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ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter

HE EA MAKAMAE A monthly publication by the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

SY 2011-12, Issue #5 HONOLULU, OAHU, HAWAII January 2012

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – Paul Scott

Aloha ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter Members: I know that some of our members were unable to attend the

ASHRAE Christmas Party that was held on 12/15/2011. If you did

not attend… then you missed a really great time!! We had a special

dinner menu for the party that was really great. Abe Kia and his

friends provided some really great music for the season and we had

really great door prizes thanks to our very generous sponsors!! We also had a visit from Mr & Mrs.

Franklin Lum which made the Past Presidents part of the meeting really special. They came all the

way from Texas and timed their visit to coincide with our party!! If you missed the party. Don’t

worry, we have some more exciting meetings coming up!!

The January meeting will be a guest panel, which the membership has indicated that they find

most interesting. The speakers will be addressing Energy Saving Performance Contracts. This

should be an informative and interesting presentation. Ernest Lau is the speaker from DAGS and I

have known Ernie since he was with the Kauai BWS for a number of years. I am looking forward to

a good turnout for this meeting.

Just a reminder that the ASHRAE Annual Seminar/Trade Show will be in February this year. It will

be on High Performance Building Design and is scheduled for 2/24/2012. The keynote speaker will

be ASHRAE Society Past President Mr. Kent Peterson, P.E. Mr. Peterson was very involved in the

formation of the ASHRAE High Performance Building Standards and should provide us excellent

insight into current issues and what the future holds for us. In closing I just wanted to give an additional thank you to our sponsors (see following list) for the

Christmas Party without whom we would not have had such a great time:

Mahalo. Scotty.

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2011 ASHRAE CHRISTMAS PARTY SPONSORS:

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Beall & Associates

Critchfield Pacific

Engineered Systems Inc.

Senplex Corporation

Norman S. Wright

Power Protection Systems

Trane Pacific

GOLD SPONSORS

Carrier Hawaii

DMG Hawaii

DJ Enterprise LLC

Economy Plumbing

InSynergy Engineering Inc.

Samuel F. Gillie

Thomas & Hilary Moody

SILVER SPONSORS

Ross & Terry Sasamura

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ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter - January 2012 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Happy New Year !!!

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

ASHRAE Membership Meeting “Energy Performance Contracting”

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Happy Chinese New Year!

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NEXT CHAPTER MEETING

Date: 12 January 2012

Where: The Willows Restaurant, 901 Hausten Street, (808) 952-9200

www.willowshawaii.com )

Registration: Starts at 5:30 pm. (Contact lscottesi@aol.com to RSVP)

Technical Session: 6:00 pm ( Clean Energy Solutions – Nick Dizon; NIDON

Clean Energy )

Dinner: Starts at 7:00 pm

Main Program: 7:30 pm, “What is Energy Performance Contracting?”

Adjournment: 9:00 pm

Cost: $45 per ASHRAE member; $50 per guest; $55 at the door

registration. Payment can be made via PayPal at

http://hawaii.ashraechapters.org Otherwise, make check payable to

ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter.

Map to the Willows Restaurant:

"It is amazing how much can be

accomplished if no one cares

who gets the credit."

— John Wooden

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January Technical Session “Renewable Energy Solutions”:

Mr. Nick Dizon

This month’s Do’s and Don’t seminar will feature Mr. Nick Dizon, owner and President

of NIDON Energy Solutions. Mr. Dizon will share various renewable energy solutions

with an emphasis on energy storage. With renewable energy systems becoming very

common in Hawaii, having a smooth and continuous renewable energy source is still

problematic since renewable sources are intermittent in nature (ie. Wind, solar, etc). Mr.

Dizon will discuss large scale battery solutions and other viable alternatives that can be

considered for use with renewable sources.

Mr. Dizon is a Consultant and Project Manager who performs marketing/sales including

customer staff buy in, consulting and project management, including analysis, problem

solving, design, disaster recovery, and implementation for data center facilities, generator

back up power, power quality, energy efficiency, renewable energy, dynamic and static

UPS, networks, servers, mainframe installation, and data center layouts. Mr. Dizon

communicates, coordinates, and cooperates with a wide variety or personnel ranging from

senior executives to office end users. Recent work includes developing hybrid renewable

energy and backup power using ZBB Energy Corporation Zinc Bromide Flow Batteries for

commercial buildings and condominiums, Sarbanes Oxley compliance review for a local

bank and airline covering hardware, facilities, infrastructure, disaster recovery and their

inter-departmental ramifications. Introduced energy efficient induction lighting solutions

to Queens Medical Center, AES Hawaii, Tripler Arny Medical Center, and the Airport

Trade Center. Provide technical support to Pacific Scanning LLC in ground penetrating

radar and subsurface toning.

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January 12th Main Program: What is Energy Performance

Contracting? This month’s main program will feature the topic of Energy Performance

Contracting. With today’s tough economy, many building owners are “cash-

strapped” and cannot afford to invest in energy conservation measures regardless

of economical feasibility. However, Energy Performance Contracting is a proven

contract vehicle that enables building owners to accomplish energy retrofits using

existing operational costs for utilities and maintenance that are redirected into

desperately needed Energy Equipment Capital Projects.

