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Do and Don’t: HVAC, IAQ and UVC Source Control- Dr. Robert Scheir
Main Program: HVAC Design for The Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital in Orlando –
UHM Students: Christopher Montpas, Jason Li, Matthew Tio RSVP: Roland Suzuki, [email protected]
Payment: $35 member / $40 non-member / $45 at the door to ASHRAE Hawaii Chapter
P.O. Box 3916, Honolulu HI 96812 or via “PayPal” button at hawaii.ashraechapters.org.
SY 2009-2010, Issue 7 Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2010
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Albert Hahn
Aloha and Happy Easter All!
We only have two meetings left this year, Student night coming up next week, April 8th, and, “To BIM or not
to BIM, that is the question” on May 13th. I hope to see you all next Thursday to support the students and
why you are attending, why not cast a vote and have your voice heard in the 2010-11 ASHRAE Hawaii
elections. Also next week, we will be hosting Sterile Aire in our “Do’s and Don’ts.”
Also in April, we will be participating in an ASHRAE Webcast held at Insynergy Engineering on April 21st
2010 from 7 am to 11 am. The Web Cast is titled, “Right from the Start – Commissioning for High Performance
Buildings.” See details in this newsletter.
Starting ASHRAE Society year 2010-11 right, Alan Lloyd has graciously offered to host ASHRAE at the
Outrigger Canoe Club for Michael Chang’s induction ceremony on June 10th. If you missed our Christmas
Party this year, you have another chance to see how the high society lives! In fact bring your wives and don’t
tell them it’s an ASHRAE function! Tell them you’re taking them on a very romantic date at an ocean front
restaurant. I know my idea of a romantic evening is to be with 80 of my closest engineering buddies!
I look forward to seeing you all in our upcoming functions and as always, the first two rounds are on us!
Aloha!
Al
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MAIN PROGRAM
HVAC Design for The Ginsburg Tower at Florida Hospital in Orlando by Christopher Montpas, Jsason Li & Matthew Tio (University of Hawaii, ME Course 417)
This month’s main program will feature the technical presentation of our own University of
Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) students, Christopher Montpas, Jason Li & Matthew Tio.
To fine-tune their presentation, Professor Ting, who teaches UHM ME Course 417 (Applied
Thermal Engineering) has requested the service of InSynergy Engineering
Inc. Mechanical Engineer Min Zhong, P.E. to volunteer as their mentor in
completing this particular task. This presentation, which is basically the 2010
ASHRAE Student Design Competition, was the final design project submittal
that was part of their curriculum requirements to
complete the ME Course 417 as senior students, in
order to obtain their Bachelor Science degree in
Mechanical Engineering.
In designing and selecting a system for any project, there are many aspects
to think about and many decisions to be made, including but not limited to
the indoor air quality, energy conservation, system mechanical selection,
and even layout and practicality of the system. Outdoor climate, building
envelope, room type, location of rooms, and the activity that will be
performed in them play a big part in the decision making.
A cost analysis was performed between different systems, their operating costs, and their
maintenance prior to the final system selection. The goal of the cost
analysis was to find a system that was as cost effective and efficient as
possible that would still meet the needs of the hospital. Because this is a
hospital, emphasis was placed on the comfort and health of its patients. To
be sure the patients would be in comfort and to help them recover quickly,
many standards and guidelines were followed. Most of them were
employed in their design, such as: ASHRAE Standard 90.1, ASHRAE
Standard 62.1, ASHRAE Standard 55, ASHRAE 15 as well as the AIA Guidelines for General
Hospitals (Table 2.1-2) and LEED Guidelines (version 2.2).
The process of analyzing the requirements, designing a system, and selecting equipment
for the system has helped broaden the students’ views on the HVAC&R industry. The project
helped develop a better understanding on how important HVAC&R systems are, how they are
selected, and how they are integrated.
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DOs and DON’Ts
HVAC, IAQ and UVC Source Control by Dr. Robert Scheir
Indoor air Bioaerosol contaminants are found in most buildings as a result of biofilm,
mold and bacteria growth on A/C coils and in the drain pans. Ultraviolet light in the
“C” band (UVC) eliminates this source, greatly improving building IAQ, improving
equipment efficiency and reducing infectious organisms generated in the occupied
space and on the A/C coils and drain pan. Equipment performance improves such that
the energy saved may exceed 10% of the total building energy cost.
This DOs & DON’T technical session will be
presented by Dr. Robert Scheir, President of
Steril-Aire. He received his doctorate degree in
Medical Microbiology from UCLA; and a
Bachelor of Science degree from the University
of Maryland with majors in Bacteriology and
Chemistry. He also had graduate studies in
Immunochemistry at the Johns Hopkins
University School of Hygiene and Public Health.
He has extensive experience in microbial air
pollution, detection and remediation with more
than 25 years experience in the field of
infectious disease detection and control in
hospitals and medical laboratories. He was a
Senior Scientist at McDonald-Douglas Corp specializing in biological warfare detection
instrumentation and has served as a Quality Assurance Manager for Abbott
Laboratories and a Manufacturing Control Officer for Health Valley Foods. He was
President of Cal Labs and CalScott both Companies manufacturing medical products.
Dr. Scheir has lectured, authored many papers, received numerous patents and is a
member of ASHRAE, ASHE and ASME.
