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http://www.ashraehamilton.com

President Frank Mesicek, C.E.T., PMP francisco.j.mesicek@jci.com

Research Promotion John Molnar, P.Eng., LEED AP

john.molnar@coengadvisors.com

David Rasmussen, C.E.T. tigerdave60@yahoo.ca

Treasurer Allan Antcliffe, P.Eng. aantcliffe@gmail.com

YEA Aaron Besseling Abesseling@

besselingmechanical.com

Ryley Besseling ryley.besseling@gmail.com

Membership Promotion Iain Hill, LEED AP Iain.d.hill@jci.com

Reaz Usmanali, B.Eng., LEED AP reaz.usmanali@jci.com

Student Activities Mark Long mark.long@systemair.com

Aaron Besseling abesseling@

besselingmechanical.com

Historian George Menzies, P.Eng. gemenzies@bell.net

Chapter Special Events David Rasmussen, C.E.T. tigerdave60@yahoo.ca

C.T.T.C. (Programs) Mustafa Morsy mmorsy@deiassociates.ca

Grassroots Government Advocacy

Robyn Ellis, B.Eng., CFM robyn.ellis@hamilton.ca

Quinton Voskamp quinton.voskamp@wspgroup.com

Airways Editor Colin Umbach cumbach@walterfedy.com

Webmaster Jeremy Stockmans jstockmans@allianceinteractive.ca

Volume 58, No. 5 Our 58th Year January 2017

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

McMaster Building Tour and Dinner

Join us for a tour of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind. The tour will be led by VRM Engineering with the electri-cal, mechanical, and structural engineers present on site. A social evening will follow with dinner and a cash bar.

To register, click here: Register Space is limited so please register early.

McMaster University Club

Alumni Memorial Hall (Building #8) 1280 Main Street West

Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1

Schedule: Cost:

5:00pm—8:00pm Chapter Members—$45 Non-Members—$65 Students—$15

President’s Report

Looking forward to the Tuesday, January 10

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meeting. VRM will be hosting a Tour at the McMaster University, Institute of Music and the Mind. After the Tour, the din-ner meeting will occur at the University Club of McMaster. For those who haven’t been to the University Club, a map

with access and parking directions is on page 5. What you missed at the Dec 9

h curling event:

Glanford Curling Club hosted our event. It was a great evening of learning, practice and fun!

Established in 1894, Glanford Curling Club is a three sheet curling facility located at 3091 Homestead Drive, Mount Hope, ON. Their curl-ing season runs from October to mid-April with daytime and evening leagues for men and la-dies, mixed leagues and a fantastic junior pro-gram for children. Ice and hall rentals are also available throughout the year. Frank Mesicek, C.E.T., PMP Hamilton Chapter President, 2016-2018

Volunteering We are still looking for more volunteers that can join the various committees:

Administration CTTC (Chapter Technology Transfer) Grassroots Government Advocacy Historian Honors and Awards MP (Membership Promotion) Newsletter Refrigeration RP (Research Promotion) Special Events Student Activities Webmaster YEA (Young Engineers in ASHRAE)

Board Profile: Mark Long—Student Activities Chair

Mark has been in the HVAC industry for 15+ years and holds a Trade Certificate as a Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanic. He studied at Fan-shawe College and his apprenticeship was completed at Mohawk College. In 2000 Mark started

working with Change’Air Products & Services as a Service Technician and in 2005 took the posi-tion of Service Manager. At this time Mark also took over the roll as Electrical Designer and served in dual roles until late 2008 when he took on the responsibility in Managing the Engi-neering / R&D Department. In 2012, Change’Air was purchased by Systemair Inc, in which Mark retained the role of Manager of Engineering. Mark’s interests include various sports and ac-tivities and he is actively involved with the Simcoe Youth District Soccer Club as both a Coach and member of the Board. A member of ASHRAE since 2011, Mark has been a member of the Hamilton Chapter Board for the last 3 years serving as the Student Activ-ities Chair.

Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) Upcoming Events The following events are being planned for YEA members in 2017. Stay tuned for more details! 23 February @ 6pm Trampoline dodge ball, Flying Squirrel, Hamilton 3 June @ 11am Ultimate game with London Chapter, Brantford 17 August @ 6pm Networking Pub Night, Joint event with the Hamilton Halton Construction Association Young Leaders Group

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Airways—ASHRAE Hamilton Chapter—2016/2017 Sponsors

Student Membership Promotion

The Hamilton Chapter is excited to continue its initiative to promote and support students that wish to explore the opportunities ASHRAE can provide. For the 2016/17 year, the Chapter is sponsoring students who sign up to become student members by funding their membership dues for one year. More details start on Page 8.

ASHRAE Winter Conference

Student Program

Join students and other HVAC professionals from around the world to share industry ideas and learn more about ASHRAE. Students regis-tration is just $25 USD and the Student Pro-gram is on Sunday, January 29th. More infor-mation is available here.

Register for the 2017 Student

Design Competition

The 2017 Student Design Competition focuses on a new single-story with mezzanine office and repair building in the Diego Ramirez Islands in Chile, South America. Each team must register online in order to participate. The first deadline for the 2017 competition is May 4th, 2017. ASHRAE will recognize the outstanding student design projects at the 2018 ASHRAE Winter Meeting to be held in Chicago, IL, January 20-January 24, 2018. For more infor-mation, contact the Assistant Manager of Stu-dent Activities.

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Upcoming Events

2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference 28 January—1 February, Las Vegas, NV More information

Low-GWP Refrigerants at

ASHRAE Winter Conference Industry experts will share guidance on how to

incorporate low-global warming potential refrig-erants in sessions at the 2017 ASHRAE Winter

Conference. Among the sessions is a two-part seminar, "Low GWP Alternative Refrigerants and Their Applications."

A review of new classes of low-global warming

potential (GWP) refrigerants is also the focus of a new educational course from ASHRAE Learn-

ing Institute (ALI). The course will be presented for the first time at the 2017 ASHRAE Winter

Conference. The course explains how the changing needs of society are creating require-

ments for new refrigerants to be developed and used. The course also explains the new safety classifications that are being proposed and

some of the ramifications of these new classifi-cations. For more information or to register for

the course click here.

Tech Program Available The 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference & AHR Expo Technical Program is now available in PDF form as well as through the Personal Scheduler. The Personal Scheduler allows you to search the technical program, and schedule an itinerary for the conference. More infor-mation is available here.

ASHRAE HVAC Design Training Toronto, ON May 8—12, 2017.

Level 1—Essentials provides attendees with the fundamentals and technical aspects of HVAC design. Attendees will gain practical skills and

knowledge to design and maintain HVAC sys-tems that can be put to immediate use.

Level 2—Applications provides participants with instruction on HVAC system design. The train-

ing is tailored for engineers with advanced ex-perience in the HVAC design field, or those who

have completed HVAC Design: Level 1.

For more information and to register click here.

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Airways—ASHRAE Hamilton Chapter—2016/2017

Business Card Advertising

in "Airways" Bulletin

As always, you can place a business card ad in the

"Airways" Bulletin for the low cost of $100.00 per

card ($200.00 for a double sized ad) and will run the

balance of the "season" (until next June's issue).

Colin Umbach, Airways Editor

cumbach@walterfedy.com

Position Advertising

in "Airways" Bulletin

Position advertising continues to be available in the

"Airways" Bulletin. The cost will be $100.00 per (reasonable sized) insert and will run for a period of

3 issues (unless I am informed that the position has

been filled).

Any advertising insert MUST be provided as a sin-

gle .jpg file. You can scan your ad and send me the

file or provide me with a hard copy which I will scan and insert.

