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Steve Taylor is the principal of Taylor Engineering, Alameda,

CA. He is a registered mechanical engineer specializing in

HVAC system design, control system design, indoor air quality

engineering, computerized building energy analysis, and HVAC

system commissioning. Mr. Taylor graduated from Stanford Uni-

versity with a BS in Physics and a MS in Mechanical Engineering

and has 40 years of commercial HVAC and control system de-

sign and construction experience. He is a Fellow of the Ameri-

can Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning En-

gineers (ASHRAE) and one of very few to have received all of

ASHRAE’s top awards for technical achievement. He was one

of the primary authors of the HVAC sections of ASHRAE Stand-

ard 90.1 “Energy Conservation in New Non-residential Buildings”

and California’s Title 24 Energy Standards and Ventilation

Standards. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed ASHRAE

Journal articles and technical papers. Other ASHRAE project

and technical committees Mr. Taylor has participated in in-

clude Standard 62.1 Indoor Air Quality (chair), ASHRAE Stand-

ard 55 Thermal Comfort (member), Guideline 13 Specifying

Building Automation Systems (chair), Guideline 16 Economizer

Dampers (chair), TC 1.4 Controls (chair), TC 4.3 Ventilation

(chair), Guideline 36 Optimized Controls (founder and chair).

He is past vice-chair of the USGBC LEED Indoor Environmental

Quality Technical Advisory Group, a member of the CSU Me-

chanical Review Board, and a 16-year member of the IAPMO

Mechanical Technical Committee administering the Uniform

Mechanical Code.

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September 4 // THE T H E R M 2

Greetings Fort Worth comfort specialists! The heat is

just starting to break and hopefully fall will be upon us

sooner rather than later. Students are going back to

school (kind of) and football season is starting (sort

of). I find myself longing for a bit of routine in my life,

can you tell? There is a lot of uncertainty in personal

and professional lives these days but engineers are a

resilient bunch, so I know we’ll persevere.

I also wanted to draw attention to the themes of this year’s society president,

Charles Gulledge III. Each year ASHRAE has a newly elected president to lead

our society and set the themes for our operations. This year’s theme is “The

ASHRAE Digital Lighthouse and Industry 4.0”. The term “digital transformation” is

being used liberally these days and the pandemic has only accelerated this as

we’ve all been forced to embrace the virtual world. The term is beginning to

sound cliché, but to me digital transformation is about digging deeper into our

technology platforms beyond the superficial. One major example would be

Building Information Modeling (BIM). Most of us have been using BIM for 3D

drafting and the coordination benefits it offers, but the next step is to wade

deeper into the analytical smart features that take advantage of the rich data

sets that 3D BIM models can provide. This sounds pretty straight-forward, but in

my opinion takes considerable effort to move down the development curve.

We will explore this topic and more as we welcome new speakers for our chap-

ter webinars.

I wish all of our chapter members a happy September and please let us know if

there’s anything you want or need from ASHRAE. Thanks!

Sincerely,

Scott West

Chapter President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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PRINCIPAL LEVEL SENIOR ASSOCIATE LEVEL ASSOCIATE LEVEL

Gerald Maloney/

Maloney Associates

https://www.ashrae.org/about/leadership/ashrae-president

September 4 // THE T H E R M 3

AUGUST MEETING RECAP

Last month we were joined by Marcos R. Braz, P.E. who soke on the topic of the

ammonia refrigeration system. Mr. Braz explored the design of ammonia refriger-

ation piping systems, as well as items to consider regarding equipment within an

industrial refrigeration system. The meeting was recorded, so if you’re interested

in viewing the past meeting, please reach out to Scott West or Corey Hines to

gain access to the meeting.

A few of us took ‘selifes’ participating in the virtual webinar. If you attend the

meeting in September, please take a ‘selfie’ and send it to jsnyder@bhbinc.com

ASHRAE SOCIETY NEWS

// Making Pol l ing P laces Safer

As election season continues throughout the nation during the pandemic, the

ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force is offering HVAC and water supply system guid-

ance for polling places. Use this link to access ASHRAE’s Readiness Guidance.

