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Monthly Newsletter of the Dallas Chapter, Region VIIIVolume 61, No. 4

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Message From the 2011-2012 Dallas ASHRAE PresidentDecember 14, 2011

10:00-11:00am TechnicalSession

11:00 a.m. Registration11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. LuncheonMeeting

Where:Royal Oaks Country Club7915 Greenville AveDallas, TX 75231

Tech Session Topic:Harmonic Mitigation Tech-niques for AC Drives

Lunch Session Topic:Future AC Drive Technologiesfor Building Automation

Presenter:Todd Thomspon, YaskawaAmerica Inc.

Reservations:By Phone - 972/780-6019On the web - http://www.dallas-ashrae.org/reservations1.php

Shelley Zhao provided anotherexcellent speaker for ourNovember meeting. ScottMcGinnis of De Champs did agreat job discussing the trends ofdesiccant dehumidification.Everyone should prepare for aninteresting December meetingwhere Todd Thompson ofYaskawa will talk about “FutureAC Drive Technologies forBuilding Automation”.

The December meeting will be held for the last time at Royal OaksCountry Club. All future meetings starting in January 2012 will be heldat Maggiano’s in Northpark Mall.

The YEA happy hour will be at Sfuzzi’s from 5-7 pm on December 14th.We have enjoyed tremendous turnouts for our previous events, sowe encourage everyone to attend. Who would want to pass up anopportunity to share fellowship with our engineering community?This sponsor for this month’s happy hour will be Timberlake &Dickson, Inc.

People should have the spring golf tournament already on theircalendars. This event will be held during the month of April, 2012.

Hope to see everyone December 14th for the last meeting at RoyalOaks Country Club.

Respectfully,

Preston DicksonDallas Chapter of ASHRAEPresident 2011-12

December 2011

Date Meeting Topic/Speaker

09/14/2011 Carbon Media for Better Air QualityNick Agopian, Circul-Aire

10/12/2011 TX Energy Code Update and Changes in ASHRAE 90.1Felix Lopex, State of Texas

11/9/2011 Trends of Desiccant DehumidificationScott McGuiness, Des Champs

12/14/2011 Future AC Drive Technologies for Building AutomationTodd Thompson, Yaskawa

1/11/2012 Ethical Decision MakingBarry Benator, BENATECH

2/8/2012 Technologies and Strategies for Ensuring Air QualityJeff Watche, Dynamic Air Quality

3/14/2012 Air Terminal Selection Guideline for Consulting David John, Metal Industries

4/11/2012 Think Outside of (VAV) Box Chuck Weave, Accutherm

5/9/2012 TBD

2011-2012 ASHRAE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The Texas Norther December 2011

Keynote Speakers, ALI Course Announced for ASHRAE HighPerformance Building Conference

ATLANTA – Application techniques, actual performance and policy issues for achieving high performancebuildings with deep energy savings are addressed at ASHRAE’s upcoming High Performance Buildings(HPB) Conference. Registration is now open.

High Performance Buildings: A Focus on Deep Energy Savings, advances the industry’s efforts to changethe energy-use aspects of the built environment. The conference takes place March 12-13, 2012, SanDiego, Calif., and features 50 presentations in 16 sessions covering a broad range of HPB topics. Toregister or for more information, visit www.ashrae.org/HPBconference.

“This is a must-attend conference for professionals, researchers and building owners involved in settingpolicy and applying best practices for energy efficiency in high performance buildings,” conference chairand ASHRAE Presidential Member Kent Peterson, P.E., said. “This specialty conference provides a greatopportunity to network with the trend setters in building energy efficiency.”

With an attendance limited to 300, the conference allows an exchange of ideas and dialogue to facilitateunderstanding of current energy saving efforts, share best practices and to establish an action plan tosubstantially improve energy efficiency in buildings.

The conference is presented by ASHRAE’s High Performing Buildings Magazine, which publishes articleson measured high performance buildings only. The conference features three HPB case study sessionsthat include natural ventilation, net zero energy implementation, building controls, Germany’s first LEED®Platinum building as well as schools, office buildings and a library.

In addition, a special HPB Magazine session features the editorial advisory board, sharing lessons theyhave learned from reporting on the experiences of the designers, contractors, suppliers and owners ofbuildings that have been featured in the magazine. In addition, case studies of selected buildings arepresented.

