The deadline for the ASHRAE technology Awards is fast approaching, but there is still time to make a submission. If anyone feels that they have an interesting project that involved innovative technological concepts and would like to communicate these systems to other ASHRAE members, then the ASHRAE Technology Awards are the perfect means to achieve this.
ASHRAE Technology Award applications are accepted in each of the following categories:
I. Commercial Buildings (New and Existing)
II. Institutional Buildings (New and Existing)
o Educational Facilities
o Other Institutional
III. Health Care Facilities (New and Existing)
IV. Industrial Facilities or Processes (New and Existing)
V. Public Assembly Facilities (New and Existing)
VI. Residential (New and Existing)
Awards are given at the judges’ discretion. All first-place awards in each category are automatically eligible for consideration for the “ASHRAE Award of Engineering Excellence.” Second-place and Honorable Mention may also be awarded. At the discretion of the judging panel at the chapter and regional level, more than one first place winner may be awarded in any category.
Entrants from NAC will be accepted until April 25 2012, after which time the chapter winners will be selected and submitted for Regional Consideration at the ASHRAE CRC in Winnipeg in May 2012. The short for submission is all that is required at the Chapter and Regional Competitions.
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2012 Extravaganza Revisited
It was a dark and stormy night……..Actually it was a beautiful late winters day and all the finest in the HVAC and Plumbing industries gathered at the Ramada Conference Centre in Edmonton for what was being billed as “THE” event of the year.
The event was a mix of technical training, ASHRAE Alberta Tradeshow, Luncheon with Distinguished Lecturer, and annual joint meeting with our MCA bretheren.
Starting out bright and early the ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) course on Net Zero Energy buidlings was well atended and recieved a geat deal of positive fedback. Dunstan Macauley from Maryland taught a very informative class on the Design, Maintenance, and Technology surrounding Net Zero Energy Buidlings. Students came out of this program with a great deal of knowledge and liekly a few ideas for future projects.
The morning training session was followed up by a luncheon with a persentation from Distinguished Lecturer Dennis Knight, on Integrated Design. The presentation was on detailed acount of various aspects within Integrated Design of projects, including a section focusing on BIM and its uses on projects. Quite adifferent take on teh traditional approach that I am sure the attendees appreciated and
Once the lunch program was complete, the ASHRAE Alberta Tradeshow Floor opened bringing in several hundred members from all aspects of the building industry. Building Owners and Operators, Government Officials, Engineers, Architects and Contractors flooded the event walking through the tradeshow and visiting the various booths in the sold out Tradeshow. Simultaneously there were serveral mini technical sessions being hosted in breakout rooms on site. These mini technical sessions were greatly sucessful and featured various industyr professionals from across North America providing specialized training to all the local industry attendees. New technology, new ideas, and a ton of practical knowledge were tossed around throughout these sessions.
As the clock ticked on, the people kept filing in making the journey down to the extravaganza halls just in time for the traditional Tradeshow Wine and Cheese. With all the glasses empty and crumbs left on the cracker plates another sucessful tradeshow was being taken down to make way for the annual joint dinner meeting with the MCA / ASHRAE membership with our largest turnout of the year the attendees were treated to a wonderful persentation panel discussion on Lessons Learned from Commisioning moderated by our DL, Dennis Knight. Dennis capped off the evening with a brief presentation on his Lessons Learned from Commisioning highlighting some of the points raised from the panel consisting of Engineer Pat Fleming of KFR, Commisioning agent Jeff Kemps of Morrison Hershfield, and Contractor Mark Schendel of Schendel Mechanical.
Overall the day was a phenomonal success that woudl have not been possible without the support of the attendees and our sponsors :
Victaulic, Kehoe Equipment, EH Price, Carrier Canada, Aqua Air, EXEL Systems, Preston Phipps, and Arrow Engineering.
John Ross Spiel a Few Sleeps Away
Less than a week until THE event of the winter.
Forget about the Oilers making the playoffs, come down to the Granite Curling Club @ 8620 107 Street, and have a bevvie with some of our contestants that will be competeing for the John Ross Title.
There has been a revision to the start time. Event will now start at 9am. Dinner starts about 6pm. Dinner tickets are available but need to RSVP before Thursday.
Wita Holte Remembered
The ASHRAE Northern Alberta Chapter Board of Governors would like to extend our condolences to the family of Wita Holte. Wita’s husband Don was an avid supporter of ASHRAE, not only within our own chapter, but also at the Society level. He was Society President in 1997. Wita was also an avid ASHRAE supporter and attended many meetings and events with Don.