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NOMINATING COMMITTEE By Joseph Ting
Election Night – April 15, 2010
In accordance with our Bylaws Article 7, the Nominating Committee have selected from the members eligible
to hold office one candidate for each office, and for each member to be elected to the Board of Governors. The
Nominating Committee have also obtained from each candidate his/her consent to stand for election. Not less
than thirty (30) days prior to the April meeting, the Nominating Committee have already presented the slate of
Officers & members of BOGs for SY 2010-11 to the Secretary and the Chapter Membership the names of the
candidates selected by publishing them in our March 2010 newsletter.
Note that additional nominations of members in good standing who consent orally or in writing to be
candidates may be made from the floor at such meeting as per Bylaws 7.4. If at this meeting more than one
such nomination from the floor is made for any one office or membership on the Board of Governors, a vote
shall be taken to select the name of the opposition candidate to be placed on the ballot.
That being stated, a list of the candidates is therefore prepared for all members with voting rights prior to such
meeting. Included in this newsletter as shown below is the ballot. You may exercise your voting rights by mail
or in person at the meeting. Please vote the entire slate of officers as recommended by the Nominating
Committee, scan this sheet after signing and dating it, then forward it to Barry Jim On at
[email protected]. Otherwise, fill-in the name of additional nominations as per Bylaws 7.4 and
present them when the nomination is opened from the floor at the April 15 monthly meeting.
OFFICERS: Nomination from the floor
1. President: Michael Chang _______________
2. President-elect: Paul Scott _______________
3. Vice-President: Kevin Saito, P.E. _______________
4. Secretary: Barry Jim On, P.E. _______________
5. Treasurer: Paul Fukunaga, P.E. _______________
BOARD OF GOVERNORS:
1. Albert Hahn, P.E., Immediate Past President
2. Blake Araki, P.E. _______________
3. Donna Kishi _______________
4. Melek Yalcintas, PhD, P.E. _______________
5. Scott LaBeau _______________
6. William Lee, P.E. _______________
I, the undersigned, as a good standing member, do hereby vote for the slate of officers and members of the
Board of Governors as presented by the Nominating Committee. Should additional candidates are nominated
from the floor, I do hereby appoint my proxy, Albert Hahn, current President or a good standing member,
______________________________who will be attending the said April 15 meeting to vote on my behalf.
________________________________________________; _______________
MEMBER NAME / NUMBER /SIGNATURE DATE
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HISTORICAL COMMITTEE By Joseph Ting
HISTORY OF ASHRAE FELLOWS IN THE HAWAII CHAPTER
Jolly Old Fellows ….. nope, it’s “ASHRAE Fellows” in Hawaii Chapter! Since the founding of Hawaii Chapter
more than 40 years ago, there have been four (4) of our Chapter members, who were honored and elevated to
the ASHRAE highest membership grade of “Fellow”: Robert E. Hamilton, P.E., Frederick H. Kohloss, P.E.,
Franklin Y.S. Lum, P.E. and Alan S. Lloyd, P.E.
ASHRAE Fellow is a membership grade that recognizes distinction in the arts & sciences of environmental
technology in HVAC&R industry. The honor is earned through achievement as a researcher, designer,
educator or engineering executive. It is conferred upon approval of the Society’s Board of Directors thru the
recommendation of its Honors and Awards Committee.
The first ASHRAE Fellow of Hawaii Chapter was the late Robert Hamilton, who was also the founding
president of Hawaii Chapter serving SY 1969-70. The most prominent member, Frederick Kohloss, became our
Chapter’s 2nd Fellow. Not only did Fred serve as our Chapter’s 21st President in SY 1989-90, but he also served
as ASHRAE President in SY 1985-86. He left Hawaii and moved back to U.S, mainland. Our 3rd Fellow was
Franklin Lum. Frank was a very active member of our chapter and served as the 15th President in SY 1983-84.
He left Hawaii for Alaska and has recently settled down in Texas working for U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers.
The 4th Fellow is Alan Lloyd. He joined ASHRAE in 1982 and has served as a member
of the Chapter Board of Governors for 5 years. He served as Chairman of Program
Committee and was a member of the Legislative (Governmental Affairs) Committee
about a couple of decades ago. He is currently a member of the Historical Committee.
Let us focus on our most recent Fellow and the only Fellow, who is still active in
Hawaii Chapter. Alan was responsible for introducing heat pump water heating in
Hawaii. Due to his dedicated work in promoting this technology, over 600 large
commercial size heat pumps have been installed in Hawaii including some of the largest heat pump water
heating systems in the world. As a result of the introduction of this heat pump technology in Hawaii,
Hawaiian Electric Company received the 1994 Edison Award, an award that is presented to one U.S. electric
utility company each year.
That being said, Alan Lloyd’s fine work in this unique application of HVAC&R technology has alerted our late
Past President Lester Nakata, who was instrumental in nominating Alan as a candidate to become an ASHRAE
Fellow. Like all nominations within the Society, Alan’s nomination went thru Region X to the Society’s Honors
& Awards Committee for considerations.
Upon recommendation from H&A Committee, Alan Lloyd was voted and approved by the Society’s Board of
Directors at the 1994 Annual Meeting (Region I DRC Joseph Ting was one of the 28 Directors). Alan was
recognized as ASHRAE Fellow at the Society’s Centennial Year during the 1995 Winter Meeting in Chicago.
Thereafter, Alan was named as “1995-96 Member of the Year” in Hawaii Chapter.
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