In Hawaii, there have been over $100 million in Energy Saving Performance

Contracts (ESPC) implemented in public sector projects over the past decade

resulting in speding public money on much needed energy projects reducing

Hawaii’s energy consumption and dependence on foreign fossil fuels.

This month’s program will look at Energy Performance Contracting in detail from

the point of view of the building owner, Energy Performance Contractor,

Financier, and Engineering Design Consultant. The panel will feature the

following speakers:

Building Owner Perspective:

Mr. Ernest Lau – Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS)

Energy Agent and State of Hawaii Perspective:

Michael Chang - Hawaii Energy (SAIC)

Energy Performance Contractors Perspective:

Dave Moakley - Ameresco

Jay Johnson - Noresco

Scott Rees - Johnson Controls

Moderator and Engineering Consultant:

Joel Yuen – Insynergy Engineering Inc.

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ASHRAE HAPPENINGS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

December X-MAS Party

For those of you who missed it, the ASHRAE X-MAS party was a hit event and all

who attended had a great time! It was fun to share in fellowship with our colleagues,

co-workers, and their families. It was also nice to see some of our Past Presidents

there, especially Mr. Frank Lum who flew in from Texas just to attend our event. As

you can tell from the photos, Frank still looks great and has not aged one bit!

We would like to thank all of the generous donors (see list above) who contributed to

door prizes this year and we hope many of you who attended were able to go home

with a nice door prize. A special “thank you” goes out to Mark Yamamoto who made

a great Santa Claus. With his nice dark tan, Mark was the perfect Hawaiian Santa

Clause!

Some photos from the 2011 ASHRAE Christmas Party:

Frank Lum and Joe Ting The Borges and Ting’s

Past Presidents

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MORE 2012 ASHRAE HAWAII CHRISTMAS PARTY PHOTOS:

Santa Claus in the House!

ASHRAE Students Enjoying the Festivities

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ASHRAE Student Activities Report: On December 1, 2011 ASHRAE Student members from Derek Oshiro’s Honolulu Community College

Refrigeration Class toured the Alakai Mechanical production shops. The tour was lead by Willie Kaina,

and Kaipo Akaka. We saw the sheetmetal fabrication area, which consisted of an automated rectangular

duct fabrication, round duct fabrication. We also saw the welding area, duct lining area, and the various

AC equipment that was awaiting installation in their warehouse. Thanks to Ralph Inouye of Alakai

Mechanical for helping to arrange the tour.

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ASHRAE Hawaii ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mark you calendar! The 2012 ASHRAE Technical Seminar and Product Show

scheduled for February 24th. See Flyer below:

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U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, etc. These projects have implemented innovative and environmentally

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MEH offers a unique opportunity to experience a wide range of skills that most mechanical consulting firms

in Hawaii do not have available for their employees. The majority of employees has been with MEH 30+

years, and has a wide range of skill sets to teach. MEH continues to be awarded a variety of projects such as

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ASHRAE HAWAII RESEARCH PROMOTIONS UPDATE:

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From the Editor

Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were restful and you are

all ready to start another productive and hopefully, a fruitful and

successful New year.

This year brings a lot of uncertainty as our economy still

flounders. The negative news still keeps coming with Hawaii

Medical Center Closing, the dollar weakening, and the Federal

Govt. needing to slash budgets. It is still unclear how all of this

will affect us, but we can be sure that it will in some way. All we

can do is bear down and keep doing the best at what we do to ride

this out. Diversification is good and finding opportunities outside

of our normal ways of doing business and comfort zones will help

us get through these tough economic times.

This is why I encourage you to come to this month’s meeting. Our

do’s and don’t will feature renewable energy possibilities and our

main program will be on Energy Performance Contracting. These

two topics will still remain hot as energy savings still makes sense

as we all find ways to save money and make returns on our

investments.

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I look forward to seeing you there!

Have a Good January and Kung Hee Fat Choy!

Barry Jim On, P.E.

2012 Newsletter Editor

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ASHRAE HAWAII 2011-2012 BOARD OF

GOVERNORS AND CHAPTER CHAIRPERSONS

Chapter Chairperson Attendance and Reception: Ross Okuda, P.E. Technology Transfer: Kevin Saito, P.E.LEED AP

Programs: Scott Le Beau Governmnt Affairs: Michael Chang, P.E. Refrigeration: Dean Oakley Technology: Herman Siu Energy Awards: Mofazzal Mir, P.E.

Historian: Albert Hahn, P.E. Memberships Promotions: Joseph Ting, P.E. Newsletter Editor: Barry Jim On, P.E. Research Promotions : Dean Borges, P.E. Technical Seminar: Alayna Shima, P.E. Technology Chair: Dicson Aggabao Student Activities : Bill Lee, P.E. Young Engineers of ASHRAE: Isaac Opedal Webmaster: Joseph Ting, P.E.

Chapter Officers – Society Year 2011 to 2012 President: Paul “Scotty” Scott President-Elect: Kevin Saito, P.E. LEED AP Vice President: Barry Jim On, P.E. Secretary: Blake Araki, P.E. Treasurer: Donna Kishi, Chapter Board of Governors Michael Chang, (Immediate Past President) Scott La Beau Bill Lee, P.E. Mofazzal Mir, P.E. Alayna Shima, P.E.