Keynote speakers are:• Jeanne Clinton, special advisor for efficiency at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC),

appointed by Governor Brown, speaking on “Energy Management Meets Economic Development.”Previously she was Governor Schwarzenegger’s Clean Energy Advisor at the CPUC, during whichtime she led the California Solar Initiative and guided California’s Long-Term Energy EfficiencyStrategic Plan.

• Eric Corey Freed, organicARCHITECT, San Francisco, will challenge attendees through his address,“Dodo-Sapiens: How Our Way of Life is Killing Us and the Need for Regenerative, Bio-BasedBuildings.”

• ASHRAE President Ron Jarnagin, who will discuss “ASHRAE’s High Performance Building Initiatives:Sustaining Leadership in Sustainability.”

The Building Performance sessions address integrated measurement, operation and maintenancepractices; thermal and visual performance; residential retrofits; design, operation and tenant behavior;and minimum ventilation rate procedure.

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The Policy and Benchmarking sessions cover U.S. Army netzero policy initiatives; NSTAR – HPB as a part of the State ofMassachusetts’ energy efficiency goals; and CALGreen –California’s green building standards code.

The Low Energy Techniques Sessions cover net zero districtvs. net zero buildings; the 50% Advanced Energy DesignGuide for Small and Medium Office Buildings published byASHRAE; biomimicry; and high temperature coolingtechniques.

Bottom-line results are addressed in the Return onInvestment Session with business case studies on net zeroenergy buildings in San Diego and Phoenix; financial metricsfor comparing efficiency and renewables projects; Caltech’sEnergy Conservation Investment Program; and life-cyclecommissioning.

Other sessions cover envelopes, lighting/daylighting, plug loads, operations and integrated buildingdesign.

Registration cost is $650 ($550, ASHRAE, U.S. Green Building Council and American Institute of Architectsmembers). An “on-demand” Virtual Conference is included with the registration fee. A VirtualConference only registration is $149 ($99, member). The conference will be approved for AIA LUs, PDHsand LEED AP credits.

Also being offered in conjunction with the conference is an ASHRAE Learning Institute seminar,Implementing Standard 189.1-2009 for High-Performance Green Buildings, which focuses on theminimum requirements for the design, construction and plans for operating high-performance buildings.The seminar takes place on March 11, and the cost is $485 ($395 ASHRAE, U.S. Green Building Council andAmerican Institute of Architects members). Attendees can save $100 on the seminar cost if registeringfor both the seminar and the conference.

Call for PostersPoster presentations are requested for high performance buildings that may be either in design orcompleted, and will be grouped in two categories: those with one year or more of measured energy

ASHRAE Announces Energy Modeling Conference, Call for Presenters

ATLANTA – An upcoming ASHRAE specialty conference seeks to advance the industry’s ability to moreaccurately model and simulate a building’s energy use.

ASHRAE’s Energy Modeling Conference – Tools for Designing High Performance Buildings is slated forOct. 1-3, 2012 in Atlanta. The conference will guide building design professionals about what does anddoes not work when using currently available modeling tools to design and analyze buildings and theirenergy using systems.

“The conference will provide the design professional with ‘workarounds’ that may be applied toimprove the results of their modeling results when their modeling tool of choice may not be capable ofmodeling some of the more unique or hybrid buildings or energy using systems being used in highperformance buildings today,” Dennis Knight, conference chair, said.

With a focus on case studies and real world examples, the conference will allow an exchange of ideasamong design professionals and software developers to facilitate understanding of current modelingtools and their capabilities and limitations and identify the need for new tools and improvements toexisting modeling and simulation tools. The conference will guide design professionals towarddeveloping in-house modeling checklists and quality control procedures to improve their competenceand confidence in making decisions and recommendations based on modeling in their day-to-daypractices.

Building on the successful Energy Modeling Conference format in April 2011, this conference will beginwith an interactive session with modeling software developers presenting common modeling scenarioson how their specific software can model a scenario, whether there are any limitations and what mightbe the best work around and exceptional modeling practices to obtain acceptable results when the toolcannot model the scenario out-of-the-box.

