november 2012 DinneR meeting...Professional. He is also a AHSRAE certified Commissioning Process...

Main PrograM: UCSF MiSSion Bay – integrated ProjeCt delivery

SPeakerS: raj daSwani, Pe, PaUl Switenki, Pe and tad SMith

Raj Daswani is a Principal with Arup. He is a Mechanical Engi-neer and Project Manager within Arup’s San Francisco office. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management of Technology, both from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a licensed mechanical engineer (States of Texas and California), Certified Energy Manager, and LEED accredited Professional. He is also a AHSRAE certified Commissioning Process Management Professional, Healthcare Facility Design Professional,

and High Performance Building Design Professional. He has 17 years’ experience in multi-disciplinary engineering, design and project management on a wide range of projects in-cluding government, educational, commercial, healthcare, retail buildings as well as utility plant and campus master planning.

Paul switenki is an Associate and Project Manager with Arup. He has been in the San Francisco office since 1998 and has applied his strengths in low-energy HVAC system design and multi-discipline coordination to a large variety of project types. His interests lie in energy efficient design, alternative project delivery methods and Building Information Management.

thuRsDay, novembeR 8, (5:30 Pm to 9:00 Pm)

sinbaD RestauRant, 141 the embaRcaDeRo, san FRancisco

agenDa:5:30 pm registration and Social hour 6:30 pm dinner with announcements and introductions

7:45 pm Break

8:00 pm Main Program9:00 pm adjourn

CoSt:gg aShrae Members, please register

Before 3pm, Mon. 11/5 $40 After 3pm, Mon. 11/5 $50

non-Members, please registerBefore 3pm, Mon. 11/5 $50 After 3pm, Mon. 11/5 $55

Students/voucher holderFree, but please register

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event Calendar ................................ 2President’s message ....................... 3historian article .............................. 4treasurer’s report .......................... 5Chapter technology transfer Committee (CttC) .......................... 6Marble draw .................................... 6yea .................................................... 7educational opportunities ........... 8

announcements ............................. 9greenbuild ....................................... 9Membership Promotion .............. 10research Promotion ..................... 11Society news ........................... 12-14Photo page .................................... 15Board and Chair Members .......... 16ad Page and ad rates ............ 17-18

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2012-2013 event calenDaR:

´thUrSday, nov. 8 5:30pm - 9:00pm LOCATION: Sinbad’s Restaurant, San Francisco TOPIC: UCSF Mission Bay – Integrated Project Delivery SPEAKERS: Tad Smith, Acco; Raj Daswani, Arup; Paul Switenki, Arup

´thUrSday, deC. 13 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Joint meeting w/ San Jose Chapter TOPIC: Evaluation of low-flow system operation for energy and comfort at the Yahoo Campus SPEAKERS: Hui Zhang, CBE ; Gwelen Paliaga, Taylor Engineering

´thUrSday, jan. 10 11:30am – 1:30 pm LOCATION: TBD TOPIC: Ten Myths About Behavior, Energy, and BuildingsSPEAKERS: Rick Diamond, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

´thUrSday, FeB. 14 5:30 pm - 8:45 pm LOCATION: Scott’s Seafood, Jack London Square, Oakland TOPIC: Air Change Effectiveness in Laboratory Tests of Combined Chilled Ceiling and Displacement Ventilation SPEAKERS: Fred Bauman, CBE; Stefano Schiavon, CBE; Julian Rimmer, Price Industries

´thUrSday, MarCh 14 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm LOCATION, TOPIC, SPEAKERS: TBD

´thUrSday, aPril 11 5:30 PM - 8:45 PMLOCATION: Scott’s Seafood Jack London Square, OaklandTOPIC: Geothermal design – case studies SPEAKERS: Marco Alves, PAE Consulting Engineers

´aPril 2013 toUr all tBd

´thUrSday, May 9 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM LOCATION: PG&E Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard Street, San Francisco TOPIC: Awards and Product Show SPEAKERS: Award Winners and Scholarship Recipients

´thUrSday, jUne 13 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM LOCATION: Scott’s Seafood,Jack London Square, Oakland TOPIC, SPEAKERS: TBD

TBD = To Be Determined. Visit www.ggashrae.org/calendr.htm for updates, presentation summaries, speaker biographies and to register for the meetings.

