The Texas Northerner Monthly Newsletter of the Dallas Chapter, Region VIII Volume 65 Issue No. 3 November 2014 Chapter Meeting Message From the President November 10, 2014 This past week we had our chapter’s first RP fund raiser for the year at Top Golf in the Colony. We had right at 100 Time: players play this year which is about a 15% improvement 9:45 a.m Tech Session Registra- over last year. Last year, we charged the RP Chair Shelley Zhao with coming up with a fall RP event as we have not tion Begins had a fall event since I have been associated with Dallas 10:00 - 11:00a.m. Tech Session ASHRAE. We told Shelley just to get an event started and 11:00 a.m. Lunch Meeting Regis- if we made money it would be a bonus. She got it done and tration Begins also raised almost $4,000 for RP last year in the process. 11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Meeting So, a thank you to Shelley for impacting Dallas ASHRAE with an event that looks like it is going to be part of Dallas ASHRAE’s history moving forward. Location: Maggiano’s North Park This year Charles Crawford took over as RP Chair and improved the event adding additional prizes for the players. Prizes were awarded for Best Effort (both individ- 8687 N. Central Expressway ual and team), Best Dressed, Best Player and Best Overall Team making it an event Dallas, TX 75225 where all had a good chance to win. Congratulations to the team of Bill Blair, Tony Roe, Tim Osterloo, Scott Clendenin and Mike Clendenin who took home the prize for the Best Overall Team. Best Player went to Ben Hutchenson who apparently put on quite a golf shot display with his pinpoint precision. Best Dressed went to our Lunch Session Topic: Chapter Secretary Matt Short who was displaying a nice fuchsia shirt with coordi- High Efficiency Boiler nated slacks (and for the record I had to look up how to spell fuchsia as it is not part Systems of my wardrobe or vocabulary). Matt is available for fashion tips and challenges all engineers to step up their attire for next year’s event. Finally, I would like to thank Presenter: Victaulic for stepping up and being the title sponsor this year. Bob Sorensen With the month of November upon us, it is the perfect time to slow down and take note of the things that we are thankful for in our lives. For me, it is the people that Tech Session Topic: I get to interact with every day that make life fulfilling, and it is always important to make sure to let those around us know how important they are. I am also thankful Controllability of Boilers for having a Board of Governors and other Dallas ASHRAE volunteers that strive Bob Sorensen to make this chapter the best it possibly can be. That passion was on display at our Presenter: Top Golf event and will be evident again with the additional Dallas ASHRAE events we have coming up throughout the year. Reservations: Happy Thanksgiving, Dallas! www.dallas-ashrae.org Letters to the Editor should be sent Gene Lowery via e-mail to [email protected] Gene Lowery ASHRAE Dallas Chapter President The Texas Northerner Page 2 November 2014 Click on One of the Page Numbers Below to Go ASHRAE Dallas Chapter - Program Organizer Directly to That Page Year 2014-2015 Message From the Program / Technical Session Date Session President Speaker Company Topic Page 1 Main Program Charlie Waddell Global Plasma Solutions Bi-Polar Ionization 9/10 Reducing Outdoor Air with ASHRAE Program Organizer Tech Session Charlie Waddell Global Plasma Solutions Page 2 IAQ Method Applying Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Main Program John Chavez Gunder Associates Ventilators Student Activities Update 10/8 Page 3 Tech Session John Chavez Gunder Associates ERV Exchanger Effectiveness Membership Update Main Program Bob Sorensen Fulton High Efficiency Boiler Systems Page 4 11/12 Tech Session Joel Southwell Fulton Controllability of Boilers History of a Local Engineering Firm Main Program TBD TBD - DL Page 5 12/10 Tech Session TBD TBD Noteworthy Main Program TBD TBD Ethics Page 6-8 1/14 TBD TBD BOG Meeting Minutes Dynamic Air Quality Page 9-10 Main Program Jeff Watcke Polarized Media Filtration Solutions 2/11 Dynamic Air Quality Lessons Learned with ASHRAE Annual Budget Tech Session Jeff Watcke Page 11 Solutions Headquarters Main Program Dave Martine Daikin Oil Free Chiller Design BOG Contact 3/11 Information Tech Session TBD Page 12 Main Program Kelle Donahue Distech Controls Truly Open Controls Meeting & Event Flyers 4/8 Page 13-14 Tech Session Kelle Donahue Distech Controls Specification writing for Controls Obituary Main Program TBD TBD - Panel Discussion TBD 5/14 Page 15 Tech Session TBD TBD TBD The Texas Northerner Page 3 November 2014 Click on One of the Page Numbers Below to Go Student Activities Update Directly to That Page We are continuing our yearly search for scholarship candidates and are accepting Message From the