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CHAPTER OFFICERS ===================
President John Tellefsen 908-229-9805
President Elect
Kent Silveria 973-434-2120
Vice-President
Open
Treasurer Dorrie Mercurio
732-761-0108
Secretary Michelle Contri 732-927-5127
Board of Governors ==================
Dave Halko
856-355-4153
Chris Phelan 908-782-7364
Jim Rossetti
908-782-7364
Jim Sarno 732-938-2666
Scott Smith 973-227-8666
Committees ================== Attendance/ Reception
Michelle Contri 732-927-5127
Audit Jim Sarno
732-938-2666
Budget Scott Smith
973-227-8666
Chapter Bylaws Open
www.njashrae.com
The New Jersey Chapter of ASHRAE Newsletter
Speaker’s Topic: Natatorium Design and Dehumidification
March 3 , 2015 @ 6:30 PM Speaker: Mark Palitza Regional Sales Manager Seresco Technologies, Inc.
Cost: Members $50.00 Non-members $55.00 YEA members $25.00 Students $5.00 Time: 4:30 pm Board of Governors Meeting 5:30 pm Sign In and Networking 6:30 Chapter Announcements, Dinner and Speaker to
follow Location: Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel 515 US Highway 1 South Iselin, NJ (732) 634-3600 RSVP: [email protected] CLICK HERE
Statements made in this publication are not the expressions of the Society or of the Chapter and shall not be reproduced without
permission of the Chapter
*This program qualifies for 1.0 PDH*
Inside this issue:
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 2
COMMITTEES (continued)
CTTC
Jim Sarno 732-938-2666
Historian Jim Sarno
732-938-2666
Honors & Awards Open
Membership Scott Smith
973-227-8666
Newsletter Ads & Editor Adele Glaser 973-434-2124 Chris Becker 973-434-2138
Tyler Malm 973-434-2114
Nominating
Open
Programs James Sarno, PE
732-938-2666
Refrigeration Dave Halko
856-355-4153
Research/Promotion John Tellefsen & Roger Shults
908-229-9805 973-396-4152
Seminars Open
YEA
Michelle Contri 732-927-5127
Student Activities
Open
Technical Sessions Open
Web Page Editor Dorrie Mercurio, PE
732-761-0108
www.njashrae.com [email protected]
ASHRAE Society
Toll Free Number 1-800-527-4723
President’s Message 3
PAOE Points Scorecard 3
Dinner Speaker Bio 4
Calendar of Events 5
Thank you RP Donors! 6
NJ ASHRAE News & Updates and Meeting Recap 7-8
Executive Committee Contacts 9
ASHRAE News 10-15
ASHRAE Government Affairs Updates 16
Help Wanted 17
Advertising with NJ ASHRAE 17-19
President’s Message By John Tellefsen
Winter has been exceeding the 99.6% design day for cold temperatures! Brrrrrrr…it’s cold
outside!
Last month’s speakers were Michelle Contri and Thomas Davidson who gave us insights on
Hydraulic Modeling to Enable Design Resiliency and Quantify Pump Energy Savings for
Data Center Chilled Water Systems. It was interesting to see how their simulations showed
the interactions of the cooling fluid and how they were able to demonstrate resiliency
through different failure scenarios.
This month’s dinner meeting speaker Mark Palitza will present Natatorium Design. Indoor pool space design.
The theme for this month’s meeting is Membership & History Night!
Our Refrigeration Chair, David Halko, has been planning a site visit that will be coming up in several months…stay
tuned! We are now able to accept credit cards to pay for the dinner meeting.
As always, if you wish to volunteer for one of our different committees or help out with any events, please contact
any of the committee chairs listed in the Thermogram or contact me. We welcome you to do so. Any help is greatly
appreciated!
Keep warm!
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 3
2014-2015 Presidential Award of Excellence (PAOE) Summary
Chapter
Members
Member
Promotion
Student
Activities
Research
Promotion History
Chapter
Operations CTTC
Chapter
Grassroots
Government
Activities
NJ Chapter
PAOE Point
Total
Min/Par 500/800 300/500 800/1,050 100/300 400/1,000 450/1,050 500/650 3,050/5,350
646 185 - 1902 - 455 340 - 2882
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 4
Speaker: Mark Palitza Regional Sales Manager Seresco Technologies, Inc.