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taD smith is a project executive with ACCO Engineered Systems. Smith holds a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of California Berkeley. Smith has 27 years’ ex-perience in mechanical system design, con-struction and installation, with the last 8 years at his current firm. Smith is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, California where he continues to reside.

PreSentation SUMMary Integrated project delivery (IPD) is a proven approach for efficiently designing and building a facility for owners and an effective method for architects, engineers and contrac-tors to garner the highest quality for the best value and schedule. To date, IPD has mostly been applied to private-sector projects rather than public-sector ones, which are often hampered by lowest costbid contracting rules and an inability to adopt integrated contracts where the risks and rewards are shared among the all primary project stakeholders. This pre-sentation reveals the prescription for success behind the $1.6 billion UCSF Medical Center project which resulted in a highly collabora-tive, integrated, BIM centric project that main-tained scope, quality and performance for this facility.


Dear Golden Gate ASHRAE members and friends,

Our first meeting October 11th at Scott’s in Oakland is “in the books”, as they say,

and marks the beginning of another great year of meetings and local industry

events. Our speakers for the evening, Dr. Andrey Livchak and Mr. Chris Lowell

did a great job of sharing their knowledge and practical experience with the

design and implementation of chill beam. There were many questions and

discussions following the presentation and I was struck by the high level of

interest indicating the need to further explore this very interesting subject.

Thank you to everyone who attended and particularly, our past presi-

dents, who continue to support our chapter’s meetings and events. During

the meeting, I noted a correction from my October president’s message. Kristin DeMartini (our immediate past

president) is our third (instead of second) female past president (proceeded by Barbara Dilts 1991-92 and Gail

Brager 1995-96).

There are many ASHRAE and industry events to get involved with. Most notably Greenbuild (November

12th though 17th) the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building, right here in San

Francisco. If you have not already done so, please make plans to attend!

We had our highly successful and very well attended “Deep Dive: Comparing and Selecting Low Energy

HVAC”, seminar this past month at the Pacific Energy Center (PEC), and there will continue to be more great

programs to attend at the Pacific Energy Center in the coming months. And of course, like me, I hope you are

connected to ASHRAE and continue to receive valuable updates from Society regarding standards and technical

work that is being accomplished to advance our industry.

Don’t miss our next dinner meeting on Thursday, November 8th at Sinbad’s in San Francisco where Tad Smith,

with ACCO Engineered Systems and Raj Daswani and Paul Switenki, with ARUP, will speak about, “Integrated

Project delivery”. It will surely be a very interesting evening to share with your ASHRAE friends and colleagues.

I look forward to seeing you there and thank you for being part of ASHRAE, “shaping tomorrow’s built

environment today.”

Respectfully Yours,

Thomas S. Weaver, P.E.

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HISTORIAN ARTICLE

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november 2012 – Fall Returns….and mighty storm “sandy” re-writes historytom gilbertson, Chapter Historian “ASHRAE”…lives through another historic moment…The worst storm ever to hit New Your City….(incidentally where ASHRAE’s predecessor society was founded in 1894)…..The storm here in 2012 is reported have placed higher water levels in New York than the storm in 1821…when records were first reported, kept.

ASHRAE-related technology actually kept critical facilities operating…emergency cooling….emergency heating…..emergency power generation, in fact just “try” and meet a weather emergency without relying upon the technology of ASHRAE!

ASHRAE” members have historically met the challenges of the weather that faced the County….

•Refrigeration for medical storage•Heating for emergency heating of ventilation air•Emergency heating of heavy fuel oil•Cooling and heating systems for hospitals

In the event that the Country loses, all or part of its “electrical grid”…it is the application of ASHRAE-technology that called upon to be designed and be ready to operate …without the benefit of the utility grid.

One can ask the question…”are you ready for an emergency?”….The best way to avoid an “emergency” is to prepare for it…..The old axiom …”If you want peace…prepare for war”…has some validity. So what have you done to be readily prepared for a breakdown of our usually, readily available services?

Our Church’s new building is being designed to fulfill the needs of a “P.O.D.” for our community….”P.O.D.” Stands for “Point of Distribution”, and it is a designation of the County that means this building is prepared to serve as the location from which emergency medical supplies, and food and water will be dispensed in our area….in the event of a disaster…e.g. earthquake, storm, flood, or perhaps not a “natural” disaster…..but an “anthrax attack”, etc.