Call for PresentersASHRAE seeks presentations on case studies and actual projects and how they were analyzed anddesigned using modeling tools as well as integrated and interoperable modeling tools to best optimizebuildings and energy-using systems. Presentation abstracts are requested on the following topics:• HVAC load analysis• Energy modeling• Side-by-side software provider presentations on their ability to address specific modeling

system types and applications and energy simulation programs• Code and standards compliance issues• ENERGY STAR, LEED® and other high performance building guidelines’ impacts on models• Innovative system modeling: chilled beams, water source heat pumps, renewables, variable

refrigerant flow, cogeneration, labyrinths, electronically commutated motors• Integration of analytic modeling tools with building information modeling• Exceptional modeling techniques for when tools just do not work• Simplified and rapid modeling techniques that may be applied for early analysis.• Integration of daylighting, computational fluid dynamics and other exceptional modeling

techniques and results into HVAC simulations• Life cycle cost analysis

To submit a presentation application, visit www.ashrae.org/EMC2012. Information required for thesubmission are a 300-500 word abstract, 100 word “promotion” abstract and other information.


O&M Mini-Conference Featured in ASHRAE 2012 Winter Conference Tech Program

ATLANTA—With low and zero energy buildings becoming more prevalent, there are many issues thatarise with installation, startup, commissioning and operations and maintenance. To help ensure that thedesign intent of these more complicated systems is understood, an O&M “mini-conference” is beingoffered as part of ASHRAE’s 2012 Winter Conference, Jan. 21-25.

The mini-conference takes place Jan. 22-23 and is held in conjunction with the Technical Program of theASHRAE Winter Conference, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Ill. The mini-conference kicks off with adebate on building operations and several sessions addressing current practices and tools.

“The mini-conference offers an opportunity to have an in-depth conversation for interestedprofessionals in an abbreviated period of time,” Sarah Maston, Technical Program track chair ofOperations & Maintenance, said.

The mini-conference addresses lessons learned, improvement of process and team communications andeffort to improve the installation, startup, O&M of HVAC systems.

In particular, the importance of test procedures for HVAC systems for is addressed on Monday, Jan. 23, in“Air-Handling System Leakage: Benefits and Costs of Field Tests.” Such procedures are necessary becauseas much as one third of a system’s airflow can leach through the air distribution system, which can leadto loss of comfort and heating or cooling capacity; increase air conditioning and heating bills; andcontribute to indoor air quality problems. The session highlights the benefits and costs of performingsystem leakage tests from the perspective of a testing, adjusting and balancing contractor, an associationof sheet metal contractors and researchers, as well as an upcoming standard from ASHRAE and the SheetMetal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) pertaining to testing proceduresand requirements for total HVAC system air leakage in commercial buildings. The session is held 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. at the Palmer House Hilton.

Additional sessions include:• ”What is the Right Degree of Automation in Building Operations: A Debate and Discussion”• ”Has Your TRAINing Left the Station?”• ”Fault Detection and Energy Audits”• ”Energy Savings and Performance Improvements through O&M”• ”Maximizing the Benefits of Commissioning: Incorporating Design Reviews and the Building Envelope

into the Commissioning Scope”• “Vibration Induced Noise and Mechanical Equipment Vibration Isolation, Balance and Predictive

Maintenance”• ”YEA for Air Cleaning!”• ”Approaching Net-Zero and Maintaining Your Course: O&M Tools to Maintain Building Performance”• ”The New Age of Water Treatment for Mixed Metal Systems and High Efficiency Aluminum Boilers” – a

free session to be held at the AHR Expo, McCormick Place

Additionally, the Chicago Virtual Conference is included with a paid Conference registration—compand single day registration excluded—and includes on-demand access to all speakers’ audio presenta-tions synced to their presentations. Attendees and speakers can post comments on the presentationsfor a two-week period following the completion of the Conference. Those not attending the ChicagoWinter Conference in person may register for the Virtual Conference only. Register at www.ashrae.org/chicagovirtual.



Student ActivitiesBy: Josh Yeary, 2011-12 Student Activities Chair

This month of December we are hoping to startreceiving scholarship applications for the DallasChapter of ASHRAE scholarship as well as the PNVinther Scholarship. If you know of any localengineering students that may be interestedplease direct them to our Dallas Chapter website,http://www.dallas-ashrae.org/html/scholarships.php , where we have posted thescholarship applications.