/ / Updated Bu i ld ing Readiness Guide

As many buildings are preparing to reopen during this pandemic, the ASHRAE

Epidemic Task Force has updated its reopening “Building Readiness” guidance

for HVAC systems to help mitigate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Use this link to

access the Readiness Guide.

/ / ASHRAE Learn ing I ns t i tu te T ra in ing

The Fall Online Instructor-led Course Series has been announced, which begins

on September 10 and concludes on December 15, and features 18 new or up-

dated courses.

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Allen Grammer and Jeremy Snyder at the Virtual Conference

and practicing Social Distancing

Griffin Lydahl remotely learning

about ammonia systems

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September 16, 2020

There will be virtual happy hour (BYOB) and trivia

for the September YEA event. Buy your favorite

adult beverage or come prepared to showoff your

cocktail mixing skills. More information will be

emailed out and posted on the website, so stay

tuned and start studying up for trivia!

NTAEE ENERGY VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

October 15, 2020

Our friends at the North Texas Association of Energy Engineers (NTAEE) is hosting

their 37th annual NTAEE Energy Conference, with this year being a VIRTUAL Con-

ference. This year's conference we will have an outstanding group of industry

leading speakers, for a not-to-be missed event. The NTAEE Energy Conference

creates a balanced mixture of speaker presentations and virtual vendor booth

exhibitors to facilitate the transfer of cutting-edge energy technology and dis-

cussions. Use the link below to see ticket prices and the planned events for the

virtual conference.

NTAEE Energy Conference Information

FALL GOLF TOURNAMENT

October 19, 2020

The outdoor dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures

appear to be falling to a comfortable level,

which can mean only thing - time for a golf tour-

nament! This years fall golf tournament will take

place on Monday, October 19th at Texas Star

Golf Course. Sign up information will be soon be

available on the chapter website, but please

save this date on your calendar!

https://ntaee.org/meetinginfo.php?id=37&ts=1598994115https://www.ashrae.org/professional-development/elearning-on-demand

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This month we sat down with past president Saul Martinez to discuss his time as president, how ASHRAE has influ-enced him, and what he’s up to now.

Q: Tell us about your current role.

Saul: I’ve been with BHB since before I graduated. They

hired me out of school, and I’ve been here since. I’ve

moved from straight designing to managing projects and

helping train new hires.

Q: What was the biggest lesson you learned as President?

Saul: That you can’t do everything yourself. If you feel like “if you want it done

right you have to do it yourself,” you just can’t. There’s not enough time. It

helped for me to learn you have to delegate and be able to trust and help the

people that are helping you. When I was YEA chair, I was doing one task. I didn’t

have to learn that hard lesson until later.

Q: How has ASHRAE has influenced your career?

Saul: With ASHRAE it’s a volunteer organization. There are not really any sticks. It’s

all carrots. It helps you learn how to get things from people and how to be per-

suasive without the threat of disciplinary action.

Q: What Fort Worth restaurant would you recommend?

Saul: Right now my favorite is Zoli’s Pizza on Hulen. It’s just so good. On Mexican,

I’d say Mi Cocula. They have more expanded traditional Mexican that aligns to

where my family is from. I usually get the Guisada. It’s a braised pork with tomatil-

lo sauce and I usually order a quesadilla on the side.

Q: What’s something that you do for fun?

Saul: I like to cook and sometimes bake. I went [to a taco truck] on a Saturday

one time with my old roommate. We waited in line for 5 hours to get these tacos,

and they were just okay. I thought “I could make a better version of this.” I found

a recipe and kind of adapted it. They were so good.

Q: What was your favorite memory as president?

Saul: There were a lot. One of the things that I focused on was increasing the

sense of community in the chapter.

