Shaping Tomorrow's Built Environment Today
Lennox is hosting an event this Thursday to showcase their VRF product.
The event will be held on Thursday, March 26th at the Harley-Davidson Museum M Bldg (400 West Canal Street, Milwaukee, WI 53201). There is an open house from 2PM to 6PM. The presentation is at 3, followed by drinks and appetizers.
RSVP to brad.morris@lennoxid.com
Note that this event is not hosted or sponsored by ASHRAE or ASHRAE WI, but may be of interest to our members.
ASHRAE Technology Awards – Wisconsin Projects
Each year ASHRAE awards its members that develop innovative building designs applied to occupant comfort, indoor air quality and energy conservation. The designs incorporate ASHRAE standards for energy management and indoor air quality. We are currently looking for candidates from the Wisconsin Chapter that incorporate those unique and innovative design ideas into their projects. Categories include residential, public assembly (new, existing, Retrocommissioning), commercial buildings (new, existing, Retrocommissioning), institutional buildings (new, existing, Retrocommissioning, includes educational facilities and other institutional), health care facilities (new, existing, Retrocommissioning) and industrial facilities or processes (new and existing).
Please use the following link for more information on the awards program: www.ashrae.org/cttc. Winners for each category will be determined by the Wisconsin Chapter Board of Governors. The winner in each category will be eligible to be submitted to the regional and national level to showcase projects designed by Wisconsin Chapter members. Performance must be proven through one year of verified operating data. Please submit your award applications to the Wisconsin Chapter CTTC Chair, Ryan McNally (ryan_w53716@yahoo.com), by March 25th, 2015.
The Wisconsin Chapter of ASHRAE is proud to announce our next chapter meeting on March 19th. Ryan Hoger, Director of Corporate Training for Temperature Equipment Corporation, will be presenting on Rooftop Unit Optimization. This topic will offer a continuation of some of our earlier discussions regarding RTU’s. For a full course description and background on our presenter, please see the write-up below.
The program will be held at a new venue for us, Dave & Buster’s located in Wauwatosa on Hwy 100, see www.daveandbusters.com.
AGENDA:
4:00 to 5:00 PM – Registration and Networking (Cash Bar)
5:00 PM – Scholarship/Awards Presentation
5:00 to 6:00 PM – Presentation (Appetizers)
6:00 to 8:00 PM – Reception: Buffett Dinner & D&B Fun!
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RTU OPTIMIZATION
Packaged rooftop units (RTUs) are used to easily and effectively heat and cool more than 50% of all commercial buildings, but are they efficient? The cooling efficiency improvements in the refrigeration circuits have improved slightly in the past 10 years and the average gas efficiency has improved from 80% to just 82%. What else can we do to make a simple RTU use significantly less energy to heat and cool our structures? A recent 2013 Department of Energy study explored this exact question and the solution is summarized by the term Advanced Rooftop Control or ARC. This seminar will explore that ARC research and several options for existing (or new) RTUs to save 24 to 35% of the fan, cooling, and heating energy.
Review of What We Already Know… but maybe don’t implement enough
What is New?… or at least new again
What about ERVs, Variable Capacity Compressors, Dynamic Balancing Systems, and Magic Black Boxes… oh, we love those magic elixirs
Biography
Ryan R. Hoger, LEED AP, has been with Temperature Equipment Corp. since 1997. He was the 2007-08 president of the Illinois ASHRAE Chapter and is actively involved with several ASHRAE and gas/electric utility committees. He has extensive experience with RTU controls, building automation systems (BAS), energy recovery ventilators (ERV), variable refrigerant flow (VRF), demand controlled ventilation (DCV), and other energy conserving HVAC systems. Ryan has written several HVAC articles for various publications and has a Bachelor of Science degree in General Engineering from the University of Illinois. He can be contacted at ryan.hoger@tecmungo.com.
The Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI), in partnership with the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), is pleased to announce the 6th Biennial Professional Conference for 2015. The theme of the conference is the “Birth and Life of the Integrated Building.”
The conference offers an opportunity for members of the building construction industry, including structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers, construction management professional and architects, to learn about and discuss advanced strategies and state-of-the-art practices of building technology. The conference offers a balance between academics and practice and will offer presentations, panel discussions, workshops, technical paper sessions, keynote presentations, local tours of technical interest, a student competition and professional practice awards. In addition, MSOE will be hosting a career fair the night before the conference that is open to all Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management employers and students.
Visit www.asce.org/aeiconference2015 for more information and registration. Visit www.msoe.edu/careernight for information on the career fair.
The Wisconsin Chapter of ASHRAE is proud to announce our next chapter meeting on February 19th. Dave Burggren, Director of Commercial Sales from Weil-McLain, will be presenting on Commercial High Efficiency Boiler Applications, and Heat Exchanger Technology. Dave will be visiting from Pittsburgh so we hope to be able to show him a warm welcome. Our chapter member Tom Buckley has coordinated this event for us.
The program will be held at Joey Buona’s (Naples Room) located at downtown Milwaukee 500 North Water St
AGENDA:
4:30 to 5:15 PM – Registration and Networking
5:15 to 6:15 – Family Style Dinner & Presentation
6:15 to 7:00 PM – Reception