Coming up in the month of January I will berecruiting volunteers to help judge the Future City Competition for the North Texas Region at UTArlington. The goal of this program is to offer a fun way for students to learn about different kinds ofengineering by dealing with the real-world problems associated with creating a livable city of thefuture. Students, working in teams with a volunteer-mentor, first generate a computerized design of afuture city, then build a scale model, research and write an essay on the assigned technical topic, andfinally publicly present their projects to a panel of judges. The Dallas Chapter of ASHRAE, along withthe Fort Worth Chapter, will be donating $100 towards the event.


TEGA News UpdatesBy: Matt Short, 2011-2012 TEGA Officer

“Master’s or Equivalent” Movement Threatens Licensure Requirements

Five years ago, the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) adopted amodel “masters or equivalent” (MOE) law that, if adopted by state engineering licensure bodies, wouldrequire all individuals seeking professional engineer licensure in 2015 and thereafter to hold a master’sdegree. Because additional educational requirements (and expense) to pursue PE licensure have neverbeen demonstrated to enhance the health, safety, and welfare of the public and will, in fact, choke offthe pipeline of emerging engineering professionals by discouraging their pursuit of professionallicensure, ASHRAE, working in coalition with a vast array of other engineering and technical societies, isworking to push back against such regulation wherever it may crop up.

Although no state has yet adopted the model law, ASHRAE knows of a handful of states – notably, Illinoisand Maryland – are considering putting these provisions into place. In Illinois, for example, the StructuralEngineering Board is looking at implementing MOE, but that could be a precursor of things to come forother state boards – like the State Board of Professional Engineers. In Maryland, the Free State’s StateBoard for Professional Engineers is also said to be seriously examining adoption of the NCEES model law.ASHRAE has also heard rumblings of activity in Georgia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

ASHRAE Government Affairs staff is asking you, as advocacy-minded members, to be on the lookout forrelated developments in your state by following the below steps:1. Look up your state’s licensure board via the NCEES website.2. If available, subscribe to electronic or hard-copy updates of board activities.3. Scan the composition of your respective board for names you know and with whom you might

discuss master’s or equivalent-related issues – there might even be ASHRAE members serving onthose licensing bodies.

4. Review materials available – including talking points – at LicensingThatWorks.org, the Website ofthe aforementioned coalition.

5. Coordinate any communication through your local ASHRAE chapter as to not work at crosspurposes with your colleagues.

6. Notify ASHRAE’s Government Affairs staff as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact ASHRAE’s Government Affairs office.


Membership PromotionBy: Brandon Damas, 2011-12 Membership PromotionChair

Slowly but surely we are getting there. As of 11/18/2011there are 57 current members delinquent between 1 and6 months. This is still higher than where we should bebut an improvement nonetheless. If you know anyonethat is past due please remind them to pay their dues assoon as possible. Seven people are delinquent as muchas 6 months and are at risk of their membership beingterminated and losing a combined membership yeartotal of nearly 20 years! If you are one of those members, you should have received an email on how torenew the easiest way but more information can be found on ASHRAE’s website at http://www.ashrae.org/members/page/149. If you did not receive a notification but fear you are delinquent,please contact me so I can check your membership status. Additionally, you can reinstate yourmembership by logging onto www.ashrae.org with your primary email and password or you canreinstate over the phone by calling them at 678-539-1118. If there are any additional questions aboutyour membership status or how to renew your membership, please contact me [email protected].

Once again there will be another meeting of the Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) event happeningWednesday, December 14th so don’t miss out. It will be at the Sfuzzi from 5 pm until 7:30 pm. It will besponsored by Timberlake and Dickson so all you have to do is show up and be ready to have a good time.Go ahead and thank Preston Dickson for thinking of such a hip, trendy place to join the minds of YEAmembers. If you would like to be a part of the elite YEA email distribution list (after last meeting youwould be missing out if you didn’t), please email me at [email protected] or visit www.dallas-ashrae.org to sign up for this list. You can enter your email address on the home welcome page andthere are a few additional steps that need to be completed to get you in our system. (*tip: Check yourspam filter if you are not receiving any emails to continue the constant contact registration. The emailwill come from [email protected].) Keep in mind that YEA isn’t just for members under the age of35 so feel free to sign up regardless of experience. The real value comes when young and seasonedmembers unite to share knowledge and help each other become better in the industry. I hope to seemany of you at the next meeting and please let me know if you need any help from me in themeantime.