Jenna Henthorne

ASHRAE Historian

CATCHING UP WITH PAST PRESIDENT

SAUL MARTINEZ ’18 —’19

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If there is an influential member of the chapter that you would like to hear from, please reach out to Jenna Henthorne (Jenna.Henthorne@Jacobs.com)

mailto:Jenna.Henthorne@Jacobs.com

September 4 // THE T H E R M 6

STATE OF THE CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT:

OFFICER AND CHAIR REPORTS

// THE 2020 - 2021 ASHRAE CHAPTER YEAR

Your chapter chairs and officers have been working hard to start the year

right. Here is a snapshot of what many of the chairs have been working on

in the last month.

// GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT - Van Cashen

This month our committee had a planning meeting to

setup a strategy for the year. We also shared the

ASHRAE guidelines for safe polling places to the Tarrant

County Elections Committee as the election season is

quickly approaching.

// AUDITING COMMITTEE CHAIR - Richard Watters

Another ASHRAE year has started with a clean slate – at least from an ac-

counting standpoint. Anyone who has run through the chairs of our Chap-

ter knows the special anxiety that happens at the end

of your year as Treasurer because of the Accounting

Audit that is done to hand off the famous briefcase to

the next Treasurer. It’s typically a two-hour event that

basically wraps up the entire year.

I grew up with a father that was president of a bank, so

numbers and bookkeeping were just part of life. I didn’t

have an allowance – it was more like a ledger. Bringing

that thoughtful eye to the Fort Worth Chapter seemed

like a good way for me to continue to support ASHRAE.

This year we had a very clean and successful audit, which is thanks to the

careful attention by Ashley Fiddelke! The entire Chapter was able to find

creative ways to keep things moving and to raise money for Research Pro-

motion. Congratulations to everyone for continuing to be generous and

support much needed programs.

Wishing Scott West a very good year!

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Richard Watters is a Principal at Baird, Hampton & Brown, and has worked

in the construction industry in Fort Worth since 2000. He is also a past presi-

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STATE OF THE CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT:

OFFICER AND CHAIR REPORTS (CONT.)

// STUDENT ACTIVITIES (K-12 AND HIGHER ED) - Kirk Plum

This past month, I had a zoom meeting with the Ca-

reer and Technical Education Coordinator at the Kel-

ler ISD Center for Advanced Learning. We talked

about how ASHRAE can be of service this semester

and are in the process of setting up a visit with Centu-

ry Mechanical to discuss both the engineering and

construction sides of the MEP industry. We just need to

finalize a date.

I have reached out to the TCU and UTA Student

Chapter Faculty Advisors to help engage the student

chapters during this time of limited interaction.

An assistant professor at UTA has reached out about having ASHRAE help

out for their “Intro to Architectural Engineering” course. Scott West and I

have both expressed that we would be willing to help to see how ASHRAE

could serve them. If you’re interested in helping in any way, please let me

know!

// YOUNG ENGINEERS OF ASHRAE (YEA) - Dan Nguyen and Cole

Guarisco

We are planning on hosting a virtual happy hour (BYOB) and trivia for the

September YEA event on September 16th, the same day as the ASHRAE

monthly meeting. We’re still finalizing the details as well as looking for a

sponsor to provide gift card prizes for 1st and 2nd place! Stay tuned for ad-

ditional details on the happy hour/trivia and let us know if you are interest-

ed in being a sponsor.

// MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION - Joseph Florer

Our Fort Worth membership is holding strong at 291

members, with 7 newly reinstated or rejoined members.

We also had 2 new members join our chapter this last

month: Larry Simmons Jr. of Simmons Service Co. &

Kenneth Farmer of Building Systems Integrators. Wel-

come to the chapter Larry and Kenneth!

- Joe Florer is the Manager of Strategic Accounts for

Price Industries. Outside of his work within our industry,

he collects and restores mid-century modern furniture,

enjoys renovating homes and the art of infuse/age liq-

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STATE OF THE CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT:

OFFICER AND CHAIR REPORTS (CONT.)

