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May 
The President's Message
May 2019
Hank Cullinane
The April meeting had a great discussion on Acoustics and how to control sound in fan terminal units. Who knew you could mitigate the sound transferred to the room by making an alternate sound to deflect it? I always learn something in these meetings. May’s meeting is our Past Presidents and life member celebration. Last year 14 past presidents attended the event that was started 37 years ago in 1982 by then President Joe Giannnone. Please come out and thank these individuals for their past service. Jason has a great program set up for us; Chuck Gulledge soon to be society President will be speaking on the challenges and barriers to providing a truly integrated building design. I’ve met Chuck a couple of times at the CRC and winter meetings. He’s a very personable person and interesting speaker.
This will be our last membership meeting of my tenure and I wanted to thank you for letting me serve. I wanted to thank all the board of governors and committee chairs. It has been a fun, educational and eventful year. I look forward to continuing with the organization and working with the great group of officers who are slated to follow. Thank you again.
Hank Cullinane
CT ASHRAE
Chapter President
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Meeting Announcement
May 2019 Dinner Meeting
ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer, Society Treasurer, & Future Society President
Chuck Gulledge III, PE, HBDP, LEED AP
Design Build & Integrated Building Design
Order of Events:
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM - Tech Session
5:45 PM to 6:45 PM - Registration, Networking & Cocktail Hour
6:45 PM to 7:15 PM - Dinner
7:15 PM to 8:30 PM - Dinner Session
Free Admission for all Chapter Past Presidents and Life Members
Tech Session: Series vs Parallel Fan Powered: Which is more Energy Efficient?
Tech Session Description: Built solutions rely on numerous participants to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain. This program takes a whimsical look at real world traps that can/do occur and offers a lessons learned perspective on how to mitigate/avoid recurrence. Content covers the following topics:
- The Design Disconnect
- The Construction Disconnect
- The O&M Disconnect
Dinner Presentation: The quest of successfully providing a truly integrated building design (IBD) continues to challenge our industry and the built world. This program looks at these challenges, identifies barriers to success, and explores solutions to promote and achieve holistic IBD. Content covers the following topics:
- What is IBD?
- Project delivery techniques
- Design team structures
- Design discipline cross-links and coordination
- Hidden barriers
- How do we make IBD work?
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Calendar of Events
Mark your calendar for the 2018-2019 year!
5/09/19- Design, Bid, Build & Integrated Building Design Meeting
5/15/19 - YEA vs TOY Softball Tournement (Slow pitch, fun for all!)
5/23/19 - YEA Go-Karting Event!
5/24/19 - Annual Golf Outing
We are in process of scheduling next years presentations and topics but would like to hear from the members if there is any particular topic of interest or desire to present. Please reach out to Eric Fontaine any topics or suggestions or presenters!
Special Events
2019 ashrae softball game
Please join us for our -annual ASHRAE softball game!!! All skill levels are welcome.
Team YEA (Young Engineers in ASHRAE - members 35 years old and younger) will be squaring off against Team TOY Slide-rules (Too Old for YEA - members over 35 years old) for a friendly game of slow pitch softball.
DATE: Wednesday, May 15th 2019.
TIME: Pizza at 5:15 pm, game begins 5:45 pm.
LOCATION: Wickham Park - Manchester, CT.
2019 annual golf outing
Start Memorial Day Weekend the right way - with a fun day on the golf course with CT ASHRAE!
Date: Friday, May 24, 2019
Location: Keney Park Golf Course, 171 Windsor Ave., Windsor, CT 06095
REGISTER BEFORE APRIL 27th TO SAVE $20 PER PLAYER!
Raffle Tickets: Arm's Length (20 tickets) $20, Foursome Bargain (100 tickets) $80
Click Here for More Information!
Registration Includes:
- Golf Cart and Course Fees
- Breakfast Refreshments
- Open Grill for Lunch
- Appetizer and Buffet-style Dinner from Dish Restaurant Group
- Open Bar during Dinner
- Prize for Longest Drive
- Prize for Closest to the Pin
Thank You to Our Sponsors:
Golf Cart Sponsor: Aercon Corporation
Drink Cart Sponsor: Flow Tech, Inc.
Dinner Sponsor: THREE AVAILABLE!
Lunch Sponsor: AVAILABLE!
Breakfast Sponsor: AVAILABLE!
Closest to the Pin Sponsors: AVAILABLE!