Just so that you know, the local fire department has an emergency source of anti-anthrax medicine, (as well as some others) that the fire department will bring to the building and is prepared to dispense from this designated “P.O.D.” The building will store certain material that will aid in the distribution.

The “building” will have a small emergency solar-charged battery system for cell telephone-charging and a ham-radio system, emergency water showers and solar heated emergency water heating system, as well as evaporatively cooled system to sustain the facility with minimal electric power…and an emergency pharmaceuti-cal refrigerator. The building also has special wall construction that performs as an R-50 wall as well as having special structural con-siderations…all to try and make it a sustain-able facility, in the event of a disaster.

All of these system rely heavily upon the application of ASHRAE-technology…and we hope we never have to use the building for those purposes….but we’ll try to ready…just in case!


treasure’s report

treasurer’s Report, First Quarter (jul. ‘12 – sep. ‘12)By Erik Kolderup, GGASHRAE Treasurer

This is the first quarterly update on chapter finances for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The chapter is in strong financial shape. We have about $27,000 in the checking account and close to $968,000 in our two scholarship funds. The large balance in the Eric Thor Andresen Memorial Scholarship Fund is due to the generosity of Eric’s father Flemming, who contributed during his lifetime and also bequeathed $680,000 to the fund in 2011. Our two scholarship funds are being managed by Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, under the watchful eyes of our chapter’s Foundation Committee which is chaired by past president Glenn Friedman.

Our Income & Expense statement shows a large (temporary) net income due to our chapter’s hosting of the 2012 Chapters Regional Conference (CRC) in August. This statement does not include bills from the conference hotel paid in October, but in the end the chapter came out ahead due to the hard work of the CRC committee lead by Scott Wayland. And special thanks go to sponsorship chair Cory Palmer and to all the CRC sponsors. Our August golf tournament earned about $2,400 for ASHRAE research thanks to our sponsors and the work of tournament chair Tim Goeppner.

account balancesaCCoUnt BalanCe aS oF 10/18/12General $26,761Golden Gate Chapter Scholarship Fund $72,180Eric Thor Andresen Memorial Scholarship Fund $895,645

income & exPenseinCoMe 1St Qtr totalMember dues 8,220 Dinner fees 2,600 Fog Ads 50 Golf tournament 13,553 Other income 1,150 CRC 2012 host income 40,895

TOTAL INCOME 66,468 exPenSeS 1St Qtr totalDinner expense 500 CRC meeting 440 Accounting/legal 3,492 Travel grants 332 Golf tournament 11,158 Board expenses 1,420 Webpage 445 CRC 2012 host expense * 7,942 Other expense 42 Total Expense 25,771

net inCoMe 40,697 * Additional CRC 2012 host expenses will occur in the 2nd quarter

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Chapter teChnology transfer Committee (CttC)

David Blindheim, ASHRAE Golden Gate CTT Committee Chair

If you like to assist the chapter and get involved with ASHRAE, the Chapter Technology Transfer Committee is one of the best places and we could use your help. Talk to a board member or contact David Blindheim at [email protected].

seminaRWe had another excellent Golden Gate ASHRAE Seminar at the PEC last month. The topic was “Deep Dive: Comparing and Selecting Low Energy HVAC.” Many thanks to our speakers and sponsors. Special thanks to the Seminar Committee of Clark Bisel, Robert Marcial, and Tyler Bradshaw. Please flip through to the end of this Fog Dispenser to see photos from the event.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!SILVER

GOLD

PLATINUM

A big thank you to GreenBuild, who graciously donated 10 GreenBuild Expo passes for the last meeting! Congratulations to those who won prizes from the raffle! The lucky marble was not drawn, so the odds of winning are still 1 in 9.

We are always looking for sponsors for our meetings. Please contact us if you are interested in sponsoring the prizes for future meetings. If your company donates prizes, your company’s logo will display on a slideshow during the non-speaker portions of the meeting. You’ll also know that your firm helped to fund ASHRAE research and scholarships!

Please contact Christine Lee for more details:[email protected] – 415.957.9445

MARBLE DRAW

thank yoU to oUr SeMinar SPonSorS!


YEA promotes young ASHRAE members to engage in the local chapter and to get everyone excited about our industry. If you are interested in joining our committees monthly discussion, please contact Michelle Dionello at [email protected].