Topic:
Natatorium Design and Dehumidification
These facilities are notoriously complex to design and can be expensive to operate. The presentation covers the many critical system design aspects of a Natatorium which include the fundamentals of psychrometrics, dew point, humidity/condensation control, moisture load calculation, air distribution, ventilation requirements, water chemistry and how to optimize your operating conditions to minimize operating costs. Synopsis of presentation:
· When things go bad · Psychometrics of a pool · Moisture Load calculation · Condensation Control · Design Responsibility · Pool Water Chemistry impact on air quality · Exhaust Air and Outdoor Air · Air Distribution · Duct Design · Cooling and Heating · Energy Recovery · Dehumidification
Biography: Mr. Palitza is well regarded in the HVAC industry as an expert in dehumidification and Indoor Pool Design. He has been in the dehumidification and Natatorium design field as well as Humidification for 226 years. and speaks regularly at ASHRAE meetings across the country.
Mr. Palitza is a Regional Sales Manager for Seresco Technologies Inc., a dehumidifier manufacturer.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 5
Date Speaker Topic Theme
October 7, 2014 Tom Gustafson & Keith Miller
Fan Laws Fan Efficiency Grades (FEG)-Meeting
the Requirements of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2013 and Current
Codes
Welcome Back
November 4, 2014 Douglas Zentz What's Your EUI? Past President’s Night
December 2, 2014 Bob Barrett Steam Basics and
Optimization Back to Basics Night
January 7, 2015 Kurt Kalafsky Integrated Design Process Joint Meeting With NJ ASPE & NJ MCA
February 3, 2015 Michelle R. Contri and Thomas A. Davidson
Hydraulic Modeling to Enable Design Resiliency
and Quantify Pump Energy Savings for Data Center Chilled Water Systems
Research Promotion Night
March 3, 2015 Mark Palitza Natatorium Design Membership & History
Night
March 27, 2015 **NOTE THE CHANGE IN SAVE THE DATE** YEA Bowling Night
April 7, 2015 Charles Waddell
Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization and How to
Apply it to ASHRAE 62.1 IAQP
Student & YEA Night
April 23, 2015 ASHRAE Free Webcast New Tomorrow’s For
Today’s Buildings: Existing Building Commissioning
Free ASHREAE Webcast
May 5, 2015 James Wolf The Future Of Refrigerants Installation of New
Officers & Refrigeration Night
June 2015 Golf Outing To Benefit ASHRAE Research Promotion
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June 2015 Summer Social Significant Other Night -
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 6
RP Promotion Chapter RP Chair: John Tellefsen
It is Research Promotion time! Donate / Invest money in ASHRAE Research!
We are again raising money for the Research Promotion through golf outings, 50/50, etc. At the
meeting I will show you examples of what our ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook and one of the
ASHRAE Standards would be like without this funding for research. Ask me! You can also give
on line by clicking on the link below and filling out the on-line form! Be sure to include NJ
ASHRAE (007) as your chapter.
https://xp20.ashrae.org/secure/researchpromotion/rp.html
~~~~~~~ 2014-2015 Current Year ~~~~~~
We thank all the following members and companies for donating to the ASHRAE RP Promotion for this year from July until January 22, 2015!
New Jersey ASHRAE Chapter
Mrs Dorrie A. Mercurio, PE
Mrs Michelle R Contri, PE
Mr Charles Lundt
Mr Christopher G Phelan
Mr Gearoid Foley
Mr James Rossetti, PE
Mr James Sarno, Jr
Mr John E Tellefsen
Mr Kent B Silveria
Mr Laurence J Shapiro, PE
Mr Pelagio Gonzales
Mr Richard Foster, Jr
Mr Robert A Rankel
Mr Robert J Daly, PE
Mr Roger A Shults
Mr Spencer Morasch
Treasurer’s Report Chapter Treasure: Dorrie Mercurio
BIG NEWS!!!! WE had great success last month using PayPal as a new way to accept payment for the dinner meetings via credit card. We are very excited to be able to offer this service to our members!