Longest Drive Sponsor: Carrier Enterprise
Tee Sponsors:
- Carrier Enterprise
- Macri Associates
- RST Thermal/RenewAire
- Victaulic
- Buckley Associates
- Environmental Systems Corporation
MORE AVAILABLE!
Membership News
Welcome to our new members!
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Kobina Intsiful & George Holman
Membership Battle is coming to an end...
... Launch a suprise attack and take the lead!
Become a member at www.ashrae.org and receive a $20 gift card or free meal at our monthly meeting!!!
(Must pay CT membership dues to be eligible for the gift card or free meal)
Support ASHRAE membership within your firm and win the,
CT ASHRAE Leading Membership Award!!!
The company in each size category with the most ASHRAE members belonging to the CT Chapter by April 1, 2019 will receive the CT ASHRAE Leading Membership Award! Firms not able to compete with larger firms within their size category will receive the HonorableMention CT ASHRAE Membership Award if all employees are ASHRAE members (excluding clerical staff).
Click Here to learn more about the benefits of ASHRAE Membership!
Contact Tom Ruggiero for more information on becoming a member!
Young Engineers in ASHRAE
2019 ANNUAL YEA GO-KARTING
Click HERE to Reserve Your Spot at the Starting Line!
YEA Connection
The YEA Connection newsletter is a member benefit received by all YEA members. If you are not receiving the newsletter please make sure [email protected] is added to your safe list.
Click HERE for the Current YEA News Letter!
Interested in submitting an article? Submit your article here.
Panos Bakos
Why did you decide to apply for an ASHRAE certification?
The firm I currently work for wanted to get more involved with Energy Benchmarking projects required by the City of Chicago. One of the Ordinance's requirements was to demonstrate having certain qualifications/credentials in order to be able to participate. That was when I decided to become BEAP-certified.
At this stage in your career, why is it important to get ASHRAE certified?
As in any stage of my career, I believe it is important to illustrate the knowledge I am gaining through my exposure in various projects and tasks. Getting certified is the best way to demonstrate your experience is acknowledged as well as differentiate yourself from the rest of the working professionals.
How important is ASHRAE certification to your employer and clients?
There are certain clients that require a particular skillset for their projects as well as employers that want to make sure the project's quality is assured. Therefore, ASHRAE certifications provide good experience metrics that are valuable to both the employers and the clients.
Learn more abour ASHRAE Certifications Here!
Please use the online gift form and select the “YEA Programs” option. This will help ensure that YEA Society level activities continue to expand the opportunities for professional and personal growth of members like you.
Interested in YEA? Contact Kevin Wixom at [email protected]
Student Activities
A new Student Membership Scholarship is available on the CT ASHRAE Student Activities Webpage. This new scholarship aims to aid our active CT ASHRAE student members by covering their membership fee +more. We have 10 available scholarships of $100 for our student members. The applicant must be a current student member in active status and fill out the application. That’s all! Please visit the Student Activities Webpage or contact [email protected] for additional information.
If you or someone you know may be interested please visit the Student Zone at ASHRAE.org to learn more about ASHRAE’s Scholarship and Grant Programs.
Technology Transfer
ASHRAE certification programs were founded to meet industry need and today provide value to 1,000s of built-environment professionals, employers and building owners.
For the past 100+ years ASHRAE has worked hard to earn and maintain a worldwide reputation for being the leader in HVAC&R design. ASHRAE certification programs serve to reinforce that reputation.
Interested in an ASHRAE Certification? Click here for more information!
ASHRAE Certification Program
The Building Commission Professional (BCxP) and Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP) certifications have been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as meeting the Better Buildings Workforce Guidelines (BBWG). DOE recognition of these two ASHRAE certification programs positions the employers of BCxPs and BEAPs to compete for federal, state, and local government body contracts calling for the services provided by these certified professionals.
Enhancing ASHRAE’s reputation for quality certification programs, the following are ANSI-Accredited Personnel Certification Programs – under ISO/IEC 17024 (#1139):
- Building Commissioning Professional (BCxP)
- Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP)
- Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP)
- High-Performance Building Design Professional (HBDP)
Other available certifications:
- Healthcare Facility Design Professional (HFDP)
- Operations & Performance Management Professional (OPMP)
- Certified HVAC Designer (CHD)
- Commissioning Process Management Professional Certification (CPMP)
The Connecticut Chapter of ASHRAE would like to recognize and congratulate the following CT ASHRAE members for obtaining ASHRAE certifications:
Maria Karpman (BEMP) - Karpman Consulting
Michael Walsh (HBDP) - Consulting Engineering Services
Juan Perez (CPMP) - Southport Engineering Associates, INC
Richard Bialecki (BCxP) - Innovative Engineering Services
Mark Miller (CPMP) - Colliers International
Luca Petracca (BEAP) - Earth Core Energy Services
Thomas Massaro (BCxP) - Innovative Engineering Services LLC
Congratulations to all!