Also, please make sure to check out our new facebook page at: www.facebook.com/YEAGoldengate and our Golden Gate YEA website where we showcase past and upcoming events: www.ggyea.org

next event- Pe studyFriendly reminder that the application for the California PE is due on November 1st. Come join past-PE takers to learn from their experience about study tips and things to expect on the day of the exam! Even if you didn’t register for the April exam, come learn about application tips for the October exam, filing date is May 1, 2013.

We will have milk and cookies for all attendees. when? November 15th (6:00-7:00pm) wheRe? Arup Offices, San Francisco RsvP here: http://2012yeapestudy.eventbrite.com/

If you are a YEA member that recently passed the PE and are interested in sharing your thoughts or experience with other YEA members, please RSVP as well with the link above.

Past event- october 25, 2012The YEA 4th Annual Bowling night was held this year at Mission Bowling Club. We had 25 members come out to bowl. The champion this year was Jason Lykam (Trane) with an impressive score of 192!! Runners up included Adrian Giovenco (Trane) and Lars Holmgren (ACCO). Our most improved bowler this year: Christine Lee (Arup)!

Thank you to our generous sponsors!!

Our winners from left to right (Adrian, Jason, and Lars)

The whole YEA group at Mission bowling

NAZZARO and ASSOCIATES Manufacturers’ Representatives

http://ggyea.org


educational opportunities

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greenbuildGreenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, green building tours, special seminars and networking events. Greenbuild education sessions are eligible for continuing education credits for a number of professional credentials and organizations. Learn more

announcements

code summitJoin us for an ASHRAE-sponsored Code Summit taking place Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, San Francisco, Calif.

2012 has been a big year for code, standard and rating system advancements that have been arming policymakers and the building industry with new levers to drive greener buildings and communities. LEED® v4 is in its final stages of develop-ment. March welcomed the International Green Construction Code and the inclusion of Standard 189.1 as a design option. The California Energy Code and CALGreen are undergoing important updates. The Massachusetts Stretch Energy Code is now adopted in more than a third of communities in that state. The list goes on and on.

Policymakers, builders, designers and code officials are dizzy with enthusiasm and apprehension as everyone makes their best effort to understand the contemporary landscape, uncover avoidable pitfalls and seize the opportunity of high-performing, 21st century buildings.

A one-day summit, taking place Nov. 13, San Francisco, dives deep into green building codes and best practice and familiarizes a diverse community of building professionals with these emerging regulations.

For more information or to register, click here.

Of special interest to ASHRAE members is session CS03—Model Codes—Green: IgCC, 189.1 and LEED, which provides a technical overview of the International Green Construction Code (including ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings), and a few of the related and major changes to the LEED rating systems. Speaking in the session is Dennis Stanke, ASHRAE Fellow, chair of the Standard 189.1 committee, application engineer, Trane Co.

Another session of interest is CS07—Implementation: Architecture, Engineering, Construction: What’s different for licensed professionals in a green codes world? The session reviews the new risks, responsibilities and opportunities for architects and engineers in today’s world where green is slowly but surely becoming code. Speaking in that session is Molly McGuire, who served as ASHRAE’s 2008 New Face of Engineering, and is senior engineer, Taylor Engineering.


GREENBUILD

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greenbuild 2012

ConfEREnCE: november 14-16, 2011 greenbuildexpo.org

ExPo: november 14-15, 2011 greenbuildexpo.org

About the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo:

USGBC’s Greenbuild International Conference & Expo is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding educational sessions, renowned speakers, a vast exhibition floor, green building tours, special seminars and networking events. Greenbuild is the three-time recipient of the IMEX Green Meetings Award and Tradeshow Weekly’s 50, and received an MPI Rise award for Organizational Achievement in 2010.

The 2012 show will take place Nov. 14-16, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif. Greenbuild 2012 is bringing technology and sustainability together in the global green movement. We are going beyond buildings @ Greenbuild 2012. What will you do @ Greenbuild? It starts with you. It starts @ Greenbuild. The 2011 show was held on Oct. 4-7, 2011, in Toronto, Canada, drew more than 23,000 attendees and featured more than 1,700 exhibit booths. Visit greenbuildexpo.org and follow @greenbuild for more information.

Expo Hall: Greenbuild features the world’s largest expo hall devoted to green building, and the stage is set for one of the largest yet, in San Francisco this November. In 2012, Greenbuild will showcase the latest in innovative products and services, exemplifying the idea of utilizing green to grow business to attendees from around the world. The Expo Hall will be open November 14-15, 2011 at Moscone Center. Learn more.


