Welcome back members! We would like to welcome invite you to our ASHRAE NAC PAST Presidents Night!! See below for more info!

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Topic Summary:

The Presentations Topics will include:

• Over all Cold Climate Design Factors

• Sustainability & Resiliency

• Human Comfort and IEQ

• Utilities in Buildings

• Strategic Design

• Building HVAC Design Process

• HVAC Design Calculations

• Building Envelope

• HVAC Control

• Commissioning

• Residential Seasonal and Off Grid Applications

Speaker Bio:

Erich Binder is an independent engineering consultant with an extensive experience in in the sustainable design of Commercial, Institutional, Industrial, & Cold Climate, Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC), Plumbing, Fire Suppression & Specialty Mechanical Systems engineering. Erich has also a Certified Risk Manager with over 20 years of Process Safety, Loss Prevention, Industrial Hygiene, Health & Safety Engineering and Auditing experience. 

Erich has extensive experience engineering mechanical system for a variety of cold climate applications. These include Oil & Gas projects include developing HVAC standards and engineering for numerous process facilities for Oil Sands, SAGD and Mining Projects, Gas Processing, Metering Compression and Pipeline facilities, Upstream, Mid Stream, Down Stream Facilities. Erich Binder has engineered HVAC systems for various support facilities for various Industrial projects including Control Buildings, E-House, VFD and Data Storage Facilities, Maintenance, Storage and Emergency Response Facilities. He has extensive experience in Power Generation facilities, including Coal, Natural Gas, Waste Heat, Waste Wood, Run of the River and Combined Heat Power systems. Erich specializes in Hazardous spaces and environments, Laboratory, Sampling Stations, Hazardous Environment, Dust, Mist and Fume collection systems, Industrial Hygiene facilities. Erich Binder has worked as a Risk Analyst & Loss Prevention Consultant providing input into corporate insurance placement, managed Boiler Machinery, Construction Project Losses, Claims and Loss Prevention issues. He has provided support to Insurance Brokers and Insurance companies representatives to review and investigate the cause of failures relating to Power, Natural gas Mid-Stream, Compression, Metering and Pipeline machinery and fire explosion related failures. Erich Coordinated Risk and Loss Prevention audits and inspections for all corporate facilities. A key member of corporate Emergency Response Team and key leaders in Responsible Care, ISO9000, merger and acquisition programs. Erich Binder is:

• Society Director at Large - ASHRAE

• Past Society Director and Regional Chair - ASHRAE Region XI

• Chairman - ASHRAE Cold Climate Design Conference

• Co-Author - ASHRAE Cold Climate Building Design Guide

• Co-Author - ASHRAE Hazardous Spaces Design Guide.(Publication Pending)

• Author Industrial HVAC Design Guide – Basics of industrial HVAC - 101

• Past Coordinator - ASHRAE

• Distinguished Lecturer Program

• Past Chairman - HVAC Advisory Committee (SAIT)

• Co-developer - 2 month HVAC Certificate Program (SAIT)

• Instructor - Part Time HVAC related topics (SAIT)

• Board EXO - Young Engineers in ASHRAE Committee

• Board EXO - ASHRAE Student Activities Committee

• Board EXO - ASHRAE Members Council Vice Chairman ASHRAE Development Committee

• Chairman ASHRAE Audit Committee Member: ASHRAE TC 5.8 Industrial

• Ventilation (Combined with TC 9.2) Member : ASHRAE TC 9.2 Industrial Air Conditioning

• Chairman: ASHRAE TRG9 – CCBDG – Cold Climate Building Design Guide.

• Member: ASHRAE MTG-ACR – Air Change Rate

• Chairman - Chelonian Loss Prevention Engineering Semina