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SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICETurning Ideas into Reality

July - September 2015 | Volume 17 Issue 1Editor : K.K. Mitra, Associate Editor : Dinesh Rawat | Chapter President : Dr. Rajinder Singh BULLETIN

ASHRAE INDIA CHAPTER For the

HVAC&RIndustry

www.ashraeindia.org

From the Editorial DeskASHRAE Student Advocacy

programme Amity University

Poornima College of Engineering

ASHRAE Student Chapter Formation

We complete the first quarter of the present year and come out with the second News Letter of AIC. During the last 3 months we

had lot of activities under Student Chapter. There was Student Chapter formations at Poornima Engg. college, Jaipur and Amity

University, Noida, Technical presentations were carried out at the educational institutes and during the convention of the

Institute of Energy Auditors (IAEMP) at Delhi, ASHRAE Jaipur section was installed who also had their 1st society meeting during

this period. Two technical workshops were organized at AIC office which was well attended.

There was participation of two international events i.e. RAL CRC Istanbul and Regional Membership Promotion Training

programme at Manila. The specific reports of all these events are covered in the News Letter. In the present quarter further

technical workshops are being planned and also planning for the AIC Tech. event on 16/1/16. Further activities on Student

Chapter and Membership promotion will be taken up.

ASHRAE membership promotion and

advocacy was held on 26th Aug.,

2015 at Amity University, Noida. The

event was organised with help of Dr.

Umesh Kumar Vates. Presentation on

Basic of Aircondit ioning and

Refrigeration was made by Dr.

Rajinder Singh and Mr. U S Jadon

gave presentation on Automotive

Airconditioning. The event was

attended by over 100 student and faculty members. Prof. Vivek Kumar ,

HOD Mech. Dept. also attended the function and expressed that student

chapter will be formed at the institution.

On the occasion of Vishwakarma Day, 17th Sept.,

2015 the department of Mechanical and Automation

Engineering, ASET organized Inaugural ceremony of

ASHRAE Chapter & Seminar on “Air-conditioning

equipment design and Energy savings in Green

Building using Insulation”. The honored guests were

felicitated by Prof. Abhay Bansal- Jt. Acting Head, ASET

and Prof. Vivek Kumar, HOD, MAE, ASET. Student

members and faculty advisor Dr Umesh Kumar Vates

were given certificates during the event. This event

helped the faculty members and students to remain

connected with the latest developments and trends in

this field. Expert talks by distinguished guests were

held. They shared their thoughts and ideas to inspire

the students. Prof. Vivek Kumar, Head of the

Department, Mechanical and Automation

Engineering and Mr Shyamal Samant, Associate

Professor, MAE welcomed the distinguished guests and

participants to the event. Prof. Abhay Bansal, Jt. Acting

Head, Amity School of Engineering and Technology

congratulated the MAE department for opening the

ASHRAE chapter at Amity University. He emphasized

the importance of students joining the professional

bodies like ASHARE. The Industry Guests delivered

expert talks to inspire the students. Dr. Rajinder Singh,

President, ASHRAE, India, chapter delivered an

excellent talk on applied psychometric processes

involved in designing of air conditioning equipment,

Prof. U.S.Jadon, Co chair student activity, ASHRAE,

India, chapter delivered a talk on vapor compression

refrigeration system and its applications and Mr.

K.K.Mitra, President Elec. ASHRAE, India chapter

delivered an excellent talk on Energy savings in Green

Building using Insulation. Immense energy savings

(around 30%) can be achieved through proper

insulation. Dr. Umesh Kumar Vates, (Assistant

Professor-III) MAE Department proposed a vote of

thanks to distinguished guests and all the participants

for the event. The students from 3rd and 4th year

B.Tech. (MAE) and faculty members Mr Sumit Sharma,

Mr Shubham Sharma, Mr Priyank Srivastava, Ms

Sheelam, Mr Vipin Kaushik participated in the event.

Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Poornima

College of Engineering,

Jaipur inaugurated the new

s t u d e n t c h a p t e r o f

“American Society of

Heating Refrigerating and

A i r - c o n d i t i o n i n g

Engineers” (ASHRAE) on

Aug 1, 2015. Poornima College of Engineering became the first college of

Rajasthan to open an ASHRAE Student Chapter. The main objective of this

student chapter is to make the students and faculties acquainted with

Advances in Refrigeration, High Performance Buildings, HVAC design etc.

