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Hello from Cancun! We’re at the Chapter Regional Conference (CRC), and
wish you were all here with us! Annually, our chapter leadership represents
Austin to vote on region and society leadership as well as motions to change
the rules of ASHRAE. It is fun to be a part of voting on new leadership and
organizational changes, plus also possible future society presidents. This is
what makes us a grassroots
organization meaning we put our
members at the top of the organization
and everything else flows down from that. Anyone and
everyone is welcome at CRC, typically there are 2 top
required attendees, but our chapter usually helps
sponsor (along with region & society support) to send
between 5 – 10 additional individuals.
March was an amazing meeting with our highest
chapter attendance in a long time. There was a lot of energy to support the visit from
Society President. We followed this with our annual golf tournament which was perfect
weather. A big thank you to Blair Howell from HTS for hosting the tournament and making
it a success. Total we raised $27,000 for Research Promotions (RP) to date this year and are
looking to get to $47,000 by June 2019. Thank you to Steve Hansen for supporting all our RP
activities. Upcoming is our final RP event BOWLING! Everyone can bowl, come hang out with
our group and support the industry on Monday May 20th, Dart Bowl @ 7pm. Sign up for a team
with Mark Mikulin from EEA! Watch out for the YEA and Student teams as they just had their
joint event April 11th, so they have been practicing.
Besides an amazing topic on Big Data and IOT, we will get to vote for the new the incoming
board of governors (BOG). We would also love to get suggestions on future topics for programs
next year. Typically we plan out most programs in June and July. Next year’s chapter technology
transfer chair (CTTC aka programs) is Stuart Bloomquist from Mech Reps.
Look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Sincerely,
Vanessa J Freidberg
Austin ASHRAE Chapter President
FROM THE PRESIDENT ’S DESK
April 2019
Vanessa
Freidberg
UPCOMING EVENTS UT SB & YEA Bowling
Apr 11|
Union Underground
6:00—7:00PM
Chapter Meeting
Apr 18 | Dave & Buster’s
9333 Research Blvd
Austin, TX 78759
5:30—7:00PM
Bowling
May 20 | Dart Bowl
5700 Grover Ave,
Austin, TX
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Programs 3
Nominations 5
Membership Promo 7
Officer Roster 8
YEA 10
Student Activities 12
Treasurer’s Report 13
BOG Meeting Minutes 14
GAC 16
Refrigeration 17
Research Promotion 17
Web Master 18
History / H&A 19
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What a turn out! We were just shy of an ASHRAE meeting record attendance. Thank you all for
coming out to support our chapter as well as our Society President, Sheila Hayter, P.E.
Please make sure to show up on time, if not early, as we will start with announcements and officer
nominations right at 5:30 pm. I am pleased to announce we are having yet another Distinguished
Lecturer, Dr. Dru Crawley. Dr. Crawley is a Bentley Fellow and Director, Building Industry Devel-
opment focusing on building performance, BIM, net-zero-energy buildings, sustainability, resili-
ence, and smart cities. He will be updating us on the ever changing world of technology as it re-
lates to the buildings we design and present for expecting clients.
Main Presentation: Big, Smart, and Everything: Data, Technology, Buildings, Cities, and
the IoT By Drury Crawley, Ph. D —Bentley Systems Inc.
There is a transformation under way in the world that will fundamentally change how we interact
with our technology, buildings and cities. Big data allows us to find trends and causes not clear
from our limited data today. Everything is going ‘Smart’ today – from windows, walls and all the
technology in our buildings to communities and cities. With 5G wireless and ubiquitous data sen-
sors soon to be available, every device that collects data can share it – supporting real-time deci-
sion-making for controls, utility grids, buildings, traffic, and transportation. Imagine dozens of
sensors ensuring our comfort in our workplaces while optimizing energy efficiency and sustaina-
bility. This presentation describes the basics of big data, IoT, and Smart everything and its applica-
tions and promise in buildings.
Date: Location:
April 18, 2019 Dave and Busters
Time: 9333 Research Blvd A600, Austin, TX 78759
5:30pm—7:00pm
Link to Register: Click Here
Price is $30 advanced registration; $40 at the door
APRIL MEETING: OFFIC ER NOMINATIONS
Drury Crawley, Ph. D Bentley Systems Inc.
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE —SLATE OF OFFICERS & BOG - SOCIETY YEAR 2019 -2020
The Nominating Committee has determined that the following slate of Officers and BOG for next year have Consented to
Stand for Election during the April meeting.