October was our first of two Membership Promotion dinner meetings. If you missed it you still have another chance to get a free meal: In the month of January, if you bring a non-member to dinner and they join Society and the Chapter by the close of business, Friday, January 11, 2013, you will get your next meeting on us! Thank you to the members who brought fresh recruits to October’s meeting - we garnered three [Annie please check me on this fact] newbies!

Please join me in welcoming all the following new members:

To become a member of the Golden Gate Chapter you must first be a Society member (www.ashrae.org/membership/page/589). If you are currently a member of Society and wish to join the Chapter, you can synchronize your renewal dates by paying pro-rated Chapter dues. Society membership is $190 for Affiliates, Associates and Members and $20 for students; Chapter membership is $50 for Affiliates, Assoicates and Members and $20 for students. Full time students dine free all year and Student Transfer membership allows you to maintain a reduced membership for the two years following graduation. Contact me for more information ([email protected]).

MeMBerShiP advanCeMent If you are an Associate member, becoming a full member may be easier than you think. The following count toward the 12 points necessary to advance to full Member status. You must update your biography on the Society web site and email [email protected] to advance.

non-accredited degree = 4 points accredited degree = 6 points P.e. = 3 points every year working in industry = 1 point

membership promotion

StUdent: Mr. William Aton Mr. Jason Brasesco Mr. Harris Devore Mr. Owen Hurley Mr. Matthew Hysell Mr. Kawai Mikaere Kekaula Ms. Nicole Moss Mr. Semih Oztreves Mr. Andrew Pangelinan Mr. Daniel Posey Mr. Hesham Shaibi Ms. Kristine Spadoni Mr. Atticus Velez

aFFiliate: Ms. Danielle Fox Mr. Andrew Martinez Mr. Jon-William Murphy

aSSoCiate: Mr. Dylan Connelly Mr. Matthew Dehghani Mr. Chris Gale Mr. Daniel Greeson Mr. Matthew Jaeger Mr. Scott Johnson Ms. Karen Anne Kristofferson Mr. Kevin Li Mr. David Mahr Mr. Joseph Patrick McMilan Mr. Daniel Noone Mr. Richard Norris Mr. Josh Reding Mr. Adam Selvin Mr. Jared Slucter Mr. Richard Smith Mr. Aldrin Tordecilla Ms. Andrea Traber Mr. Anthony Truong Mr. Erik Tuzzio Mr. Bill Wang Mr. Jeff Warner Mr. Luke Werner Mr. Hsini Wu

MeMBer: Mr. Igor Barer Mr. James Gingras Mr. Jim Hart Mr. Don Kuellmer Mr. Bill Meehan Mr. Alisdair McGregor Mr. Adan Rosillo Ms. Amber Ryman Mr. Javier Sevilla Ms. Mary Sutter Mr. Gregory Tombari Mr. Wellingon Wong Mr. Tengfang Xu


Following individuals and companies have generously supported ASHRAE Research and the Golden Gate Chapter for the 2012-13 Campaign.

Your contributions are much appreciated. Thank you for making a difference and shaping tomorrow’s built environment.Our first ASHRAE Research NFL Square Raffle winners are Tom Weaver and Edgar DeGuzman. Next game is St. Luis RAMS @ SF 49ERS on Sunday November 11th. 2$/Square, winners for half time and final score.

Special shout out to Golden Gate Chapter Volunteers, Presenters, Sponsors, and Attendants for GG Deep Dive Seminar comparing chilled beams with DOAS and single duct VAV w/reheat systems.

organizationS$1000 & overPG&ESOM

$250 to $999AcuthermAEIDMG NorthDadancoGuttmann & BlaevoetIdeateInterfaceTaylor EngineeringTraneTroxWSP F+KNazzaro and Associates

Donations are tax deductible, by check, credit card or online at www.ashrae.org.