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 7
Refrigeration Update Dave Halko
Refrigeration Update
Just when it seemed we became comfortable with our selection of refrigerants
for the Supermarket industry, the EPA is now proposing the potential de-listing of them
from SNAP. It is not all bad news, there are potential R-404A & R-507 replacements in
the “pipe-line”. Of these particular replacements ASHRAE has generated designations of
R-448A & R-450A. More good news, in certain testing the replacement’s properties have
shown to be equivalent or superior in performance to that of R-404A, and that no change
in lubricant is necessary from R-404A lubricants. While laboratory & field testing of these
replacements continue, it is suggested that everyone stay updated by reading your trade
periodicals & attending seminars & webinars on this subject matter.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 8
February Meeting Recap
Topic: Hydraulic Modeling to Enable Design Resiliency and Quantify Pump Energy Savings for Data Center Chilled Water Systems
Held: February 3, 2015 at the Hotel Woodbridge Speakers: Tom Davidson & Michelle Contri (Both DLB Associates) Tom and Michelle did a great job presenting to the Chapter. They reviewed the basics of hydraulic modeling of some simple data center chilled water systems. They then went into a discussion on the resiliency of the different system layouts, followed by an analysis of how to operate each system efficiently from a pump energy consumption standpoint.
Tom During His Portion Of The Presentation
Michelle During Her Portion Of The Presentation
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 9
DRC – Director & Regional Chair Joseph L Furman Automated Logic 16 Country Way Wallingford, CT 06492-5356 W: (203)678-2208 [email protected]
ARC – Assistant Regional Chair
& Treasurer Bill Walter W: (315)432-6267 [email protected]
Nominating Committee Member Russell J Stuber U&S Services, Inc. 233 Fillmore Ave Suite 11 Tonawanda, NY 14150-2316 W: (716)693-4490 [email protected]
Nominating Committee Alternate Darcey A. Carbone Stebbins-Duffy, Inc. 6 Damon Road Medford, MA 02155-2903 W: (617)957-2567 [email protected]
Nominating Committee Reserve Richard E Vehlow, PE NYS OGS BU1 33Rd Fl Corning Tower Albany, NY 12242-0001 W: (518)474-2471 [email protected]
RVC Membership Promotion Steve Sill W: (718)494-5133 [email protected]
RVC Research Promotion Chris Phelan Thermco 228 Scoles Ave Clifton, NJ 07012 W: (973)777-6700 [email protected]
RVC Chapter Technology Transfer Alexander Weiss, PE 8 Bergen Beach Pl Brooklyn, NY 11234-5743 W: (718)251-1154 [email protected]
RVC Student Activities Ralph Draper. 31 Gebig Rd Nottingham, NJ 03290-6107 W: (603)608-8600 [email protected]
RVC Grassroots Government
Activities Committee Richard E Vehlow, PE NYS OGS BU1 33Rd Fl Corning Tower Albany, NY 12242-0001 W: (518)474-2471 [email protected]
Regional Chapter Programs Chair Peter Oppelt R.F. Peck Co. 191 Moorland Rd Rochester, NY 14612-3421 W: (585)697-0836 ext. 103 [email protected]
Regional Refrigeration Chair Mark Cambria, PE M/E Engineering, PC. 433 State Street, Suite 410 Schenectady, NY 12305 (W) (518)621-0533 [email protected]
Regional Historian Stan Westhoff W: (518)587-1949 [email protected]
Regional Electronics Communication
Committee Chair & Newsletter Judge Stacie Suh W: (781)258-1002 [email protected]
Regional Representative Garry N. Myers WSP Flack + Kurtz 73 Bonnie Way Allendale, NJ 07401-1127 W: (212)951-2815 [email protected]
YEA Regional Coordinator Frank Rivera Mechanical Heating Supply 476 Thompson Pl Bronx, New York 10455 W: (646)245-7526 [email protected]
Director of Member Services Joyce Abrams ASHRAE 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329 404.636.8400 jabrams@@ashrae.org
Director of Communications
and Publications Jodi Scott ASHRAE 1791 Tullie Circle, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329 404.636.8400 [email protected]
ASHRAE Region I 2014-15 Executive Committee & Society
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 10
Through its scholarships, ASHRAE seeks to motivate students and prospective students worldwide to pursue an engineering or technology career in the HVAC&R field. The Society’s Scholarship Program also serves the public interest by aiding in the education of men and women to become qualified to practice as engineers in HVAC&R. ASHRAE has 28 scholarships available for the 2015-16 school year, for high school seniors entering college through senior undergraduate engineering students and engineering technology students. ASHRAE is seeking your assistance in making student members aware of this financial assistance.
8 regional/chapter and university-specific scholarships — $3,000 to $5,000 each. Now accepting applications!
12 undergraduate engineering scholarships — $3,000 to $10,000 each. Finished accepting applications!
