to their bottom lines as business people.

Recently, ASHRAE entered into a partnership with several other organizations who are similarly worried about these developments. As suggested by its name, the Coalition for Current Safety Codes Advisory Committee is not focused on the energy efficiency standards and codes about which ASHRAE chapters and members are experts, but the trend toward code rollbacks and delays in code updates that have the potential to impact any and all model codes and standards, including energy efficiency-related measures developed and maintained by ASHRAE.

The Coalition has identified the following states as being moderately to seriously vulnerable, as far as the extant code processes are concerned:

 Connecticut   Illinois  Indiana  Louisiana  Minnesota  Nevada   North Dakota  Ohio  Oregon   South Carolina  Tennessee  Utah, and  Washington. Though, in most of these state, energy efficiency is not an explicit target of the pro-delay camp, ASHRAE members and chapters in these states should be on the lookout for such legislative proposals and send information to their chapter Grassroots Government Activities Committee (GGAC) chair, who should then report that to their Regional Vice Chair for GGAC to ensure the sharing of best practices, resources, etc., across their region’s chapters and across ASHRAE through the GGAC infrastructure. For more information, please contact Mark Wills, ASHRAE’s Manager of State and Local Government Affairs at [email protected]

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HVAC designer/engineer wanted for Princeton, New Jersey consulting firm. Experience in design of HVAC systems for institutional and commercial buildings required. AutoCad proficiency is a must. Our firm provides full mechanical and electrical systems design services for a variety of building types, including theaters, government, university and historic structures. We have an emphasis on sustainable design and work with many of the area’s most prestigious institutions. Work is interesting and challenging in an informal atmosphere with opportunity for advancement. Full benefits are provided. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Principals only, please; no agencies. E-mail resumes to: Princeton Engineering Group, LLC [email protected]

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