Chapter Officers Board of Governors
Gayle Davis, President Vanessa Friedberg, BOG 1
Ryan Burke, President Elect Steve Hansen, BOG 2
Stuart Bloomquist, Vice President Larry Bloomquist, BOG 3
David Payne, Treasurer Andy Collier, BOG 4
Lorenzo Gonzales, Secretary Mark Merriman, BOG 5
As required by the Chapter Bylaws:
1) Please note, that this ballot slate of Officers & BOG will be voted on at the April meeting. Please ensure your attendance
at this meeting as your vote is very important to the Chapter.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy Schrecengost, Nominating Committee Chair 2018 - 2019
Randy Schrecengost,
Nominating Committee
Chair
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Expand your knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals and technical aspects to design, maintain and operate new and existing HVAC systems.
ASHRAE currently offers 6 training dates throughout the world:
HVAC Design Training
April 15-19, 2019 – Atlanta, GA
May 20-24, 2019 – Toronto, Canada
June 10-14, 2019 – Vancouver, BC
For more information and to Register visit ashrae.org/hvactraining.
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MP Chair
MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONS
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Dear Austin ASHRAE Members:
Reference: Unpaid Society Dues
This is simply a reminder that if you haven’t paid your dues, both locally and for Society, we strongly encourage you to do so as soon as possible.
As summarized in previous months, we are continuously trying to reduce our Chapter’s delinquen-cy counts throughout the year by reminding members to pay their dues once their paid Society year is complete. Remember that once you are on the member delinquency list, you are in a catch-up mode until you make payments (sometimes two close together) at some point during the billing cycle to become current
Please also remember that Society membership is a prerequisite to local membership. Local mem-bership in Austin’s Chapter helps support our local efforts. You can pay your local dues of $40 at the same time you pay your Society dues, or simply bring your dues payment to a monthly meet-ing. This will allow us to keep you informed on all local activities.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (512) 217-4781 during the day, or via email at [email protected]. If you find that you have not paid your dues, you can go to the ASHRAE website and pay your dues online at www.ashrae.org. Should you have any questions regarding this effort, do not hesitate to contact ASHRAE headquarters at 1-800-5ASHRAE.
Remember that PAID UP members have the greatest impact on both Society’s and the local Chap-ter’s financial bottom line.
Respectfully Submitted,
Ryan McLagan, Membership Promotion Chair
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AUSTIN ASHRAE 2018—2019 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
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AUSTIN ASHRAE 2018—2019 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Steve Hansen BOG / RP
Larry Bloomquist
BOG
David Driggers
Auditing / Nominating
Lorenzo Gonzalez
BOG
Mark Merriman
BOG
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Gayle Davis
President-Elect/Newsletter
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YEA Activities
March- RECAP:
YEA did not hold an event in March.
April Events
Please look forward to bowling underground with
the Student Chapter of ASHRAE on April 11th at
Union Underground. For more details visit:
https://austinashrae.starchapter.com/
calendar.php
For Future Events Contact:
Philip Wood - [email protected]
Brennan Mittal - [email protected]
Katie Klassen - [email protected]
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Student Activities
UT STUDENT CHAPTER
March:
Explore UT—Drinking Straw Pressure Drop Activity
This activity was a hit! Many students learned the important
concept of pressure drop and what can affect it.
Austin Chapter Meeting
On March 14th, 10 students attended the general meeting.
They had the opportunity to speak to professionals and hear Society
President Sheila Hayter speak. In addition, Yuan Cai
was awarded the $500 chapter scholarship!
April:
Sustainable Dog House Challenge
This much-awaited competition took place on
April 3rd. Many incredible designs were displayed! You
can even read about it on KVUE.
YEA Bowling Social
Students and young engineers are invited to attend the YEA
bowling social on April 11th. Stay tuned for details!