4 high school senior scholarships — $3,000 each
4 engineering technology scholarships — $5,000 each
Qualified students are encouraged to apply at www.ashrae.org/scholarships. Annual Application Deadlines: December 1 for Undergraduate Engineering, Regional and University-specific Scholarships—PAST DUE! May 1 for Engineering Technology and High School Senior Scholarships Scholarships are awarded for the academic year following the application deadline beginning with the fall semester. For a list of available scholarships, complete eligibility requirements, and an application, visit www.ashrae.org/scholarships.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 11
Record Attendance Set for ASHRAE Winter Conference, AHR Expo
ATLANTA – Attendance at the recent ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Expo exceeded expectations with record numbers shown for both. The 2015 ASHRAE Winter Conference, was held Jan. 24-28, with the AHR Expo held Jan. 26-28, Chicago. ASHRAE broke records for attendance at a Winter Conference with 3,018 attendees. Attendance this year was higher than the past six Winter Conferences, except Las Vegas 2011. Attendees came from more than 60 countries. The Expo claimed the title for the best-attended event ever held in Chicago. Preliminary figures for the world's largest HVACR marketplace show that more than 61,000 total attendees, including 42,400 visitors, took part. Five Chicago records were shattered by the 2015 event: • Total number of registered attendees – 61,990 • Number of visitors – 42,400 • Net square footage – more than 480,000 • Number of exhibiting companies – over 2,100 • Number of international exhibitors – 592 For ASHRAE, a major item of note at the Conference was recognition by the Green Building Initiative (GBI) on ASHRAE achieving the highest rating, of four Green Globes, on their international headquarters. Through a months-long process, GBI's Green Globes Assessor worked with ASHRAE staff to document the building's sustainable management practices. Only 3 percent of projects assessed by GBI achieve four Globes certification. Also taking place was launch of ASHRAE’s and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction’s fourth biennial work plan for 2015-2016, based on a global cooperation agreement signed in 2007. The ASHRAE-UNEP cooperation agreement was developed to achieve several international goals, including the sustainable phase-out of ozone depleting substances in refrigeration and air-conditioning applications; maximizing the climate benefits of using low-global warming potential alternatives including aspects of energy saving in buildings; as well as facilitating the transfer and adoption of sustainable and feasible technologies to developing countries. The Conference’s Technical Program ranked high in attendance, focusing on big projects, the big picture and big impacts with the intent of presenting big results for engineers, contractors, manufacturers and building professionals. Individual top-attended sessions in the technical program were seminars related to Lab Safety and Fire Alarm Response; Controlling a Minimum Impact Data Center; Design of Safe, Healthy and Energy Efficient Air Distributions for Hospitals; ASHRAE Design Guide for Tall, Mega Tall and Super Tall Building Systems; Refrigeration for Craft Brewing; Is Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Mutually Exclusive with Demand Control Ventilation and/or Airside Economizers?; Fan and System Integration for Maximizing Energy Efficiency Design; Hydronics 101: Design Basics and Complying with Standard 90.1; and Walgreens' Pursuit of a Net-Zero Store; as well as a Conference Paper Session on Using Solar to Improve Efficiency; and a Technical Paper Session on Energy Efficient, Hydronic HVAC Systems. Also offered were a combined 20 Professional Development Seminars and Short Courses from ASHRAE Learning Institute. The most popular offerings were Complying with Standard 90.1-2013: HVAC/Mechanical; Designing High-Performance Healthcare HVAC Systems; and Design of Commercial Ground Source Heat Pumps. Publications new to the ASHRAE Bookstore were sold at the Conference, including Load Calculation Applications Manual, 2nd ed.; the Chilled-Beam Design Guide with REHVA; Geothermal Heating and Cooling: Design of Ground-Source Heat Pump Systems; and Data Center Design and Operation: ASHRAE Datacom Series CD. The 2015 ASHRAE Annual Conference takes place in Atlanta, Ga., June 27-July 1, 2015. The 2016 ASHRAE Winter
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 12
ASHRAE, REHVA Jointly Publish Guide to Chilled Beam Systems
ATLANTA – Guidance on designing chilled-beam systems is contained in a new book from ASHRAE and the Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Associations (REHVA). The “Active and Passive Beam Application Design Guide” is the result of collaboration by worldwide experts to give system designers a current, authoritative guide on successfully applying active and passive beam technology.