2016/2017 Meeting Schedule

This year's meeting schedule is summarized below. New products and/or services may be presented informally via a "technical ses-

sion" or a "table top demonstration" prior to dinner. After dinner, the main topic of the evening is presented by the "feature speaker". If

you are interested in presenting a technical session, booking table top space to promote your product and/or service or, if you have a

suggestion for a feature subject and/or speaker, please contact Mustafa Morsey (Programs Chair). There is a charge of $75.00 for

"table top demonstration" space and this includes a business card ad for two months.

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2016/2017 Monthly Meeting Schedule Date Topic Speaker Venue

13-Sep-16 Energy efficiency options for Com-mercial Refrigeration equipment

Vince Zolli Holiday Inn Burlington

11-Oct-16 Complementary Building Commis-sioning Approach to Successful Building Operation

Derek Cheung McMaster University

08-Nov-16 Don’t Let Your BIM go “BOOM” Mitchell Swann Holiday Inn Burlington

13-Dec-16 Social Event—Curling

10-Jan-17 VRM Showcase McMaster Music Institute

TBD McMaster University

14-Feb-17 WalterFedy Showcase Energy Project

TBD Holiday Inn Burlington

14-Mar-17 Google Building Tour Tour Google Building, Waterloo

03-Apr-17 Joint Meeting – Toronto TBD Holiday Inn Oakville

10-May-17 Daikin—Internet of Things TBD Holiday Inn Burlington

June Social Event—Golf

January Meeting Location

For those who haven’t attended one of our meetings at McMaster University, Parking Lot E is closest

to the University Club of McMaster.

Directions to the University Club (Building 8) can be found in the map below.

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Professional Development Certificates Now Available

You can now receive a Certificate of Attendance for our monthly dinner meetings that awards you

one Professional Development Hour for each meeting.

Apply Online

You can indicate if you want a certificate when you register online for the monthly dinner meetings.

More Information

If you have any questions about the Professional Development Hour Certificates, please contact our CTTC Char, Mustafa Morsy, mmorsy@deiassociates.ca.

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The world’s largest gathering of HVAC&R professionals is taking place this January in Las Vegas.

ASHRAE’s Winter Conference line-up includes 8 Conference Tracks and Keynote Speaker Adam

Steltzner, Chief Engineer EDL, NASA Mars Rover Curiosity & Author. Register early for the best

rates. The full technical program is now available. More information.

Social Events

Chinese New Year welcome party at Caesars Palace with a red carpet and photo booth, YEA Hospi-

tality Suite, meet and greet with Mark Hall-Patton of The History Channel, President’s Luncheon, Member’s Night Out including dinner and entertainment at Caesars Palace.

Technical & General Tours

Hoover Dam Tour, Spring Reserves Archaeological History Tour, El Segundo Sol Cooking Demon-stration, Quirky Las Vegas City Tour

Student Program

Join your fellow student members at the Student Program. Events include an orientation, a mixer

and updates and presentations on the Society and the industry

Training Courses

The ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) is offering five Full-Day Professional Development Seminars and 15 Half-Day Short Courses in conjunction with the 2017 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR

Expo. Among the schedule of courses are three new seminars on Combined Heat & Power, Stand-ard 90.1-2016 and Standard 62.1-2016, and four new courses on Refrigerants, Variable Refrigerant Flow, Appendix G of Standard 90.1, and Ground Source Heat Pump.

Certifiication Exams

Elevate your reputation among peers, in the workplace and among clients with an ASHRAE certifica-tion. Recognized by over 30 national, state and local government bodies – and with over 2,400 certi-fications earned – ASHRAE certifications increasingly have become the must-have credential for built-environment professionals. Apply by Jan. 11 to sit for an ASHRAE Certification exam in one of these key fields: Energy Assess-ment l Energy Modeling l Commissioning l Healthcare Facility Design l High Performance Building Design l Building Operations. Note: the NEW ASHRAE Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP) certification and recer-

tification exams will be offered.

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