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H appy New Year!!!

I want to welcome everyone back from a well-deserved

holiday. I am betting that 2016 will be BETTER than last

year and I am willing to put in the work to make it there. Hopefully

everyone else is refreshed by the New Year as well.

Our first event of the New Year was our first annual ASHRAE Texas

Hold’em Poker Tournament hosted by Dean & Derrick at HTS on

Thursday, January 7th. Big thanks to everyone who participated to make this event a success

and especially Derrick Van West for organizing the event. Derrick is also the Austin Chapter

Research Promotion Chair and with all of the new special events we have added this year,

he has surpassed the 30% RP goal by December 31st.

Our next monthly meeting will be dinner meeting on January 21st at The County Line on the

Hill. The Texas PE Board will be presenting on Engineering Ethics to give updates on Board

rule changes, information on enforcement statistics, and the engineering Code of Conduct.

Please come early because our annual ethics meeting is always well attended. Engineers

come out of the wood work for this meeting because all Texas PE license holders must have

one hour of Engineering Ethics each year as part of the Continuing Education requirements.

Nothing goes better with Engineering Ethics than BBQ & Beer!

Do you want to make ASHRAE BETTER? We are always looking for volunteers to get

involved. If you are interested in helping ASHRAE Austin Chapter for the 2015-2016 year,

please contact me or any of the committee chairs listed on the back page of this ASHRAE

Austin Chapter newsletter.

David Bacorn can be reached at (512) 744-4412 or [email protected]

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ASHRAE JANUARY MEETING

P lease join us for dinner on Thursday, January 21 at the County Line on the Hill for a

discussion on ethics by David Howell, P.E., Deputy Executive Director.

Texas Board of Professional Engineers – Professional Practice Update / Ethics:

Updates on Board rule changes within the last year, general updates on initiatives the Board is

working on, information on enforcement statistics, and the engineering Code of Conduct.

AUSTIN, TEXAS CHAPTER

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January 2016 ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning

DAVID BACORN 2015-2016 Chapter President

UPCOMING EVENTS

January Meeting

January 21 | Dinner

County Line on the Hill

ASHRAE Winter

Conference

January 24-27 | Orlando,

FL

High-Performance

Buildings & Workplaces

Conference

May 3-4 | Austin

See flyer on page 10 for

more info

Inside this issue:

Austin ASHRAE Meeting

Calendar

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Grassroots Activities 2

Treasurer’s Report 3

BOG Meeting Minutes 4

YEA Updates 7

Student Activities 7

History, Honors &

Awards

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ASHRAE Learning

Institute Flyer

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High Performance Build-

ings Conference Flyer

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STEVE HANSEN 2015-2016 VP—Programs

(512) 834-9848

[email protected]

Date Time Location Topic Speaker Sponsor

1/21/2016 Dinner County Line on the

Hill Ethics David Powell, PE N/A

2/18/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho Selecting VAV for Acceptable IAQ

Dan Int-hout (ASHRAE DL)

TBD


Hill Commissioning

Jay Enck and Gerald J. Kettler

TBD

4/21/2016 Lunch Matt's El Rancho TBD David Underwood - ASHRAE President

ASHRAE


Hill Natatoriums

Ralph Kittler (ASHRAE DL)

Seresco

GRASSROOTS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS UPDATE

C ity of Austin Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals to Review Proposed Energy Code

The Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals for the City of Austin, Texas has included review of the

proposed COA energy code (both residential and commercial) on the agenda for its January 27, 2016

meeting. This draft code includes possible adoption of the 2015 IECC as the residential code and Standard

90.1 as the commercial code. A public meeting will be held on this issue on Wednesday, January 27, 2016

at 1:30 p.m. in the Learning Research Center, 2800 Spirit of Texas Drive, Airport Cargo Entrance, exit

Highway 71 in Austin. This meeting is free and open to the public.

JON-ERIK JOHNSON 2015-2016 Grassroots Government

Activities

(512) 271-3017

[email protected]

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VANESSA MARYOTT 2015-2016 Treasurer

(512) 461-0404

[email protected]

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Austin ASHRAE – BOG Meeting Agenda

November 19, 2015

10:45 pm

Matt’s El Rancho

Attendees:

1. David Bacorn, President

a. Enter this month’s PAOE Points

b. Communication with RVC this month?

c. Creation of Past President’s Committee - Dec. 17th

d. ASHRAE University Complete –

1. Carrie Anne - Very elementary for Engineers, but good for contractors and Reps who have no load calcu-

lation experience.

e. Motion Passed: Add CTTC & Government Grassroots sections and other minor changes to match model.