Building on REHVA’s previously published Chilled Beam Application Guidebook, this new guide provides up-to-date tools and advice for designing, commissioning and operating chilled-beam systems to achieve a determined indoor climate and includes examples of active and passive beam calculations and selections.
Active and passive beam systems are an energy-efficient solution for spaces that require individual zone control and where the internal moisture loads are moderate.
“Active and passive beam systems provide good thermal comfort and energy and space saving advantages, and the operation of such systems is simple, with low maintenance requirements,” co-editor John Woollett said. “In a building where the goal is a low energy usage index, beams can be an excellent choice of indoor climate product.”
Although they are often referred to as “chilled” beams, in many cases active beams can be used for both heating and cooling the space. Active and passive beams are room air recirculation devices that transfer sensible heat to and from the space using water. In addition, conditioned primary air is ducted to active beams. This primary air must satisfy the ventilation and latent requirements of the space and drive the induction of room air through the beam’s coil. In the case of passive beams, this primary air is delivered to the space through a decoupled ventilation system. Active and passive beams may be integrated with acoustic ceilings or independently mounted.Woollett noted that chilled beams have specific applications and work well in commercial office buildings, schools, hospital patient rooms, laboratories and hotels. He said such systems are common in Scandinavian countries where they are a standard choice of indoor climate delivery in a variety of different applications.
The book provides information on the basics of operation but also background from engineers developing the beam technology with manufacturers. The main focus is comfort beam application in their passive and active variants. The cost of the “Active and Passive Beam Application Design Guide” is $62 ($53, ASHRAE members). To order, contact ASHRAE Customer Contact Center at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax 678-539-2129, or visit www.ashrae.org/bookstore.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 13
ASHRAE/USGBC/IES Agree to Develop Biomass Requirements for Green Building Standard
ATLANTA – The development of biomass requirements is being explored by ASHRAE, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), for inclusion in their co-sponsored green building standard.
ASHRAE/IES/USGBC Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings, contains minimum requirements for the siting, design and construction of high-performance green buildings in support of reducing building energy, resource consumption and other environmental impacts. To that end, the standard contains requirements for the use of renewable energy systems such as solar, wind and geothermal.
The Standard 189.1 Committee recently considered a proposal to add biomass to the definition of renewable energy systems, which was submitted by an interested individual from outside the committee. In this context, biomass includes organic material, such as wood and crop waste, that can be burned to generate thermal energy.
At ASHRAE’s 2015 Winter Conference held recently in Chicago, the committee voted not to accept the proposal to simply add the word biomass to this definition. However, in its response to the proposal, the committee stated that they intend to work on a definition of biomass as well as requirements on the use of biomass to meet the renewable energy requirements of the standard, according to chair Andy Persily.
While the proposal from the committee must first go through the ASHRAE standards development procedures as well as public review, the committee is committed to developing a technically sound and responsible approach to include biomass as a renewable. Persily noted that the standard currently has no restrictions on the use of biomass as an energy source; however, it does not allow it to be used to meet the renewable energy requirements.
To learn more about actions regarding ASHRAE standards, visit www.ashrae.org/listserv. There, ASHRAE provides subscriptions to a variety of listserves, including one for Standard 189.1, that enable interested parties to stay up to date with the latest news, publication offerings, and various other Society activities.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 14
Looking for the Right Candidate? Look to ASHRAE’s New Job Board
ATLANTA – ASHRAE announces a new job board to assist members and employers for finding opportunities and candidates.
An ASHRAE Journal survey of AHR Expo attendees showed that 67 percent of respondents expect industry business to increase by more than 5 percent in 2015. With increasing business prospects, ASHRAE is providing a new job board to help members and other professionals further their careers and for industry employers to find the right candidates. The new ASHRAE Job Board offers the following benefits to job-seekers:
Search and apply for relevant jobs quickly and effectively.
Set up job alerts for immediate notification of job postings matching skills and interests.
Anonymous profiles and resume uploads.
Useful tips and tools for improving job searching effectiveness.
Single sign-in for ASHRAE members.
Employers can:
Put their positions in front of ASHRAE’s unique audience of engineering experts.
Manage jobs and applicant activity on the Job Board site.
Search the ASHRAE Job Board’s candidate database.
Limit applicants to only those qualified.
Quickly find the right professionals for their positions.
