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Capitalaire April 2013 The National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE | Monthly Newsletter

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The National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE

April 2013

2012 – 2013 National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE

Officers

President Stephanie Mages 202�912�8218 [email protected]

President$Elect Cindy Cogil 202� 842�2100 President�[email protected]

Vice President Scott Houghton 410�980�8538 Vice�[email protected]

Treasurer Andrew Rhodes 571�233�6346 [email protected]

Secretary Laura Petrillo�Groh

703�600�0335 [email protected]

Board of Governors

Sr. Governor Dunstan Macauley


Governor #1 Marty Moran 301�545�5100 [email protected]

Governor #2 Jeffrey Colby 703�652�2337 [email protected]

Governor #3 Omar Hawit 202�296�4344 [email protected]

Committee/Sub$Committee Chairs

CTTC Scott Houghton 410�980�8538 [email protected]

Research Promotion Chair Morgan Stevens 703�655�5084 [email protected]

Student Activities Jeffrey Colby 703�652�2337 [email protected]

Finance Cindy Cogil 202� 842�2100 [email protected]

Membership Chair Alec Petrillo�Groh 703�682�4900 [email protected]

Membership Vice$Chair Felix Antwi 202�331�7775 [email protected]

Reception Co$Chairs Ryan Westlund 703�777�5255 [email protected]

Nick Barrett 443� 561�1662 [email protected]

Programs Omar Hawit 202�296�4344 [email protected]

Newsletter Jeffrey Colby 703�652�2337 [email protected]

Website Chair Stephen Niez 703�489�7272 [email protected]

Directory Chair Joe Coratolo 571�344�3910 [email protected]

Richard Kewer 443�832�1682 [email protected]

Golf Outing Chair Andy Tech 703�834�2412 [email protected]

Technology Awards (formerly TEGA)

Marty Moran 301�545�5100 [email protected]

Winter Party Chair Saunders Smith � [email protected]

Winter Party Vice$Chair � � �

YEA Chair David Cunningham

� [email protected]

YEA Vice$Chair Dan Rossi 908�310�6428 [email protected]

Sustainability Co$Chairs Roger Chang 202�296�4344 [email protected]

Amy Boyce 202�552�1367 [email protected]

Historian Chair Kevin Smith 703�652�2333 [email protected]

Honors & Awards Chair Dunstan Macauley


C.K. Mem. Scholarship Chair Ramzi Namek � [email protected]

E$Week Co$Chairs Luis Escobar 703�824�8870 E�[email protected]

Patti Gunderson � E�[email protected]

Refrigeration � � �

Government Activities $ National Kinga Porst 202�570�1198 [email protected]

Government Activities $ Local Roger Chang 202�296�4344 [email protected]

Capitalaire is the publication of the National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE. Capitalaire welcomes input and intellectual contributions from its readers. Please send all communications to: Jeffrey Colby, Tel: 703�652�2337 Email: [email protected]

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April 2013

The National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE is proud to announce

The March Chapter Meeting of the 2012$2013 Society Year

Wednesday, April 10th

, 2013

Hilton Arlington

950 Stafford Street

Arlington, VA 22203

For more information and registration, visit www.nccashrae.org

PES

The Path to Net Zero

The courses describe a specific methodology for approaching ”near-zero”, “net-

zero” and “positive energy” building designs, for both new and renovation

projects. This methodology includes a technique for studying design solutions,

found in nature, and applying similar principals in the design or architectural and

engineering systems for modern commercial buildings. A number of tools are

described in detail that are commercially available and are necessary to adapt this

type of approach.

Speakers: Dr. Bill Healy – Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Raj Setty, PE – President, Setty and Associates International

Roger Frechette, PE – Principal, Senior Mech. Eng., Interface Engineering

Meeting Sponsor

Dinner

Standard 189.1: Design of High-Perf. Green Buildings - The Indoor Skinny

This presentation will provide an overview of the standard, including its

organization and basic requirements. It will also take a deeper look at the indoor

environmental quality requirements in the context of the perceived tension

between energy efficiency and improved indoor environments.