scholarship applications for the Dallas Chapter of ASHRAE and the Peanut Vinther scholarships. The deadline for applying to these scholarships is March 1, 2015. If you President know of any local engineering students that may be interested, please direct them to our Page 1 Dallas Chapter website, http://dallas-ashrae.org/resources/ashrae-scholarships/, where the most up to date information and applications are available. Program Organizer Page 2 With a big thanks to Colin White with Trane, the monthly YEA Happy hour will be held on Wednesday November 12, 2014 at Twin Peaks Addison (5260 Belt Line Road, Dallas, TX 75254) from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. So please, come out and enjoy a couple Student Activities Update drinks and good times in support of all the young engineers in ASHRAE. If anyone Page 3 would like to sponsor, or has any ideas as to where they would like to see the YEA Hap- py Hour hosted in the future, please let me know as we are open to suggestions. Membership Update Page 4 Brandon Scharn ASHRAE Dallas Student Activities Chair History of a Local Engineering Firm Student Activities/YEA Event Calendar December 12/10 - YEA Happy Hour Page 5 Location: TBD Noteworthy Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Page 6-8 Sponsor: TBD January 1/14 - YEA Happy Hour BOG Meeting Minutes Location: TBD Page 9-10 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Annual Budget Sponsor: TBD Page 11 February 2/11 - YEA Happy Hour Location: TBD BOG Contact Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Information Sponsor: TBD Page 12 March 3/11 - YEA Happy Hour Meeting & Event Flyers Location: TBD Page 13-14 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Sponsor: TBD Obituary April 4/8 - YEA Happy Hour Page 15 Location: TBD Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Sponsor: TBD May 5/13 - YEA Happy Hour Location: TBD Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Sponsor: TBD The Texas Northerner Page 4 November 2014 Click on One of the Page Numbers Below to Go Membership Update Directly to That Page Thanks to everyone for a great membership promotion month in October. We’re al- Message From the ways looking to increase our membership numbers, and that wouldn’t be possible without President our current membership’s help! Page 1 If you’re interested in upgrading your membership, and don’t know if you qualify, then Program Organizer read the below paragraph. It describes what is required to be upgraded to Member status, according to ASHRAE. Basically, those with enough experience qualify. Typically, by the Page 2 time one gets their PE, they have achieved enough years of experience to meet the cri- teria. However, that is not always the case and varies based on each person. Read below, Student Activities Update and then reach out to me if you qualify or want to discuss further. Page 3 Section 2.7 Member. A Member shall have the equivalent of twelve Society-approved Membership Update years of experience composed of an approved combination of (a) completed education beyond high school, (b) work experience, and (c) professional engineering or related professional registration or license issued by a legally authorized Page 4 body. History of a Local Approved engineering curricula shall be equivalent to that accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Engineering Firm Technology in the United States of America or the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. Scientific education Page 5 in fields other than engineering shall be from a college or university course of study which has been accredited by an organization charged with monitoring standards of performance. Noteworthy Society-approved years of experience shall be credited as follows: Page 6-8 One and one-half years of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of approved technical curricula. BOG Meeting Minutes Page 9-10 One year of credit for each year of education for non-graduates who have completed at least two years of approved technical curricula. Annual Budget One year of credit for each year of completed education for graduates of colleges or universities which do not have Page 11 accreditation. Those holding associate degrees from technical institutions shall also be credited for one year for each year of education. BOG Contact Information One year for each year of qualifying work experience in the performance of duties in work related to ASHRAE fields of Page 12 interest and shall have included research, teaching, design, contracting, engineering sales, or engineering management. Three years of credit for professional registration or license issued by a legally authorized body in engineering or related Meeting & Event Flyers fields, the requirements of which as to education, examination, and active practice are satisfactory to the Board of Page 13-14 Directors.