For more information, please contact Zberri Alvi 510-346-7755, [email protected]

Our goal for this year is to raise $24K for ASHRAE Research and $310 for Lynn Bellenger Scholarship Endowment

Goal: $24,310 Contributions: $8,267

individUalSup to $249Erik KolderupMon LumMatthew WilliamsonDennis ThompsonZberri AlviMax ShermanScott WaylandBenjamin SunCliff BlytheMark HydemanAnnie Foster CourtneyCarl JordanIsabelle LavedrineMichelle Whitsitt Kristin DeMartiniTom Weaver

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society news

Society regularly sends out press releases to anyone who has signed up. Some releases have been reprinted here for our readers’ pleasure. for a complete listing of press releases, or for more information, please visit http://www.ashrae.org/news/2012.

Press Release Contact: Jodi ScottPublic [email protected]

subject: mandatory commissioning for all buildings Proposed for green building standardCommissioning for all buildings designed and built under a green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) would become mandatory under a new proposal open for public input.

ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1-2011, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, provides a design standard for those who strive for high performance buildings. It covers key topical areas of site sustainability, water-use efficiency, energy ef¬ficiency, indoor environmental quality and the building’s impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources.

Proposed addendum p would remove the “Acceptance Testing” provision (Section 10.3.1.1Building Acceptance Testing) for small buildings. The proposed addendum is open for public review from Oct. 19-Nov. 18, 2012. To comment on the proposed changes or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/publicreviews.

Currently the standard implies that when a building area is less than 5,000 square feet it is considered to have simple building systems, and thus requires a reduced level of commissioning effort, referred to as Acceptance Testing, according to Jeff Ross-Bain, a member of the Standard 189.1 committee. However, building area does not relate to complexity as many buildings less than 5,000 square feet can be complex.

Under the proposed addendum, building commissioning per Section 10.3.1.2 becomes mandatory for all buildings that are designed and built under the requirements of the standard.

“Commissioning is a robust and well supported discipline with established guidelines (ASHRAE and others), a long history of use and with many practitioners,” he said. “The commissioning process is one that adapts to the specific attributes of a given building. A ‘simple’ building would only require ‘simple’ commissioning regardless of size.”

Ross-Bain noted that “Acceptance Testing” is not a universally defined activity nor does there appear to be specific instruc-tions or guidelines within the industry detailing how this activity is formally completed. Also, a review of the mandatory re-quirements of Standard 189.1 could be interpreted as producing a relatively complex building (i.e. consumption measurement, on-site renewable energy, daylighting control, outdoor air delivery monitoring, economizers, condensate recovery, etc.), which requires a higher degree of commissioning activity.

Finally, under the current “Acceptance Testing” section, Standard 189.1 would not meet the minimum commissioning pre-requisite of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, which requires all buildings to undergo the commissioning process.

subject: ashRae brings technology, People Power in support of engineering for changeASHRAE has joined forces with an international engineering program to encourage its members to use their knowledge and technology to meet humanitarian challenges across the globe.

ASHRAE is now a network supporter of Engineering for Change (E4C. E4C is a growing community of engineers, technology professionals, designers, scientists, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local community advocates who are working together to design, apply and share innovative and sustainable technical solutions to a broad range of humanitarian challenges in local communities around the world.

“By partnering with Engineering for Change, our members can contribute their knowledge and our technology to help improve the quality of life for people around the world,” ASHRAE President Tom Watson said. “Our involvement allows us to match the technology to the need, to find affordable solutions that benefit communities and ourselves.”

“We are delighted to welcome ASHRAE to the E4C coalition,” Noha El-Ghobashy, president of Engineering for Change, said. “ASHRAE’s longstanding commitment to the promotion of engineering excellence in the service of sustainability and humanity



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makes it a natural ally for the work of the E4C coalition. We look forward to working together with ASHRAE and its distinguished membership for years to come.”

The initiative is part of Watson’s presidential theme Broadening ASHRAE’s Horizons, which emphasizes the role of ASHRAE members as leaders in the application of sustainable design and practices in our communities worldwide.

Under E4C (www.ashrae.org/e4c), ASHRAE members can get involved with existing projects or start new ones. Watson noted that there is a wide range of projects - from refrigeration to hospitals to indoor air quality - to which members could contribute their technical expertise.

Watson also is encouraging ASHRAE members and chapters to examine ways to get more involved in their local communi-ties. Another effort underway is ASHRAE’s Community Sustainability Project program (www.ashrae.org/community), which is designed to encourage members to volunteer with local non-profits or other associations for activities such as engineering and installation of energy efficiency measures for their facilities.

subject: Doe appoints ashRae building energy codes FellowThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has appointed its 2012-13 Building Energy Codes ASHRAE Fellow to assist in a variety of code development and deployment activities.