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TREASURER ’S REPORT
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BOG M EETING MINUTES
March 2019 ASHRAE BOG Meeting at Stanley Consultants
3/11/19, 4:00 PM
Attendees: Gayle Davis, Steve Hanson, Wyatt Hahn, Stuart Bloomquist, Danny Richardson, Katie
Klassen, Eric Nordstrom, Ryan McLagan, Ryan Burke, Larry Bloomquist, Trevor Crampton, Ricardo
Soto, Lorenzo Gonzalez, John Knauss, Randy Schrecengost
Officer Reports:
-President—Vanessa Freidberg (absent)
-Sheila Hayter here Thursday; arrive by 10:45am
-Need to complete RVC Updates; get announcement slides to Gayle by 3/8
-Everyone needs to make sure everything is up-to-date in basecamp for officer transitions
-CTTC/Refrigeration—Ryan Burke
-Past President pins ready for May
-Thursday lunch meeting: society president speaking at meeting; 37 currently signed up
-Membership—Ryan McLagan
-Membership promotion month with a few prizes for people bringing prospective members
-Ryan to send spreadsheet for lapsed and/or potential new members
-360 is goal, and we should exceed the goal
-Student activites—Eric Nordstrom
-Looks like 8 or 9 students to attend meeting this month
-Phil Naughton research proposal
-Scholarship for $500 for recipient
-Encourage students to attend YEA social
-YEA—Katie Klassen
-Katie looking for a co-chair (Rachel Schutte suggested)
-Mini-hoop tournament at HandleBar
-Looking for a cool tour of something (possibly DKR)
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BOG M EETING MINUTES
Continued March 2019 ASHRAE BOG Meeting at Stanley Consultants
3/11/19, 4:00 PM
-GAC—Jon-Erik
-Day on the Hill completed
-JE and Alex are stepping down next year; need a new chair and co-chair
-Main requirement is legislative update next December
-Research Promotion—Steve Hanson
-14 teams attended Sporting Clays event
-Waiting on Climatec checks to close out TopGolf numbers
-Golf tournament is April 1st (9 teams confirmed so far)
-Bowling—Finding a night that is not a league night; need to be done before June
-Endowment—complete before CRC
-Newsletter—Gayle Davis
-CIQ Review
-GAC, YEA Co-chair currently vacant
-Historian—Randy Schrecengost
-Randy is winning Lou Flagg award
-Upcoming meeting will have nominations
-Electronic Communications—John Knauss
-Sat with Brenna Bolton on training
-Treasurer—Danny Richardson
-Bought Quicken 2019; working well thus far
-Gayle will order President Pins and get reimbursed
-Sustainability—Rachel Schutte (absent)
-Secretary—Stuart Bloomquist
-Call Society and have PO box routed to EEA
-Action log to be designed and published and compile a Chapter Equipment list—who has what?
CRC in Cancun—April 12-13, 2019
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Government Affairs Committee Updates:
We have completed our GAC activities for this year and THANK YOU for you
support and attendance at our events! We are planning our next year and
hope to see you next year!
Jon-Erik Johnson & Alix Lund
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Research Promotion:
Our annual Golf Tournament was held April 1, 2019. We had a great turnout with 23
teams. And nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to this year’s winners, Daniel
Nuckolls, Stuart Bloomquist, Paul Reyes, and Steve Jalnos, with the Mechanical
Reps Team! Also, we were able to raise over $14,000 towards ASHRAE RP. A spe-
cial thank you to Mr. Blair Howell for organizing this outstanding event.
Our annual Bowling Tournament will be held in May, so please be on the lookout
for the invitation in your inbox. The Bowling Tournament is one of my favorites:
not everyone shoots sporting clays or swings clubs, but EVERYONE can bowl. It’s a
fun event; hope you come out and enjoy!
Refrigeration
We are in continuing the process of planning. We are looking at setting up a brew-ery tour or another interesting way to learn about refrigeration. Since there’s no up-date for refrigeration here’s some facts about refrigeration / HVAC in the US.
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ASHRAE Austin Website
The Electronic Communications team has grown by 1!. Brenna Bolton has volun-
teered to join Wyatt Hahn and myself with managing the chapter’s electronic com-
munications.
As the year continues, Brenna will be sending more emails and making updates to
the website . Its great to have another member on the Electronic Communications
team, and please feel free to reach out to her with any comments/questions/
suggestions as she will play a more significant role in the chapter next year.
Brenna Bolton: [email protected], or (512)712-6745
Have Feedback? Contact John Knauss @ [email protected] or 512.289.8146
John Knauss
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Industry History—The Comfort Makers—Part 2
“Though much has been done by ingenious men in the art of distributing heat for household uses;
it must be confessed, that in one or two instances only have they been able to make a permanent
impression or bring their contrivances into that general use as to constitute them "machines of
society." Walter Bernau, Civil Engineer, in his introduction to On the History and Art of Warm-
ing and Ventilating Rooms and Buildings, Vol. I, 1845.