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Persily – Lead, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Schedule

Costs Time Event

PES Dinner

3:15 PM – 6:00 PM PES

ASHRAE Student Members $10 $15

5:45 PM – 6:30 PM Social

Paid NCC Dues Members with Reservation $30 $25

6:30 PM – 7:15 PM Dinner

Paid NCC Dues Members without Reservation $30 $40

7:15 PM – 7:45 PM Presentation

Guests & Non�ASHRAE Individuals $30 $45

7:45 PM – 8:15 PM Wrap�up

8:15 PM Adjourn

To make reservations, please visit www.nccashrae.org

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April 2013

President’s Corner

Bring on the Spring!!

The cherry blossoms have begun to

bloom and spring is in the air.

Our final National Capital Chapter

meeting of the 2012�2013 year will

be on Wednesday, April 10th. The

joint ASHRAE�USGBC meeting

will include the professional education session,

PES, on Net Zero Buildings. The informative

session will include case�studies on a residence,

a school, and a 71 story office building,

presented by speakers Bill Healy, Raj Setty, and

Roger Frechette. The Student themed dinner

meeting will be on ASHRAE 189.1, presented

by the committee’s Vice Chair Andy Persiley.

Four scholarship recipients will be honored

during our dinner meeting, two student members

from each of the National Capital Chapter’s

Student Branches: The University of Maryland,

College Park and The Northern Virginia

Community College, NVCC. Both the PES and

the dinner will be in held in the Hilton

Arlington, at the Ballston metro station. Thank

you in advance for registering by the early

deadline, especially for the dinner meetings, to

help the registration process go smoothly.

The NCC’s annual golf outing, supporting

student scholarships will be held on May 22nd.

In June the chapter will be holding the first

annual skeet shooting event to promote

ASHRAE research. Please see Morgan

Stephens for sponsorship and reservations.

Regards,

Stephanie Mages

President – National Capital Chapter

2012 – 2013

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April 2013

New Members

The National Capital Chapter of ASHRAE would like to welcome the following new members to ASHRAE and the National Capital Chapter:

Mr. Kevin Capodice Mr. Peter Stockard Mr. Daniel LaSalle Mr. David Sublett Mr. Louis Abernethey Mr. Jerome Butler, Jr. Mr. Timothy Gordon Mr. Raymond Doyle Ms. Lauren Zelinski Mr. Brian Desrochers Miss. Cynthia Marks Mr. Victor Ponce, III Mr. Andrew Weir Mr. Tristan Churm Mr. David Rappoport Mr. Julisan Wijaya

Mr. Kirk Jacobs Dr. Bevan Mace Mr. Eric Dixon Mr. Fadi Daniel Mr. Wayne Saya Mr. Daniel Zimmerman Mr. Ryan Anderson Ms.Tammy Romero Mr. Christopher Chen Mr. Ayman Kamoona Ms. Ruth Cira Mr. Nichols Good Mr. Wayne Morris Mr. Walter Callahan Mr. Matthew Williams

National Capital Chapter – Annual Golf Tournament

The location for this year’s NCC Golf Tournament has been selected! Raspberry Falls Gold Club, in Leesburg, Virginia, will be hosting the tournament on Wednesday, May 22nd. Start scouting your four�some today! Register your sponsorships TODAY!

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April 2013

PES Presentation

The Path to Net Zero The courses describe a specific methodology for approaching ”near�zero”, “net�zero” and “positive energy” building designs, for both new and renovation projects. This methodology includes a technique for studying design solutions, found in nature, and applying similar principals in the design or architectural and engineering systems for modern commercial buildings. A number of tools are described in detail that are commercially available and are necessary to adapt this type of approach.

Speaker Bio

Roger Frechette, PE Principal, Interface Engineering

As Principal and Senior Mechanical Engineer at Interface Engineering, Mr. Frechette has more than two decades of experience in the field of sustainable engineering and building design. His international and domestic work encompasses master planning and building systems designs for some of the world’s largest and most iconic structures. His portfolio includes high performance buildings, ranging from high#rise office towers, to government facilities and museums, to laboratories, airports, hospitals, sporting venues and academic buildings. Recent projects include the Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai), which opened in 2010 as the world’s tallest building, the Pearl River Tower, a high#performance, super#tall office building in Guangzhou, China and Greenland Tower in Wuhan, China, soon to be amongst the tallest buildings in the world. Mr. Frechette has been a member of ASHRAE since 1988. He is a Senior Fellow with the Design Futures Council, a global network of design community professionals, and a frequent lecturer and author on high#performance design and green engineering. He is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, the Society for American Military Engineers, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and numerous other professional organizations. In 2004, he was recognized by the United States Congress for his work in sustainability.