Jason R. Urso, PE
CTTC Chair
Annual Conference
2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO | June 22–26, 2019
The 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference will be held in Kansas City, June 22–26, 2019. The Technical Program along with Committee meetings, Registration, Bookstore, and Speakers Lounge will be held at the Kansas City Marriott and Kansas City Convention Center.
TECHNICAL PROGRAM
The 2019 ASHRAE Annual Conference technical program is comprised of eight tracks, selected to represent areas of focus common among ASHRAE membership.
1. Systems & Equipment in the Built Environment: Selection of equipment and systems is paramount to HVAC&R design. Papers and programs in this track will assist designers, engineers, and operators in the design, selection, and operation of HVAC&R systems and equipment.
Track Chair: Kimberly Pierson
[email protected]
2. Fundamentals and Applications: Fundamentals are the foundation for understanding applications in engineering. Key components of ASHRAE fundamentals include thermodynamics, psychrometrics, fluid and mass flow. This track provides opportunities for papers and presentations of varying levels across a large topic base.
Track Chair: Gary Debes
[email protected]
3. Optimization in HVAC&R: This track seeks programs focused on using models to inform decision-making for design and operation of HVAC&R and High Performance Buildings. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: novel optimization techniques and their application to HVAC&R, optimization of heat transfer surfaces, component optimization, system optimization, optimization of high performance buildings, model-predictive control and other methods focusing on minimizing first and operating costs of these systems.
Track Chair: Vikrant Aute
[email protected]
4. Commissioning New & Existing Buildings: With low energy and zero energy buildings becoming more prevalent, there are many issues that arise with installation, startup, commissioning and O&M. This track will address an array of topics including lessons learned, improvement of process and team communications and effort to improve the installation, startup, O&M and commissioning of HVAC systems.
Track Chair: Raul Simonetti
[email protected]
5. Occupant Health & Safety: Indoor air quality has become a vital consideration during all phases of a building’s life as it is closely linked to comfort, occupant satisfaction, productivity and health. Topics including (but not limited to): filtration, change-overs, best practices for maintainability, fire ratings/dampers, detection and ventilation for toxic gases, operator safety in equipment rooms, OSHA requirements, industrial and hazardous spaces, and many other design aspects directly related to occupant health & safety.
Track Chair: Christine Reinders
[email protected]
6. Modeling Throughout the Building Life Cycle: The demands of energy efficient operation brought about the need for modeling of part-load operation for a variety of off-design conditions. Presentations and papers are solicited related to all aspects of building modeling, with a particular interest in successful applications that have extended modeling into operational phases of the building life cycle.
Track Chair: Nivedita Jadhav
[email protected]
7. Professional Development: This track is designed to allow those professionals an opportunity to develop in the areas of presentation skills, leadership, team-building, understanding various business operations, interpersonal skills, etc. In short, the Professional Development Track will cover all aspects of business outside of engineering/technical applications and lends itself to interactive session types such as workshops and forums.
Track Chair: Rupesh Iyengar
[email protected]
8. Research Summit: Active research, and the exchange of those research findings, are critical to the development of our HVAC&R industry and built environment.
Track Chair: Bing Liu
[email protected]
9. Radiant Heating & Cooling Mini-Track: As more and more jurisdictions and building owners are answering the call to establish higher energy-use standards for their construction projects, design teams are looking beyond traditional HVAC solutions to provide energy efficiency while maintaining occupant comfort and safety. Track Chair: Devin Abellon
[email protected]
For more information click here!
Grassroots
GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
ASHRAE Senior Officers Meet with Government Officials
On April 2–4, ASHRAE President Sheila J. Hayter, President-Elect Darryl K. Boyce, and Treasurer Chuck Gulledge attended a series of meetings in Washington, D.C. including meeting with Daniel Simmons, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy, the Architect of the Capitol, and Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-07).