// RESEARCH PROMOTION - Allen Grammer

It’s time for a monthly report from the Fort Worth

Chapter RP Chair. Over the month of August, the

Fort Worth ASHRAE RP committee has been

busy. We’ve updated the Fort Worth Chapter RP

sponsorship program for 2020-2021, and we’ve also

established a new ASHRAE Fort Worth Partnership

program for this year. The Partnership program is de-

signed to allow a more accessible way for individuals

and Engineering firms to participate and be recog-

nized for their RP contributions at the Chapter level

alongside the chapter sponsors. The Fort Worth Chapter is also starting an

ASHRAE Research Memorial Endowment for Past President Jim Chatmas –

more details on the memorial fund and how you can pledge a gift in Jim’s

name will follow soon.

The Fort Worth Chapter already has several Sponsors for this chapter

year. Among those that have committed to a sponsorship are:

• Platinum Level Sponsor – Texas Air Systems

• Silver level Sponsor – Control Tech Supply / Distech Controls

• Silver Level Sponsor – Bartos Industries

We’ve also have one Fort Worth Chapter Partner so far this chapter year:

• Principal Partner - Century Mechanical Contractors

• Senior Associate Partner – Baird, Hampton & Brown

• Associate Partner – Gerald Maloney / Maloney Associates

Thanks in large part to our Partners and Sponsors, the Fort Worth Chapter

will be able to commit at least $10,000 to ASHRAE Research so far this year,

and that number continues to grow. We cannot thank our sponsors and

partners enough for their generosity!

If you would like to support ASHRAE Research that moves our industry for-

ward, please contact me at agrammer@bhbinc.com.

// REFRIGERATION - Open Position

Our refrigeration chair recently left Fort Worth for a new opportunity, so we

are looking for a person to take over as the Refrigeration chair. If you are

interested, please contact Scott West at scott.west@hfa-ae.com.

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mailto:agrammer@bhbinc.commailto:scott.west@hfa-ae.com

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TAKE-OUT BINGO

During this last year, life has been anything but normal, specifically when it

comes to eating out. Most of us have been learning to cook better and

eat at home. While there is certainly nothing wrong with eating at home,

getting take-out from a local restaurant every once in awhile is a good

way to support local business. Therefore we will be starting a game of

“Take-Out Bingo”! Take a selfie getting take-out, and if you can get 4 in-a-

row of the restaurants below, you’ll be entered into drawing for a $25 Ama-

zon gift card.

Here are the rules:

1. In order to play, you have to be a member of the Fort Worth Chapter of

ASHRAE.

2. To show you ate at the restaurant or received take out, please send a

selfie to jsnyder@bhbinc.com with you at the restaurant, or showing the

meal with the restaurant logo—some proof that you were at the restau-

rant getting food. We might even publish your picture in the Therm!

3. Typical Bingo Rules—a bingo is 4 in a row. So a full column, full row, or

one of the two diagonals will be considered a bingo.

The Bingo card is shown below. If you’re unfamiliar with the restaurant and

want to know more about its menu or physical location, click the text of

the restaurant, and you’ll be taken to a Yelp link showing the details.

https://www.yelp.com/biz/craftwork-coffee-fort-worth-21https://www.yelp.com/biz/craftwork-coffee-fort-worth-21https://www.yelp.com/biz/little-germany-fort-worth-3?osq=LITTLE+GERMANYhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/little-germany-fort-worth-3?osq=LITTLE+GERMANYhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/tu-hai-restaurant-haltom-cityhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/tu-hai-restaurant-haltom-cityhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/picchi-pacchi-fort-worth?osq=PICCHI+PACCHIhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/buffalo-bros-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/angelos-barbecue-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/mi-cocula-mexican-grill-fort-worth-2https://www.yelp.com/biz/wabi-house-fort-worth-fort-worth?osq=WABI+HOUSEhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/zolis-pizza-fort-worth?osq=ZOLI%27S+PIZZA+FORT+WORTHhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/dough-boy-donuts-fort-worth?osq=DOUGHBOY+DONUTShttps://www.yelp.com/biz/dough-boy-donuts-fort-worth?osq=DOUGHBOY+DONUTShttps://www.yelp.com/biz/dutchs-hamburgers-fort-worth-2https://www.yelp.com/biz/dutchs-hamburgers-fort-worth-2https://www.yelp.com/biz/sons-coffee-fort-worth?osq=SONS+OF+LIBERTY+COFFEEhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/guss-world-famous-fried-chicken-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/guss-world-famous-fried-chicken-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/guss-world-famous-fried-chicken-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/the-great-outdoors-sub-shop-fort-worth?osq=THE+GREAT+OUTDOORShttps://www.yelp.com/biz/the-great-outdoors-sub-shop-fort-worth?osq=THE+GREAT+OUTDOORShttps://www.yelp.com/biz/funkytown-donuts-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/funkytown-donuts-fort-worthhttps://www.yelp.com/biz/heim-barbecue-fort-worth-3mailto:jsnyder@bhbinc.com