ASHRAE member Ian LaHiff will assist in the DOE’s Office of Building Technologies, Building Energy Codes program in areas such as residential and commercial code research and development; developing code change proposals; code compliance and energy code training; developing and implementing tools and training programs aimed at increasing compliance; assessing the impact of adopting and updating state energy codes ; and performing analysis of energy savings and cost effectiveness of proposed code revisions and published codes.

“This fellowship will give me the opportunity to combine design experience with my knowledge of industry research,” LaHiff said. “I hope to bridge the gap, helping the construction community adopt the latest, cutting-edge building techniques, codes and standards while pushing the industry forward and keeping the end user in mind.”

LaHiff most recently worked with exp as a mechanical design engineer and project coordinator for healthcare and mission critical facilities. He has also performed research at the Florida Solar Energy Center funded by both DOE and ASHRAE. His research findings contributed toward the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership that refined construction standards to maximize building energy efficiency. LaHiff ’s investigations into uncontrolled airflows and building leakage also helped highlight envelope construction best practices for residential and commercial facilities.

LaHiff graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on energy systems.

ASHRAE launched its Washington Fellow program in 2007 to allow participants to work in the federal government in a technical advisory role for limited terms. The Society is accepting applications for additional DOE ASHRAE Fellows. For more information on the program, contact Doug Read, ASHRAE director of Government Affairs, at [email protected].

subject: additional compliance Path Proposed for ashRae/ies energy stan-dardA proposed optional third path for compliance with the ASHRAE/IES energy standard would provide more flexibility for the industry.

Addendum bm to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES (Illuminating Engineering Society) Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is currently open for public review from Oct. 12 until Nov. 26, 2012. For more informa-tion, visit www.ashrae.org/publicreviews.

The proposed addendum would add a compliance path to Standard 90.1 to allow modeling in accordance with Appendix G (Performance Rating Method), provided the percentage improvement of at least 45 percent over a baseline design. In addition, this addendum proposes to make the baseline consistent with the prescriptive requirements of 90.1-2004, and it will remain that way in future versions of the standard.

The current paths in the standard - the Energy Cost Budget method and the Performance Rating Method - can lead to different modeling protocols for different functions, according to Michael Rosenberg, a member of the Standard 90.1 committee. All require slightly different rules, and a single project could require two or more different baselines.

“By allowing an additional compliance option, the standard provides more credit for integrated design resulting in energy savings such as efficient use of building mass, optimized building orientation, efficient HVAC&R system selection and right sizing of HVAC&R equipment,” Rosenberg said.

The baseline could stay the same for beyond code programs as well such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC)



Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) rating program, ANSI/ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, and the federal tax incentive programs. Each simply chooses their own “% better than” target, according to Rosenberg.

“In addition, the performance path will no longer lag behind the prescriptive path as in the past it was not possible to incorporate prescriptive changes that occurred near publication date into the performance path ,” he said. “It also allows for a deliberate and consistent trend for energy reduction in each version of the standard, instead of just following the prescrip-tive path.

Abstracts are being sought by ASHRAE for IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings. The conference will examine IAQ, thermal comfort, source control, air cleaning, ventilation, exposure and related environmental health concerns associated with low energy building design, construction, retrofit and operation.

IAQ 2013 will review the state of knowledge of the balance of environmental health and energy efficiency in buildings and help define future education, policy and research directions. The roles of building, HVAC and passive system design and operation for achieving good environmental health in low energy buildings are the core themes of this conference.

The conference program will include internationally acclaimed keynote speakers, original peer reviewed conference papers and extended abstract presentations. Abstracts are invited in the following subject areas:

•EnvironmentalHealthinLowEnergyBuildings•MoistureandHealth•SourcesandChemistry•IEQFactorInteractions•ResidentialBuildings•CommercialandInstitutionalBuildings•AirCleaningandFiltration•MicroorganismsandInfection•Tools(models,measurements and more)

For more detailed descriptions of each of the topic areas, visit www.ashrae.org/iaq2013.

the deadline for abstracts is Dec. 15, 2012.

Abstracts, containing titles and 300 word or less summaries, should be submitted via the submission form at www.ashrae.org/IAQ2013.

The conference is co-organized by ISIAQ and is the 17th in the ASHRAE IAQ conference series.

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