Speaker Bio

Raj Setty, PE President� Setty and Associates International

Mr. Setty is currently President of a full service Mechanical, electrical and plumbing consulting engineering firm located in Washington DC, specializing in institutional projects, energy modeling, commissioning and high performance buildings. Currently, there are over 120 projects in design or construction with 5 different universities and 8 school districts. Projects range from a new $140,000,000 state of the art high school to new campus dormitory buildings to formulating an energy retro#fit program for the National Gallery of Art. With their deep portfolio of projects and technically adept staff, they have been able to guide several universities and also Federal Agencies in their pursuit of sustainability in their buildings. Mr. Setty is a registered professional mechanical engineer, LEED certified and a commissioning agent. He is on three ASHRAE technical and research committees and has presented on the national stage at the government energy conference as well as ASHRAE national meetings.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Bill Healy Lead, N.I.S.T

Dr. Bill Healy is the Leader of the Heat Transfer and Alternative Energy Systems Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD. He has worked at NIST since 1999, carrying out research on a variety of topics including rating methods for residential water heaters, the use of wireless sensors in buildings, and moisture sensing technologies. Dr. Healy currently manages the research program on Net#Zero Energy, High#Performance Buildings. He has been a voting member on ASHRAE TC’s 4.4 (Building Envelope) and 7.5 (Smart Building Systems) and is active on SPC 118.2 (MOT for Rating Water Heaters). In addition to his work at NIST, Dr. Healy is also an instructor in the Engineering for Professionals Program at the Johns Hopkins University.

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April 2013

Dinner Presentation

Standard 189.1: Design of High�Performance Green Buildings � The Indoor Skinny

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1, first published in 2009, is the only national consensus standard that addresses the multiple building performance issues that define sustainable buildings. The standard contains design requirements that cover the wide range of building sustainability issues including site sustainability, water use efficiency, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), and impact on the atmosphere, materials and resources, as well as construction and plans for operation.

This presentation will provide an overview of the standard, including its organization and basic requirements. It will also take a deeper look at the indoor environmental quality requirements in the context of the perceived tension between energy efficiency and improved indoor environments. The standard’s IEQ requirement are largely based on ASHRAE Standard 62.1 (Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality), which contains only minimum requirements in contrast to the high�performance goals of Standard 189.1.

While Standard 189.1 does exceed 62.1 in some areas, the argument can be made that it is not consistent with high�performance IEQ. At the same time, achieving high�performance IEQ is viewed as having a significant cost in terms of energy. Reconciling these two goals is a challenge for the 189.1 committee as well as for designers and building owners who strive to provide high�performance buildings.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Andrew Persily Lead, N.I.S.T

Dr. Persily works on indoor air quality and

ventilation in commercial and residential

buildings. His work includes the development

and application of measurement techniques to

evaluate airflow and air quality characteristics in

a variety of building types, including large,

mechanically ventilated buildings and single�

family dwellings. The evaluation procedures

include tracer gas techniques for measuring air

change rates and air distribution effectiveness,

contaminant concentrations measurements, and

envelope airtightness. He is also involved with

the development and application of multi�zone

airflow and contaminant dispersal models.

Dr. Persily was a vice�president of the American

Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air

Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) from 2007 to

2009, and is past chair of ASHRAE SSPC 62.1,

responsible for the revision of the ASHRAE

Ventilation Standard 62. He is currently vice�

chair of Standard 189.1, Design of High�

Performance Green Buildings. He is a past chair

of ASTM Subcommittee E6.41 on Air Leakage

and Ventilation Performance and past vice�chair

of subcommittee D22.05 on Indoor Air Quality.

Dr. Persily received the Department of

Commerce Bronze Medal in December 1989 and

Silver Medal in 2008, and was named Young

Engineer of the Year by the D.C. Council of

Engineering and Architectural Societies in 1990.

He was named an ASTM Fellow in 2002 and an

ASHRAE Fellow in 2004.