2. David Driggers, President Elect / Newsletter Editor

a. Newsletter

1. Everyone have updates to Driggers by 1st of each month, or asap.

1. Keep updates to half a page. – short and concise.

2. Some newsletter photos need to be re-taken.

1. Do we need to hire a photographer for a day?

3. Have Newsletter out by the 7th of each month.

4. Add Ryan Burke to the email list (when sending out to BOG)

3. Steve Hansen, Vice President / Programs

a. CTTC all set for upcoming year.

1. Solar request, can replace BeQ

4. Vanessa , Treasurer

a. Tax form

b. Scanner for Historian

c. Square – make sure when inform Vanessa what it’s being used for

5. Carrie Anne Crawford, Secretary

a. Track down original logo – ask staff (Rhi?)

6. Derrick Van West, BOG 1 Research Promotion

a. Special Events schedule update.

1. TopGolf - Student Bay

a. ½ from Student Activities funds, ½ from Austin Chapter

CARRIE ANNE CRAWFORD 2015-2016 Secretary

(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

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b. RP companies list update. We need to get the companies list (vendors, consultants, owners, con-

tractors) to MP to help fill in members at these companies. – by Dec. 17th

c. RP Goal. – originally $44,000 – change to $50,000

d. Set up express pay for RP events

1. If you pay for Skeet Shooting, Bowling, and Golf Tournaments all at once – you get 1 free seat at

the poker tournament.

2. Bowling Tournament – usually $200/team – change to $250/team and get more lanes.

3. Express pay to include Top Golf?

4. Poker Tournament – Jan 7th

1. $200/seat ($50 to RP, $50 to cost, $100 to prize; HTS donating food/ drinks)

7. Justin Johnson, BOG 2 Auditing/Nominating (Absent)

a. Updates?

8. Randy Schrecengost, BOG 3 Historian/Administrator (Absent)

a. Need to scan archived documents from Austin History Museum

b. Leadership recall interviews.

c. Prominent company histories. – David Payne is working on this.

9. Spencer Rothery, Membership Promotion (Absent)

a. Develop schedule for personal touches to meeting invites. Assign volunteers to accounts.

b. Recruit past members who have cancelled. Use the list developed by Bill Klock.

c. Guest lists transfer to excel for tracking.

d. Faster check-in ideas: iPad/Scan barcodes on nametags.

e. Add column to sign in sheet for express pay

f. Membership is falling – Spencer wants to step down – Danny to step up?

10. Gayle Davis, Student Activities (Absent)

a. Make Bulletin of upcoming events like 1st page of newsletter

b. Send Burke Student Scholarship form

c. Collegiate:

1. Track Student at Meeting – Spencer/Danny add column to sign in

a. Will send student emails to Andrew for Constant Contact.

2. 1st Thursday of the Month – regular meetings

a. Need Speakers & Topics for: March 3rd, April 7th, & May 5th.

3. Develop list of possible volunteers

4. Budget: $200 towards student dues, $400 towards travel

a. Renewals

b. 9 members – 3 active

d. K-12:

1. Alicia Reich (Schneider), head of k-12 activities.

2. Calendar of Volunteer events – Did this happen?


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3. K-12/STEM Chapter Leadership Award –

a. Each BOG member and SAC participate in 1 K-12/STEM activity

b. Region VIII has never received this award – Let’s make it happen.

c. Activity Examples:

a. Students in Industry Day

b. Take a Child to Work Day

c. Science Fair Judging

d. EWEEK activities

e. Classroom visits

f. Tours of facilities

4. UT Girl Day, Thinkery, E-week activities

5. Austin science fair judging – February 2016

6. Math Counts by TSPE – February 2016

11. Ryan Burke, CTTC / Webmaster Committee Chair -

a. Add student scholarship form on website

12. Carrie Anne Crawford, YEA Committee Chair

a. YEA Happy Hour: December 15th @ Black Sheep Lodge

b. Sending 3 ppl to YLW in Austin ($250 from chapter/$250 from Region each)

1. Ryan, Danny, Bacorn

c. Will in charge of January event – has til next week to get this together

d. Paintball – on a Saturday – not official ASHRAE – insurance forms at the place

14. Jon-Erik Johnson, Govt Grassroots

a. Consultants to submit for bEQ

1. We get PAOE points for each member involved in bEQ – if you know anyone eligible let him know.

b. Start Gvot officials list

c. Archive of energy code by area (SECO, city, country)

d. Govt related articles for newsletter

e. Application for GGAC award

15. Andrew Turner, Communications Chair

a. News?