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AUGUST 28, 2020

MONTHLY BOG MEETING MINUTES

CHAPTER SECRETARY

//ASHLEY FIDDELKE

Attendance:

• Cole Guarisco

• Cole Maryak

• Dan Nguyen

• Jenna Henthorne

• Scott West

• Sean Rath

• Tony Finch

• Van Cashen

• Whitney Lampe

Call to order: 11:03 am

Topics for discussion:

• Reporting to regional officers

Please try to report once a month

• Webinars and registration

Blog post

• Chapter website and social media

Whitney is point of contact

• Chapter Basecamp archive

Therm newsletter

Officer and chair reports

• Tony

Awards for Connie and Patti to be presented in virtual September meeting at next

chapter and then again in person at later date

Past Presidents recognition for next meeting as well

• Dan

Planning next YEA event in September. Planning the event to be virtual happy

hour event using an industry trivia game

• Jenna

Has conducted some interviews (looking to interview past members/presidents)

for newsletter

Working to Digitize documents at the library once it opens up again

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MONTHLY BOG MEETING MINUTES (CONT.)

• Sean

Cole, David and Sean met recently to discuss the upcoming fall golf tournament

Golf Tournament reservations have been made, will be held at Texas Star on Mon-

day morning October 19th. The venue has an outdoor pavilion for catering we

can use

Cole will be the lead person for organizing this tournament

• Whitney

Updating the website

Having trouble with the chapter LinkedIn page, can’t find the original login. Cur-

rently working on recovering our account for chapter usage

Resolving the virtual Zoom invite to attendees for the September meeting

• North Texas Exp

ASHRAE will be participating in the virtual booth.

• Old Business/New Business

Adjourn 11:35 PM

September 4 // THE T H E R M 12

OFFICERS/COMMITTEES NAME EMAIL

CHAPTER PRESIDENT Scott West scott.west@hfa-ae.com

CHAPTER PRESIDENT ELECT Jeremy Snyder jsnyder@bhbinc.com

CHAPTER SECRETARY Ashley Fiddelke ashley.fiddelke@hts.com

CHAPTER TREASURER Jacob Cantu jcantu@bartosindustries.com

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Tony Finch tonyf@texasairsystems.com

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Van Cashen vmc@freese.com

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Allen Grammer agrammer@bhbinc.com

CHAPTER RESEARCH PROMOTION CHAIR Allen Grammer agrammer@bhbinc.com

CHAPTER REFRIGERATION CHAIR Cody Conner conner2009@gmaill.com

CHAPTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Corey Hines corey.hines@daikincomfort.com

CHAPTER SUSTAINABILITY CHAIR Samantha Smallwood samantha.smallwood@freese.com

CHAPTER GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT CHAIR Van Cashen vmc@freese.com

CHAPTER SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR Sean Rath srath@bhbinc.com

CHAPTER SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE (GOLF) Cole Maryak cole.maryak@texasairsystems.com

CHAPTER COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Whitney Lampe whitney.lampe@jci.com

CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION CHAIR Joseph Florer joef@priceindustries.com