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Additional Announcements: IBPSA NCC quarterly meeting will be held on Wednesday April 17

th, 2012 from 6 – 7:30pm

www.ibpsancc.org

INFILTRATION AND SIMULATION - MODELING AIRTIGHTNESS IN BUILDING

Wednesday April 17th

, 2012

Lisa Ng, Mechanical Engineer at NIST

"Consideration of Envelope Airtightness in Modelling Commercial Building Energy Consumption"

Lisa graduated from Drexel University with a B. S. in Architectural Engineering, concentration on HVAC systems.

While at Drexel, she completed co-ops with a construction management, a project management, and an HVAC

design/consultation firm. After graduation, she lived and worked in Taipei, Taiwan for two years for an

architect as a mechanical engineer.

In 2005, Lisa began her Ph.D. work at Drexel University, focusing her work on indoor air quality and sensor

placement. In 2010, Lisa graduated with a Ph. D. in Civil Engineering with a thesis titled “Framework for the

Utilization of Forward and Inverse Airflow Models in Systematic Sensor System Design for Indoor Air”.

After graduation, Lisa completed a one year post-doc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST). Currently, she is a mechanical engineer in the IAQ and Ventilation Group at the NIST in Gaithersburg,

MD. Her work includes airflow, IAQ, and energy simulations, as well as IAQ sampling in a net zero house.

Location:

Ebert and Baumann Consulting Engineers Offices,

734 15th Street, NW,

Suite 1000

Washington, D.C. 20005, USA

Closest Metro MacPherson Square

For more details on IBPSA NCC please visit www.ibpsancc.org

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April 2013

2012$2013 Meeting Schedule

Dates Theme PES Program Dinner

Program Location

Wednesday Sept. 12

YEA / Awards

Sensible Only Terminal Cooling

DOAS Control Hilton

Arlington

Wednesday Oct. 10

Membership / IEEE

Co�Generation / Absorption Systems

UV � Emerging Technologies

Hilton Arlington

Thursday Nov. 8

Joint Meeting MCAMW

Trade Show

Pooks Hill Marriot

Bethesda

Wednesday Dec. 12

President’s / SMACNA

SMACNA / Fire Life Safety

Energy Auditing Hilton

Arlington

Saturday Jan. 12

Holiday Party Holiday Party TBD

Wednesday Feb. 13

Sustainability / IBPSA

Hi�Efficiency Data Centers

Energy Modeling

Hilton Arlington

Wednesday Mar. 20

Research / Membership

Solar Thermal Design

Photovoltaic Arrays

Hilton Arlington

Wednesday Apr. 10

Students / USGBC

Net Zero Buildings

ASHRAE Standard 189.1

Hilton Arlington

May Tour Building Tour TBD

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April 2013

Supporting Research Promotion

FRIDAY, MAY 31st

Bull Run Regional Park Shooting Center7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville, VA 20121

The event will run from 1 PM to 4 PM with check and lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. We will

provide a pizza / boxed lunch during check in and before the event. An instructional start is

scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The event will be held, RAIN or SHINE. In the event that the weather

prohibits, rain checks will be issued for use on the date of your choice.

CONSIDER SPONSORING WITH A CORPORATE DONATION AND SIGNAGE.

PRIZE DONATIONS ARE WELCOME TOO.

Thank you for your support!

1st Annual Nation Capital Chapter Sporting Clays Event

Please forward any questions to me at:

Morgan J Stevens 1 Schneider Electric 1 Sales Engineer

Mobile: +703165515084 1 Email: [email protected]

Address: 12150 Monument Dr, Suite 150, Fairfax, Virginia, 22033, USA



April 2013

The ASHRAE Student Chapter at University of Marylandarranges several events every year for its members. Theytypically consist of guest lectures and plant visits, with thegoal of educating future engineers about technology andopportunities within the field of HVAC&R. To keep theseactivities free of cost, members of the student chapter willhost a fundraiser by selling ASHRAE UMD TShirts at the

April NCC Meeting for $10 each to sponsor activities for thenext academic year.

UMD Student Chapter Fundraiser!



April 2013

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Capitalaire - nccashrae.starchapter.com · Roger Frechette, PE – Principal, Senior Mech. Eng., Interface Engineering Meeting Sponsor Dinner Standard 189.1: Design of High-Perf