The Job Board can be found at www.ashrae.org/jobs. The Job Board is designed to assist members and other industry professionals along with ASHRAE’s student program, Young Engineers in ASHRAE, education and
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 15
ASHRAE, IAQA Approve Consolidation
ATLANTA – A consolidation between ASHRAE and the Indoor Air Quality Association has been finalized by both organizations. The consolidation was approved by the Boards of Directors for ASHRAE and IAQA at ASHRAE’s recent 2015 Winter Conference in Chicago. “We are excited about the opportunities presented by this consolidation,” ASHRAE President Tom Phoenix said. “It opens the door to alignment of ASHRAE and IAQA programs to create high-impact resources for building professionals around the globe.”
“This is an historic event for both associations and has great promise for growth and development for both organizations,” IAQA President Kent Rawhouser said. “The opportunities and possibilities for members are only limited by our own imaginations. IAQA and ASHRAE are committed to growing and developing the IAQA brand. The consolidation will open new avenues for programs and benefits for our members.”
In July, ASHRAE announced it had agreed in principle to join forces with the IAQA, combining resources to improve indoor air quality in the built environment. Since August, the two groups have been undergoing a period of due diligence. That diligence was completed earlier in January.
Under the consolidation, IAQA will become a part of the ASHRAE organization while maintaining its own brand and Board of Directors. IAQA will operate independently within ASHRAE’s organizational structure.
The Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing practitioners together to prevent and solve indoor environmental problems for the benefit of customers and the public. IAQA was established in 1995 and is the nation’s largest indoor air quality trade association with over 2,600 members and more than 20 local chapters across the United States and Canada. More information is available at www.iaqa.org/news and at www.ieso.org.
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 16
Federal Activities
Energy Efficiency Improvement Act Reintroduced in House
This week, U.S. Representatives David McKinley (R-WV-1) and Peter Welch (D-VT-At Large) reintroduced the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act (H.R.873). The bill is nearly identical to the version that passed the House last year by a strong bipartisan vote of 375 to 36. The main difference is that the new version does not include the grid enabled water heaters provision, as that will be separately introduced by Representatives Ed Whitfield (R-KY-1) and Peter Welch.
ASHRAE strongly supports the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act, which would:
Create a new voluntary “Tenant Star” program to help building owners and tenants overcome the split
incentives of energy efficiency upgrades.
Promote energy efficiency in federal data centers by requiring federal agencies to work with experts and
key stakeholders to develop strategies and best practices for the use, maintenance, and procurement of energy saving information technologies.
Improve federal building energy benchmarking by requiring federally leased space in buildings that have
not received an ENERGY STAR label to be benchmarked by an online, free benchmarking program. The U.S. Department of Energy would also be required to conduct a study on the impact of state and local performance benchmarking and disclosure policies and associated building efficiency policies for commercial and multifamily buildings. This study would identify best practice policies that have resulted in the greatest improvements in building energy efficiency.
Although the bill continues to enjoy strong support, the next steps for this bill have not yet been determined.
Representatives Cartwright, Gibson, Welch Re-Introduce Bipartisan Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act
Schools across the nation may have an easier time accessing federal funds to help them make energy efficiency improvements thanks to the recently reintroduced Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act (H.R.756). This bipartisan bill is sponsored by Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17), Christopher Gibson (R-NY-19), and Peter Welch (D-VT-At Large), and would create a one-stop-shop clearinghouse to disseminate information regarding available federal programs and financing mechanisms that may be used to help initiate, develop, and finance energy efficiency, distributed generation, and energy retrofitting projects for schools. The bill would also improve efforts to raise awareness of these federal programs.
ASHRAE strongly supports this bill, which was passed by the House last year with overwhelming bipartisan support. A companion to this bill will soon be introduced by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mark Warner (D-VA).
“ASHRAE is proud to continue its support of the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act, and encourages its passage in the House again this year,” said ASHRAE President Tom Phoenix. “The Society commends Representatives Matt Cartwright and Chris Gibson for their bipartisan leadership on energy efficiency in schools. School districts and communities across the United States have long expressed a broad interest in and need for making energy efficiency improvements. Problems with school buildings are widespread and distributed throughout the nation, with about 14 million students attending schools that need extensive repair. Many of these problems involve the heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems – the very systems responsible for vast amounts of energy consumption and the creation of healthy and comfortable indoor environments. By upgrading these systems, energy efficiency is increased, learning environments are improved, and scarce funds are conserved.