CHAPTER HISTORIAN Jenna Henthorne jenna.henthorne@jacobs.com

CHAPTER YEA CO-CHAIR Dan Nguyen d.nguyen@jms-ibs.com

CHAPTER YEA CO-CHAIR Cole Guarisco cole.guarisco@trane.com

CHAPTER STUDENT ACTIVITIES CHAIR Kirk Plum kplum@bhbinc.com

K-12 STEM CHAIR Kirk Plum kplum@bhbinc.com

CHAPTER HONORS & AWARDS Tony Finch tonyf@texasairsystems.com

CHAPTER WEBMASTER Whitney Lampe whitney.lampe@jci.com

CHAPTER AUDITING COMMITTEE Richard Watters rwatters@bhbinc.com

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// TREASURER SUMMARY

Below you’ll find the chapter accounting

transactions for the month of August 2020.

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Starting Balance (8/1/20): $30,011.42

Debits

8/12 USPS PO Box $90.00

8/18/20 Star chapter website fee $100.00

Subtotal: $190.00

Credits

8/07/20 Teller Deposit; dixon golf $ $366.00

$366.00

New Balance as 8/31/20 $30,187.42

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MON TH LY M EE T I NG CA LE NDA R

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August 19, 2020 What is New in the Ammonia Refrigeration Industry?

Presenter - Marcos R. Braz, P.E.

September 16, 2020 Best in Class HVAC Control Sequences

Presenter—Steven T. Taylor, P.E.

October 21, 2020 Fire Protection Systems Design: Design Related to

Building Pressurization, Dampers, & Plenums

November 18, 2020 Morning Tech Session: Indoor Air Quality-System De-

sign Best Practices

Meeting: Indoor Air Quality Design

ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer - Dr. William Bahnfleth

December 9, 2020 Building Energy Modeling

Joint meeting with ASHRAE Dallas Chapter

SPRING

January 20, 2021 Big, Smart, and Everything: Data, Technology, Build-

ings, Cities, and the IOT

Presenter - Dr. Drury Crawley

February 17, 2021 Morning Tech Session: Fundamentals of Air Distribu-

tion: Duct Design, Space Air Distribution

Meeting: Method of Effective Room Air Distribution

ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer - Daniel Int-Hout, III

March 17, 2021 Morning Tech Session: Building EQ—The Basics

Meeting: Building Energy Quotient

Presenter—Hoy Bohanon

April 21, 2021 Designing Shell and Core Building Projects with VRF

Presenter—Chris Bellshaw

May 19, 2021 Industry 4.0: Use Augmented Reality for Building De-

sign and SImulation

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SPECI A L EVE N T CA LEND A R

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September 16, 2020 September YEA Event

October 19, 2020 Fall Golf Tournament at Texas Star Golf

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March 2020 Spring Golf Tournament

April, 2021 Poker Tournament

April 21, 2021 Refrigeration Tour at Rahr & Sons Brewery

May, 2021 Shotgun Clay Shoot

June, 2021 Past President’s Night

Stay tuned for updates on all events. Like the rest of the country, the chap-

ter leadership is following local, state, and federal guidelines as they evolve,

and will continue to update and modify plans as necessary. Please follow

our social media accounts or check into our website as more details be-

come available. Thank you for your patience!

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Wishing you a fantastic September!

Jeremy Snyder, P.E., President-Elect

ASHRAE Fort Worth

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Picture and cake by chapter member Brittainy Tidwell. She’s been missing celebrating special occasions

lately, so when she realized it was almost her friend’s birthday, she knew she had to make something spe-

cial to show a little love from afar! Birthday cakes are an essential part of life, so she baked him a vegan

chocolate cake and it turned out delicious! She even doubled the recipe and made one for herself, so this

week has been extra sweet for her. She was skeptical about a vegan cake at first, but then realized the

most important ingredients are still there- sugar, oil, and chocolate. The main things missing when making

baked goods vegan are eggs which are just for structure, not flavor, and can easily be replaced with ap-

plesauce for texture and some extra leavening agents like baking powder and baking soda (shout out to

all the food chemistry nerds out there!) Overall it was a really fun project that helped them feel connect-

ed, and she thinks chocolate cake is always a reason to celebrate. Thanks for sharing Brittainy!

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