Refrigeration Night- February 22 2012
February is Refrigeration month for NAC. This month we will be privileged to host Dermot McMorrow with Mitsubishi Electric Canada. Mr McMorrow is currently a working member with ASHRAE Technical Committee TC 8.7 – VRF and will be presenting on leak mitigation strategies in VRF systems. This will prove to be a topic of great interest, not only to our ASHRAE members, but also to the pressure piping community. Space will be limited so be sure to RSVP early to insure availability. Details will be distributed to all the members shortly and we look forwards to seeing everyone on the 22nd.
Remember When………………….
Interesting photo found in the vault………Look at all the smiles. You too could have as much fun as these whipper snappers did.
Remember to sign up for the John Ross ASAP so you dont miss out on your opportunity to reach the same level of greatness as these past champions.
Greetings from the Region
See the newsletter below for greetings from our Regional representatives, event updates and more!
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Director & Regional Chair Erich Binder will return for another visit, along with YEA Regional Coordinator Tariq Amlani, for our Student & YEA Night on January 18th.
7th International Conference on Cold Climate – call for papers
ASHRAE, along with HVAC&R, architecture, interior design and building construction industry colleagues from around the world, will host the seventh International HVAC Cold Climate Conference, Nov. 12-14, 2012, in Calgary, Alberta
Cold Climate HVAC 2012 will provide key elements of a strategy by which scientists, designers, engineers, manufacturers and other decision makers in cold climate regions can achieve good indoor environmental quality (IEQ), with a minimum use of resources and energy.
The range of topics includes energy and sustainability in arctic environments; building technology for people in the arctic; indoor environment and health; challenges for remote areas; cold climate building envelopes and moisture management; HVAC system operation and maintenance; and cold climate standards, codes, regulations and requirements.
The planning committee seeks papers featuring innovations in cold climate HVAC design. This includes new technologies and applications; improved methodologies, improvements to computational models or other design tools; novel methods of management, organization or quality assurance; and novel avenues of research or revised conceptual frameworks for designers.
Submit abstracts no longer than 350 words, which summarize the objectives, approach, results and conclusions of the proposed paper, and five to seven keywords by Dec. 1, 2011. Upon acceptance, papers will be due April 1, 2012. For specific topics, to submit a conference paper abstract or for more information go to www.ashrae.org/ColdClimate. For additional information, contact meetings@ashrae.org.
The Scandinavian Federation of Heating, Ventilation and Sanitary Engineering Associations (SCANVAC) initiated the series of Cold Climate HVAC Conferences. The six previous conferences have been successfully organized in Rovaniemi, Finland in 1994; Reykjavik, Iceland in 1997; Sapporo, Japan in 2000; Trondheim, Norway in 2003; Moscow, Russia in 2006; and Sisimiut, Greenland in 2009.
The series of congresses have earlier been supported by national HVAC societies, the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Condition Associations (RHEVA) and ASHRAE.
ASHRAE Presidential Member Lynn Bellenger Remembered
Immediate past ASHRAE President Lynn G. Bellenger, who served as the first woman president in the Society’s 116 year history, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 19. She was president for the 2010-11 Society year, with her term ending in June 2011.Bellenger, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, was a recognized expert in energy management, with a strong focus on the need for energy modeling to help create and refine more efficient buildings. She was a partner, Pathfinder Engineers & Architects, Rochester, N.Y.
“We at ASHRAE are greatly saddened by the death of our former president and our friend,” Ron Jarnagin, ASHRAE president, said. “Her lifelong passion for engineering excellence resonated within our membership and our industry, inspiring us through her belief that engineers will lead an energy revolution with innovation. Through her service, she showed that there is a path available to all who wish to extend the influence of engineering principles to better serve the world we live in.”
As ASHRAE president, Bellenger focused on Modeling a Sustainable World, sharing her thoughts about the role of modeling tools and how all involved in the built environment industry must come together to take advantage of “the rich opportunities for optimizing building performance through a collaborative approach from the beginning.”
In an interview last year, Bellenger talked about her involvement in energy efficiency and how much has been put in recent years on the need to save energy.
“One of the cool things about the sustainability movement is that it has ignited a passion in people that is changing the world. That passion has brought a sense of energy and excitement to the industry and attracted people who are committed to designing and operating sustainable buildings. I don’t see that changing in the future,” she said.
Bellenger is a recipient of an ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award, a Distinguished Service Award, two first-place ASHRAE Technology Awards and the Lincoln Bouillon Membership Award.
She received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Principia College and a Master of Science in environmental science from Rutgers University.
Funeral arrangements are private.
If you would like to send your condolences please respond to publicrelations@ashrae.org. Messages will be assembled into a remembrance for the Bellenger family.
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