The occasion witnessed the presence of eminent speakers Dr. Om Prakash

Sharma, Director, PCE, Mr. K K Mitra, President Elect. ASHRAE India

Chapter & Vice President, Lloyd Insulations (India) LTD, Mr. U S Jadon,

Chair Student Activities ASHRAE India Chapter, Mr. Dinesh Rawat,

Coordinator ASHRAE India and Mr. Rahul Singhi, Assistant Director, PF

along with the faculty members of Mechanical Department, PCE. The

program was started by lamp lighting ceremony followed by Introduction of

Poornima Foundation from Mr. Rahul Singhi, Assistant Director, PF . Dr. Om

Prakash Sharma while addressing the gathering by his opening remarks,

emphasized on advancement of the arts and sciences of heating,

ventilating, air conditioning and refrigerating. He further added that need

from young technocrats is to serve the humanity and promote resources for

sustainable world. Mr. K K Mitra delivered the lecture on 'Thermal Insulation

System for Energy Efficient Building'. Insulation acts as a barrier to heat loss

and heat gain, particularly in roofs and ceilings, walls and floors. In many

homes insulation is the most practical and cost effective way to make a

house more energy efficient, keeping it cooler in summer and warmer in

winter and saving up to 30 per cent in heating and cooling bills. In addition,

insulation may reduce condensation in the home. Mr. U S Jadon delivered

the lecture on “Basic of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration” He presented

an overview on simple vapour compression cycle, working of refrigerator

and air-conditioner. On behalf of Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur,

Dr. Om Prakash Sharma, Mr. Rahul Singhi, Assistant Director, PF, Prof DS

Kumani, Mr Shailendra Kasera accepted the Charter of ASHRAE student

chapter from Mr. K K Mitra and Mr. Dinesh Rawat. Mr Shailendra Kasera

delivered the Vote of Thanks. More than 350 students from Civil &

Mechanical Department attended and witnessed the one day seminar.

Amity University ASHRAE

Student Chapter Formation

Report on RAL CRC, Istanbul RAL CRC 2015 was held from 2nd to 4th October, 2015 at members. The next upcoming Istanbul and was attended by Dr. Rajinder Singh – President, conventions will be at Kuwait Mr. KK Mitra – President (Elect), Mr. US Jadon – Chair Student and Lebanon fo r wh i ch Activities, Mr. Dinesh Gupta – Chair GGAC. & Mr. Richie participation was requested. For Mittal – Past President. This year the conference was attended Lebanon techn ica l paper by representatives from 17 countries including 25 chapters. All presentation was requested. 7 chapters participated form India. Each of the chapters had Participants were also advised displayed posters about the happenings. The meeting included for attending the upcoming technical session, business sessions and social visits. winter conference at Orlando in The meetings also had brief presentations by some selected January, 2016. The next RAL members and representation of chapter motions. There was CRC will be a joint CRC session wide range of deliberations and discussions on collection of with R-XIII group at Bangkok chapter dues which has become quite substantial. from 25th to 27th August, 2016.

This is being coordinated by Mr . Ashok V i rman i and Mr. Pankaj Dharkar who made a brief presentation on the developments. The 2nd option kept as Sri Lanka. Other usual happenings were President Lunch alongwith his speech and award function.

This year at RAL CRC Istanbul AIC received the following awards:

• Certificate of Recognition

• Sustainability Activities – Presidential Award of ExcellenceVirtually all the chapters had outstanding for 15-16, apart from previous years moving upto 2 back years for some notable • Special Citation – Presidential Award of Excellencenumber of members. Some of the members cleared their dues • RAL Presidential Award of Excellence for promoting a on spot. AIC had only dues for 15-16, which was cleared. AIC sustainable worldchapter was appreciated for the number of members and

• Full Circle Chevron Award for Research Promotiondevelopment in Student Chapter and also regarding the

• PAOE Honor Rollfinancial position. A special request was made to chapters to • Special Citation Ribbonretain old members while concentrating on getting more new

Regional Membership Promotion Training Programme

Regional membership promotion training programme at manila was attended by Dinesh Rawat. The training programme was held by RVC membership promotion Mr. Naseer Ahmad explaining the membership formats available , PAOE points submissions and best practices followed for membership promotion. Ms. Rhiannon Mastercon, Assit Manager, Manager membership took participants through ASHRAE membership formats available online and explained how to work with the membership data available.