Did you know:
Thomas SAVERY (1650-1715 at right) born in Shilstone, Devon-
shire, England, was an English military engineer by profession and
inventor, and started the industrial use of steam power in 1698. Sav-
ery was drawn in the 1690s to the difficult problem of pumping wa-
ter out of coal mines. Using principles by the French physicist Denis
Papin (1647-1712, the steam digester) and the ideas of Otto von Gue-
ricke (1602-1686), who had experimented with the power of a vacu-
um, Savery developed the first practical steam engine. He used this
engine for "raising water by fire" (1698), and his machine or “fire
pump” became known as The “Miners' Friend” since he intended it
to pump water from mines. His London patent was so detailed he
got it extended (until 1733) which later prevented Thomas Newcom-
en from securing a patent for his own steam engine. Savery's "engine" was a revolutionary method
of pumping water, not only in helping solve the problem of mine drainage, but it made widespread
public water supply practicable.
Savery’s patented machine (at right) consisted of a closed vessel
filled with water into which steam under pressure was intro-
duced, forcing the water to a higher level. When the water was
expelled, a sprinkler condensed the steam, producing a vacuum
capable of drawing up more water through a valve below. To
make the effect as nearly continuous as possible, Savery assem-
bled two containing vessels in the same apparatus. His “boiler”
was in the shape of a cauldron constructed of hammered cop-
per, with a flat top made of lead. Early versions using a soldered
copper boiler would burst easily at low steam pressures. Later
versions with iron boiler could generate steam at 170 kPa (or
24.6 psi).
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Industry History—The Comfort Makers—Part 2 (Continued)
Did you know:
The Savery engine had no piston and no moving parts other than hand-operated valves. It was oper-
ated by first raising steam in the boiler, and then admitting the steam into one of the first working
vessels or cylinders, allowing it to blow out through a downpipe into the water that was to be raised.
When the system was hot and therefore full of steam the tap between the boiler and the working
vessel was shut, and if necessary the outside of the vessel was cooled. This made the steam inside it
condense, creating a partial vacuum, and atmospheric pressure pushed water up the downpipe until
the vessel was full. At this point the tap below the vessel was closed, and the tap between it and the
up-pipe opened, and more steam was admitted from the boiler. As the steam pressure built up, it
forced the water from the vessel up the up-pipe to the top of the mine. The engine was used as a low
-lift water pump in a few mines and numerous water works, but it was not a great success since it
was limited in pumping height and prone to boiler explosions.
Savery had some early success due to an energetic advertising campaign which brought him all his
customers. He manufactured several his engines not only for pumping out mines but also for sup-
plying water to large buildings. However, Savery’s engine had many limitations, notably its weak-
ness under high-pressure steam (above 8 to 10 atmospheres).
Just a few years later, Thomas Newcomen independently designed his atmospheric-pressure piston engine from another of the
Frenchman Denis Papin’s ideas. Since Savery held the patent primacy, Newcomen was forced to go into partnership with him and
Savery joined him in the development of his more advanced design of a steam engine. It was marketed under Savery's patent, add-
ing water tanks and pump rods so that deeper water mines could be accessed with the steam power. Newcomen's engine worked
purely by atmospheric pressure, thereby avoiding the dangers of high-pressure steam and used the piston concept invented in
1690 by Papin to produce the first steam engine capable of raising water from deep mines. (Fire Pump, Savery System at right)
Savery's original patent of July 1698 only gave 14 years' protection. However, the next year, 1699, an Act of Parliament was passed
which extended his protection for a further 21 years. This Act became known as the "Fire Engine Act". Savery's patent covered all
engines that raised water by fire, and it thus played an important role in shaping the early development of steam machinery in the
British Isles. The Fire Engine Act did not expire until 1733, four years after the death of Newcomen.
Please note: information excerpted from: “The Comfort Makers” by Brian Roberts; Thomas Savery, Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Inc.; Thomas Savery, Wikipedia
Respectfully Submitted,
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Vintage HVAC Advertisements, 1938
Advertisements from 1938, the 10th year of HPAC Engineering magazine, then called Heating Piping and Air Conditioning. For
advertising, photographs and crafted illustrations told stories in a more modern style. Note: In 1938, "Our Town", Thornton Wil-
der's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres (NJ), Hans Engnestangen skates world
record 500 m (41.8 sec), and King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga.
Clarage Fan Co.— ad from the June 1938 issue of Heating Piping & Air Conditioning.
Please note: information excerpted from: HPAC Engineering Magazine, Edited by Ashley
M. Doles, 08-19-2015
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