“The Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act would make it easier for schools to tap into existing federal programs and financing mechanisms, helping to improve the energy efficiency and learning environment of schools. ASHRAE strongly encourages Congress to support improvements to energy efficiency and healthy indoor learning environments by passing this bill.”
February 2015 THERMOGRAM PAGE 17
GGAC Regional and Chapter Activities
First Engineers Week Proclamation Received
The first Engineers Week proclamationreceived this year as a result of Chapter involvementhas been issued by Mayor Scott Edwards of Hurricane, WV. Hurricane, a city of approximately 6,300 people, is located in western WV. Many thanks to our very active Chapter members in that area. If your Chapter is successful in obtaining a proclamation, it should be forwarded to [email protected]. Promotional materials, including a draft proclamation with cover letter, are available on the ASHRAE GGAC webpage. Go to https://www.ashrae.org/government-affairs/grassroots-government-activities/national-engineers-week-materials.
The City of Hurricane, WV is also the first city in their Region to obtain a Building Energy Quotient (bEQ) certificate for their City Municipal Building and the Police Station. Congratulations to Hurricane!
May Is Building Safety Month
Building Safety Month is a public awareness campaign offered each year to help individuals, families, and businesses understand what it takes to create and sustain safe and sustainable structures. The campaign reinforces the need for adoption of modern, model building codes, a strong and efficient system of code enforcement and a well-trained, professional workforce to maintain the system. Founded by the International Code Council (ICC), Building Safety Month is celebrated by jurisdictions worldwide during the month of May.
This year's theme is Resilient Communities Start with Building Codes. Each week of Building Safety Month spotlights a specific area of building safety. This year’s weekly themes are:
Week One // May 4-10, 2015
Don’t Get Burned – Build to Code
Week Two // May 11-17, 2015
Bounce Back Faster from Disaster – Build to Code
Week Three // May 18-24, 2015
Water Safe, Water Smart – Build to Code
Week Four // May 25-31, 2015
$ave Energy – Build to Code
Legislative Update
As of February 10, 2015, ASHRAE is tracking 426 bills in the United States Congress and in the various legislatures around the country. Those bills being monitored include many on:
Energy Efficiency
Codes and Standards
High-Performance Buildings
STEM Education
Engineer Licensing
ASHRAE’s Government Affairs Office in Washington, DC will be working with ASHRAE leadership, the GGAC Regional Vice Chairs and Chapter leadership across the country as ASHRAE works to increase its grassroots efforts.
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ENERGY ANALYST We currently have an outstanding opportunity for a motivated and organized Energy Analyst to join our Corporate Energy team located in our Edison, NJ corporate office. Position requirements include, but are not limited to:
· Continuously update electronic utility bill data base from scanned bill images; · Maintain central data bases that contain information related to buildings, utility accounts, tenant electric accounts, rate indices, tax rates, etc.; · Cross check third party supplier bills with internal calculations and insure compliance with contract terms; · Assist in preparing annual electric and gas utility budgets, procurement of energy supplies and periodic metrics reporting; · Provide ongoing energy budget and other analytical services as needed.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: · Conceptual knowledge of the regulated and retail electricity and gas energy industry; · Working knowledge of utility bill elements such as tariffs and metering; · Highly developed mathematical and Excel skills;
· 2-4 years related experience; · College education preferred.
CONTACT US: In return for your energy, expert skills and enthusiasm, you will receive competitive compensation. For immediate consideration please send resume, including salary requirements and job location you are interested in, to:
Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, Attn: Human Resources Apply by clicking this direct apply link: https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=11042611 OR Fax: 732-590-1002 Mack-Cali is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability or military status. PLEASE NOTE: Employment agencies that do not have a current, signed contract with Mack-Cali Realty Corporation should not forward resumes to Mack-Cali Realty Corporation through this web site. Mack-Cali Realty Corporation will not be liable for any fees, other compensation and/or reimbursement of expenses as a result of any submission of resumes through this web site, unless the employment agency has a current, signed contract with Mack-Cali Realty Corporation for that specific position.
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Advertising Rates Newsletter Ad Includes:
Business Card ad in 3 Newsletters (next newsletter is April), will be published the end of the month)
COST: $75 Website Ad Includes:
Business card ad on website for 1 year (starts month payment and business card are received)
Link to your website COST: $300 Newsletter and Website Includes:
Business card ad in newsletters through June 2015
Business card ad on website for 1 year
Link to your website COST: $350
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