DALLAS ASHRAE 2011-2012BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETING NOTES

Date: Novebmer 9, 2011Time: Immediately following the General Meeting SessionLocation: Royal Oaks Country Club

7915 Greenville AveDallas, TX 75231-3204(214) 691-6091

IN ATTENDANCE:Preston Dickson; Brandon Damas; Josh Yeary; Gene Lowery;Shelley Zhao; Ben Bain; Chris Carr, Julie Short; Marc Tompkins

COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND OFFICERS:

1. President – Preston DicksonA. RVC contacts to be made by each board member.B. Audit commitee for 2011-2012 to be assembled and people are being reached out to.

2. President Elect/CTTC – Shelley ZhaoA. All programs for the year are set.

3. Secretary – Charles CrawfordA. Charles to create Welcome slides for December meeting (YEA Event; Golf; etc.)

4. Treasurer – Gene LoweryA. Checking account has accessB. 2010-2011 audit needs to be finalized.

5. Membership – Brandon DamasA. YEA Happy Hour will sponsored by Anne Berry with Texas Air SystemsB. Next YEA Happy Hour will be sponsored by Preston Dickson with Timberlake and Dickson in December.

Date, tiime, and location to be determined.6. Student Activities – Joshua Yeary

A. Good meeting at UNT.B. Scholarship applications are coming up: due at end of January.C. Josh to get committee to help review applications.

7. Newsletter – April EisenhauerA. Article deadline is 10 days from now. Friday, November 18, 2011

8. Webmaster – Julie ShortA. Looking for meeting minutes and power point to post on website.

9. Historian – Marc TompkinsA. History of Dallas chapter.B. Old chapter memeber interview.

10. Research Promotion – Ben BainA. Received a list of donors.B. January recognized donated $500 and free lunch.

11. Refrigeration - Chris CarrA. Trying to set up tour of American Airlines Center

Next BOG Meeting: Wednesday, December 14th immediately following the General Meeting at Royal Oaks.

The Texas Norther is published monthly by the Dallas Chapter of ASHRAE. Statements made in this publication are not expressionsof the Society or of the Chapter and may not be reproduced without prior consent of the Chapter.

The Officers, Board of Govenors and Committee Chairs may be contacted via the following phone numbers or at the Chapteraddress; P.O. Box 802426, Dallas, 75380-2426

2011-2012 Dallas Chapter Officers and Boardof Governors


2011-2012 Dallas Chapter Committee Chairs

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Secretary

Treasurer

Immediate Past President

Governor Membership Program

Governor TEGA

Student Activities

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Shelly Z. Zhao

Ben P. Bain

Charles Crawford

Gene Lowery

Ben P. Bain

Brandon Damas

Matt Short

Joshua Yeary

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Lunch Program with reservations - $25.00 Lunch Program without reservations- $30.00 Lunch Program only (no meal) - $10.00 Student Member Lunch Program - $10.00 Non-Student Member Lunch Program-$25.00(includes free student membership) Lunch with Tech Session—$35.00 Tech Session only—$10.00 1 PDH Credit will be available for Luncheon Presentation.

Luncheon Presentation Future AC Drive Technologies for Building Automation Topic Description: AC drives have come a long way in the last 20 years. Pulse Width Modulation, digital con-trol interfaces, and Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors are examples of technology that changed AC drives role in Building Automation. This presentation will focus on future technologies and how they will impact HVAC applica-tions. PM (permanent magnet) motors, future power devices, and harmonic mitigation are among the topics that will be discussed. Presenter: Todd Thompson is a sales representative for Yaskawa America Inc. covering Louisiana and northern Texas. Todd has worked in the AC drive industry since 1990 in a variety of roles including application engineering, product management, and outside sales. Todd received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from Texas A&M University in 1989.

ASHRAE DALLAS-CHAPTER

Location: Royal Oaks Country Club 7915 Greenville Ave. Dallas, Texas 75231

Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Time: 10:00-11:00 am Technical Session 11:00 am Registration 11:30-1:00 pm Luncheon Meeting

Reservation Line: (972) 780-6019 Or online: www.dallas-ashrae.org

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Tech Session Harmonic Mitigation Techniques for AC Drives Topic Description: Methods for reducing harmonic distortion caused by the use of AC drives in building automation applications will be discussed. We will examine each technique and dis-cuss effectiveness, size, and price.

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