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Young Engineers of ASHRAE (YEA)

1. Upcoming Events:

a. Technical Tour - Wednesday, January 27th 3-5pm @ UT College of Liberal Arts Building - Chilled

Beams and Underfloor Distribution

b. Brewery Tour – Thursday, February 25th 5:30-7:30 @ 512 Brewing Company

2. PE Study Group – Contact [email protected] for more details

3. Mentorship Program – Contact [email protected] for more details

4. Like YEA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

Thank you to all the event attendees for a great time with good company.

This is all made possible through the support of the YEA planning committee, so an extra special thank you to:

Carrie Anne Crawford (EEA), Will Clinton (EEA), Drew Higgins (HTS), Phillip Wood (TRANE)


(512) 744-4433

[email protected]

YEA UPDATES

DATE EVENT VOLUNTEER/SPEAKER(S)

2/4/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Jeff Childs – VFDs in HVAC Appli-

cations

2/17-20/2015 Austin Regional Science Fair Volunteer Registration Open, see David Bacorn for details

2/27/2016 Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Ongoing Recruitment

3/3/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Danny Richardson – Thermal

Storage

4/7/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Nick Prisco – Heat Pumps v. Split

DX

5/5/2016 UT-Austin Student Branch Mtg Kevin Schaal – Intro to Pumps &

Applications

STUDENT ACTIVIT IES UPDATES

General News

Below is the Student Activities calendar for the 2015-2016 year. The calendar will be updated as volunteer

opportunities are scheduled. If anyone has interest in involvement or an additional volunteer opportuni-

ty, please email me, Jeff, or Alicia.

FY 2015-2016 Student Activities Calendar

GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/YEA-Austin/135455226563139

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Collegiate News

The next student branch meeting will be held February 4th.

K-12/STEM News

We have two K-12/STEM event planned for February. The first event is the Austin Energy Regional Sci-

ence Festival held Thursday, February 18 that the Palmer Events Center. We will be volunteering to

judge the Junior/Senior Division science projects. Junior/Senior Division judging will take place on

Thursday, Feb 18, 2016 at the Palmer Events Center, Seniors from 8 am to noon, Juniors from 1:00 p.m.

to 4:30 p.m. You can sign up for either one of these two divisions or both or, if that works with your

schedule. Thank you to David Bacorn for identifying and organizing the ASHRAE volunteers. Let us

know if this interests you and we will send you registration information!

Our second event is the UT Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day and the Girl Day STEM Festi-

val will be held on Saturday, February 27, 2016. Over 4,000 elementary and middle school students are expected to participate with

over 900 volunteers and over 100 student organizations, community organizations and companies volunteering. Introduce a Girl to

Engineering Day (Girl Day) is an international event celebrated during Engineers Week each year. This year we are organizing vari-

ous HVAC demos geared toward 6th-8th grade students. Thank you to Alicia Reich for organizing the ASHRAE volunteers. There’s

plenty of room for additional volunteers!

GAYLE DAVIS 2015-2016 Student Activities

(512) 427-3639

[email protected]

HISTORY, HONORS & AWARDS

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

History

The following are the History goals for this Society year:

· MBO #1 Meet or exceed PAR for History points (PAR 300, 100 minimum required)

Status: Complete - Currently sit at 400 Points and have exceeded PAR. -

· MBO #2 Complete a Chapter Year History Summary for previous Society Year

Status: Complete - Finished Austin Chapter President Charles Whitten’s Society Year of 2009-2010.–

· MBO #3 Complete a History Power Point presentation for Spring CRC

Status: On-Going - Currently 75% complete

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HISTORY, HONORS & AWARDS

RANDY SCHRECENGOST 2015-2016 Historian

(512) 427-3623

[email protected]

· Goal #1 Form a Historical Committee of at least 3 members, but no less than 2.

Status: Complete - Committee has 4 members (see September Report)

· Goal #2 Communicate with Regional Historian (RH) monthly.

Status: On-Going. Last report was January 06, 2016

· Goal #3 Develop a succession plan to include “How To” word documents for future Chapter

Historian for review and education for the role and including honors and awards.

Status: On-Going

As always, this author continues to look for Historical information and welcomes any/all input. Think HISTORY!

Honors and Awards

· MBO #4 Complete paperwork for at least one Honor and Award

Status: On-Going – We have one qualifier for Chapter Service Award (CSA) for the April CRC.

As always, this BOG member would WELCOME ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED to assist in the above

items.

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