L–R: President Sheila J. Hayter, Acting Architect of the Capitol Christine Merdon, Treasurer Chuck Gulledge, and EVP Jeff Littleton
L–R: Treasurer Chuck Gulledge, President Sheila J. Hayter, Assistant Secretary Daniel Simmons, and EVP Jeff Littleton
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U.S. Congressional Activities |
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Congress Continues to Focus on Climate Policy
Democrat's Unite for Clean Energy Tax Extenders
On April 4, over 100 Democrats sent a letter to Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) in support of clean energy tax credits such as those "encouraging energy efficiency, including performance-based tax incentives for new and existing homes and commercial buildings (which account for 40 percent of emissions), such as 25C or 179D." 179D is a tax extender that cites ASHRAE 90.1 – More information can be found here.
ASHRAE Sends Letter Regarding Funding for NIST's Physical Infrastructure and Resilience Programs
ASHRAE sent a letter with 15 other organizations to the Appropriations Committee in the House and Senate expressing concerns with the President's FY2020 budget request for NIST. The President's proposal would reduce funding for the Physical Infrastructure and Resilience program, which would eliminate important programs that help the buildings industry, their occupants, and owners. This would include eliminating "work on developing and deploying advances in science and technology to markedly improve building energy efficiency and occupant safety in the U.S." including the "elimination of work at the net-zero energy, high-performance building facility, as well as embedded intelligence in building control and operation." Congressional Hearings, Briefings and Events!
Congressional lawmakers are set to hold several hearings related to climate policy:
The following hearings have also been held:
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Hank Cullinane
GAC Committee Chair
2018-2019 Year
CT ASHRAE 2018-2019 Officers and Board of Governors
President: Hank Cullinane, Clover Corporation
President-Elect: Jason Urso, Tighe and Bond
Treasurer: Eric Fontaine, van Zelm Engineers
Secretary: Michael O. Davis, P.E., Flow Tech, Inc.
Board of Governor: Jason Bessette, Emerson Swan
Board of Governor (Past President): Derek Bride, CES
Board of Governor: Tony Cammilleri
Board of Governor: Evan Cohen, Aercon
Board of Governor: Daniel Cowan, NEMSI
Board of Governor: Bill Dunn, Aire Equipment
Board of Governor: Ashley Keller, CES
Board of Governor: Tom Ruggerio, AKF Group
Board of Governor: Kevin Wixom, Flow Tech, Inc.
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- Verbal recognition during podium time
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- Benefits Student Activities Fund
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- Verbal recognition during podium time
Vendor Table sponsor: $100 per meeting
- Complete with display table, company name/logo included on meeting-specific communications, meeting webpage, that month’s newsletter, cocktail hour slides
- Verbal recognition during podium time.
Triple Threat Package: $250 per meeting
- Purchase a Display Tray, Wine/Beer Raffle and Vendor Table for the same meeting and receive $50 off!
Golf Sponsorship Opportunities:
Sponsorship Opportunities to be announced in January 2019.
Custom Opportunities:
We are more than happy to discuss creating a custom sponsorship opportunity for you. The CT Chapter frequently hosts YEA events that are also available to sponsor. Contact us today to start the discussion.
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Contact Us
Please note chairpersons with * in front of their names makeup the chapter's Board of Governors
President
860.632.1682
President-Elect
413.572.3226
Treasurer
860.284.5064
Secretary
860.221.0887
Committe Chairpersons 2017-2018
Auditing
Committee Chair Position Available
Chapter Regional Conference
Hank Cullinane- Delegate / Jason Urso - Alternate
Finance
Golf Outing/Special Events
Brandon Bradley 860.488.0384
Grass Roots Government Activities
Hank Cullinane 860.528.0081
Historian
Honors and Awards
Membership Promotion
Nominations
Publications/eNewsletter/Publicity
Blair Richardson 203.683.6942
Reception/Attendance
Refrigeration
Daniel Cowan 203.701.6165
Research Promotion
Sponsorship
Student Activities
*Ashley Keller 860.632.1682
Student Advisor
University of Hartford Professor C.C. Yavuzturk 860.768.5554 [email protected]
Student Advisor
University of New Haven Professor Stephen Ross 203.932.7148 [email protected]
Sustainability
Eric Fontaine 860.284.5064
Technology Transfer
Webmaster/Electronic Communications
Mike Davis 860.221.0887
YEA
*Kevin Wixom 860.221.0888
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